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The Israel Lobby’s Attacks on Corbyn
Originally posted on Broke, Bright and British:
David Cronin at Electronic Intifada spoke on August 5 about how the “amoral” Israel lobby within the Labour Party (Labour Friends of Israel (LFI)) has undertaken analysis that is both “deceitful and dangerous”.…
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Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Corbyn4Labour, Corbyn4Leader, Corporate Media, Corporate Press, Jeremy Corbyn, JezWeCan, Labour Leadership 2015, Labour Leadership Contest, Labour Leadership Race, Labour Party, Mass media, Media Moguls, New Labour, Progressive, Reformism, UK Labour, UKLabour
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Corbyn’s Summer Shake-Up (Part One)
The last few weeks have arguably been the most interesting that the Labour Party (and British politics in general) has seen for at least a couple of decades.[1] And, although the profound change which British workers need may still seem … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Corbyn4Leader, Democracy, JezWeCan, Labour Party, UK, UK Politics
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Corbyn’s Alternative to ‘Austerity-Lite’ Politics
Progressive Taxation, Crackdowns on Corporate Criminals, and Strong Investment Corbyn has campaigned for a “more progressive” tax system, calling for: “Stronger anti-avoidance rules”; “Country-by-country reporting for multinational corporations”; A reform of “small business taxation to tackle avoidance and evasion”; “Proper … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Corbyn4Leader, Democracy, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour Leadership Elections, UK
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Britain’s Plutocracy, and How We Can Fight Against It
Call it what you want: a bourgeois democracy (in which the parties in the service of exploitative economic elites are the most powerful); a kleptocracy (in which “a small group [gets] rich by robbing [citizens] blind”[1] with the compliance of … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois Democracy, Conservative Party, Democracy, Kleptocracy, Labour Party, Plutocracy, SNP, UK, UK Elections, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Change, Conservative government, Conservatives, Democracy, England, Great Britain, Kleptocracy, Labour, Plutocracy, Progress, Scotland, SNP, UK, UK Elections, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
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Different Shades of Tactical Voting (UK Elections 2015)
The logic behind voting for the anti-Conservative candidate most likely to win an election is understandable in the majority of cases, as anything that slows down the spread of the deadly neoliberal virus clearly seems like something slightly less damaging … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois Democracy, Conservative Party, Democracy, dignity, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Libertarian Communism, Libertarian Socialism, Plutocracy, UK Elections, UK Elections 2015, UKElections
Tagged Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Change, Conservatives, Democracy, Labour, Lib Dems, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Plutocracy, SNP, UK, UK Elections, UK Elections 2015, UKElections
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Should Workers Vote in the UK Elections?
I strongly believe that meaningful democracy can only truly be built from below, by cooperation between neighbours and direct, popular control over local resources. In the current electoral system in the UK, citizens basically allow all decisions to be made … Continue reading
Posted in UK, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Conservatives, Green Party, Labour, Left Unity, Liberal Democrats, libertarian socialism, TUSC, UK, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics, UKIP
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The 2015 Political Debate in the UK
The main issues in the 2015 general elections in the United Kingdom seem to be: the cuts to the government’s social spending under the Tory-LibDem coalition (and whether to continue with them to ‘deal with the deficit’ or to reverse … Continue reading
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The CNI’s Position on the Wave of Repression Waged against the People
To the original peoples of Mexico and the World; To the National and International Sixth; To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation; And to the memory of Don Félix Serdán Nájera, our leading brother.[1] Gathered in the Amatlán de Quetzalzoatl … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Caracoles, Change, Chiapas, CNI, Community Police Forces, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Drug Cartels, Drug Trafficking, Education, EZLN, Freedom, Galeano, Guerrero, Impunity, Injustice, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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Masked Politics in Mexico
In the recent protests in Mexico over the Ayotzinapa[1] case, a minority of ‘encapuchados’ (people with bandannas covering their faces) have been involved in small ‘disturbances’ (including an arson attack on the door of the National Palace and some minor … Continue reading
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Calle 13: The Ayotzinapa Case Is a Disgrace
“All social causes are important, but it seems to me that the case of Ayotzinapa[1] goes beyond politics: it moves into the field of human rights. It [also] goes beyond Mexico: it is something much bigger…, it is a disgrace!” … Continue reading
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Tagged Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Calle 13, Capitalism, Change, Hip-Hop, Mexico
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Resistance Is Fertile 