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To Those Born Later
Truly, I live in dark times!The guileless word is folly. A smooth foreheadSuggests insensitivity. The man who laughsHas simply not yet hadThe terrible news. What kind of times are they, whenA talk about trees is almost a crimeBecause it implies silence about so many horrors?That man there calmly crossing the streetIs already perhaps beyond the
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Dave Ward – Commander Of Scabs
The CWU General Secretary Joins A Long Line Of Union Sell Outs The English proletariat is actually becoming more and more bourgeois, so that the ultimate aim of this most bourgeois of all nations would appear to be the possession, alongside the bourgeoisie, of a bourgeois aristocracy and a bourgeois proletariat. – Friedrich Engels The proud boasting done
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Preserving Our History – Williamson Tunnels
Last weekend me and Comrade Ricky went on a tour of the Williamson Tunnels, a network miles long, dug out of the sandstone that Liverpool sits on. Dug by men returning from the Napoleonic war for eccentric tobacco merchant Joseph Williamson.This is just a small part of its history, which you can learn more of
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The Contradictions of Capitalism Explained
Friedrich Engels delivered a powerful critique of capitalism with the line: “The producers have nothing to consume because the consumers are wanting.” This single, simple sentence exposes the illogicality of capitalist production: that workers, the very creators of society’s wealth, are denied access to the fruits of their labour because the capitalist system prioritises profit
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The Illusion of Democracy
Infrequently, the Labour movement throws up a leader who is ahead of the rank and file politically. Someone who rejects the way forward, planned by the right-wing forces and introduces a programme that resonates with the masses. Such a leader was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, whose leadership from December 1972 to
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Left March!
For the Red Marines: 1918 By Vladimir Mayakovsky Rally the ranks into a march!Now’s no time to quibble or browse there.Silence, you orators!Youhave the floor,Comrade Mauser.Enough of living by lawsthat Adam and Eve have left.Hustle old history’s horse.LEFT!LEFT!LEFT! Ahoy, blue jackets!Cross the sky-moats!Beyond the oceans!Unlessyour battleships on the roadsblunted their keels’ fighting keenness!Baring the teeth
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The Liverpool Parade: From Celebration to Panic
“Under socialism, the event wouldn’t be a liability to manage, but a celebration for the people, by the people” What should have been a day of celebration turned into disaster. The headlines should’ve been full of jubilant Liverpool fans watching the team parade the Premier League trophy through the city. Instead, people were glued to
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A Response To Trade Union Betrayal Of Women Workers
“If facts hurt your feelings, you need new feelings, not new facts” – Ricky Gervais Ever since the Supreme Court ruling in April, we’ve seen a steady stream of incoherent liberal cope. A recent example comes from The Herald, in an article, titled “Trade Union Action on the Supreme Court Ruling Not Off the Table,”
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Victory in Europe?
The following words are excerpts from a speech I gave at the Red Book Fair 2025. When Churchill spoke to the nation 80 years ago he said, “This is not a victory of any party or any class, but a victory of the Great British nation” And he was right. The victory against fascism has
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Eurovision is Love
On the surface, Eurovision is a bit of fun. It’s sold as a family-friendly, inclusive, apolitical celebration of music, art and love. Now I like Eurodisco and Turbofolk as much as the next man. San Marino’s entry was performed by one half of Eiffel 65, who did Everton’s unofficial anthem Blue (da ba dee) My favourite
“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects”
– Harry Braverman
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