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False Choices On The Land
The debate about inheritance tax misses the point on land ownership The recent protests staged by farmer against the Labour governments change sin the inheritance tax laws has, yet again, inspired a lot of noise but the real issues affecting British workers are (of course) not included in this barrage of propaganda. The inheritance tax
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Breck Road Brawl
On October 22, a violent brawl occurred on Breck Road in Liverpool, involving builders attacked by local men over false abduction rumors. The incident reflects broader social tensions in a deprived area facing economic neglect and rising violence. Divisive rhetoric exacerbates community divisions, distracting from systemic issues like underinvestment and inequality.
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‘Tis The Season
I know its not Christmas (except according to the commercial calendar) but it is getting cold and it is the season when many of us think about the less fortunate. During the recent snow, volunteers were out with soup, hats, scarves and sleeping bags for Liverpool’s homeless. This probably happened in other cities as well,
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The Berlin Wall: Exposing the lies of imperialism
Repost with from In Defence of CommunismBy Nikos Mottas It was 30 years ago, on 9 November 1989, when the destruction of the Berlin Wall began, marking the overthrow of the socialist power in the German Democratic Republic and the restoration of capitalism. Since then, the 9th of November consists a milestone for imperialists who organize various fiestas about
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Remember This
Today is Remembrance Day, the day we originally kept to mourn those who lost their lives in WWI, then WWII, then all conflicts since.The poppy appeal was set up as a charity, to raise money for injured soldiers who weren’t looked after by the same state that sent them abroad to fight. It has often
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Kelvin Mackenzie is a C*nt
“I am not here to help others, I am here to help myself, so I have no regrets to how I have treated others” Kelvin Mackenzie, 2007 Anyone from the Merseyside area will already see Kelvin Mckenzie as a cunt, as he was editor of the Sun who went with the “Truth” headline after the
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Your Pension At Work
We Look At A Case Of A British Pension Fund And Its Dubious Investments It has been a demand of the working class movement in Britain that those who have laboured for decades should be able to retire and live decently afterwards. The fight for pensions was one that started to be won in terms
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A Winters Tale
The Debate Over The Winter Fuel Payments Is Another Case Of Distraction and Deception At the brutal farce that is the labour party conference this week much has been made by some union leaders of the fact that the conference voted against the introduction of means testing on winter fuel payments. This is a classic
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Starmers Sell Off
The Labour Party Grovels To Wall Street and the City of London The recent conference organised by the Labour government saw Keir Starmer doing the only thing that he really enjoys, hanging out with and grovelling to the richest people in the world. Starmer and Rayner (the fanfare of the common woman herself) spent two
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Then They Came For The Racists
And I Did Not Speak Out, For I Read Kevin Maguire’s Editorial. After the recent riots in my home county and elsewhere, I had several thoughts and have finally condensed them into an article. There are similarities between both these and the Tottenham riots of 2011. Both were an outpouring of anger by disenfranchised workers,
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– Harry Braverman
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