Tag Archives: England
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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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
Posted in Bourgeois Democracy, Britain, Conservative Party, Conservatives, Democracy, Great Britain, Green Party, Greens, Labour, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Plaid Cymru, Reactionism, SNP, UK, UKIP, United Kingdom
Tagged Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Britain, British Politics, Capitalism, Change, Conservatives, Democracy, England, Great Britain, Green Party, Labour, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Northern Ireland, Plaid Cymru, Reactionism, Scotland, Scottish Nationalist Party, SNP, UK, UK Politics, UKIP, United Kingdom, Wales
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UK: March for the NHS (06/09/14)
Popular opposition to austerity and privatisation are on the rise in the UK, and unions, left-wing political parties, and civil society groups have all come together to assert that the NHS will not be given away to corporations. Today’s march … Continue reading
UK Strike: “If We Organise Together as Working People, We Can Win”
On July 10th, 2014, the UK saw a one-day strike of up to a million teachers, firefighters, civil servants, council employees, and health workers. This strike – the biggest that the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition has faced up to this point … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Conservative Party, Democracy, dignity, Education, Europe, Exploitation, Imperialism, Impunity, independence, Injustice, justice, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Libertarian Communism, Margaret Thatcher, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Pedagogy, politics, socialism, Strike, Teachers, The Media, Trade Unions, UK
Tagged #J10, Austerity, Education, England, Health, Mass media, Northern Ireland, Opposition, Politics, Rally, Scotland, UK, UK Strike, Wales
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UK: Homes for the Homeless
Homelessness is a problem in the majority of capitalist societies. Thanks to the crisis and the dominance of neoliberal politics, it is on the rise, with shortages of affordable housing, evictions as a result of the bedroom tax, domestic abuse … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Conservative Party, Democracy, dignity, Europe, Exploitation, independence, Injustice, justice, Libertarian Communism, Neoliberalism, Oppression, politics, rebellion, revolution, socialism, UK, War
Tagged Capitalism, Democracy, England, Homelessness, Socialism, Spikes, UK
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The 1984-1985 Miners Strike In Nottingham
“If Spirits Alone Won Battles: The Diary of John Lowe” is part of the familiar genre of a day by day diary, following in the footsteps of The Miners Strike Day by Day (2002) and Yorkshire’s Flying Pickets (2004). It … Continue reading
Posted in capitalism, Conservative Party, dignity, Europe, Exploitation, Impunity, Injustice, justice, Margaret Thatcher, Murder, Neoliberalism, Oppression, politics, socialism, UK, War
Tagged 1984, 1984-85 Miners' Strike, 1985, Arthur Scargill, Conservative Party, England, Labour Movement, Margaret Thatcher, Miners, National Union of Miners, Nottingham, NUM, Police Abuse, Scotland, Strike Action, Trade Unions, UK, Wales, Yorkshire
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‘Democracy’ in the UK and Europe
For those unfamiliar with the main political parties in the UK, this is my rough summary: ‘Left’ Labour – social democrats and ‘social’ capitalists of the so-called ‘third way’ (S&D in Europe) Lib Dems – social democrats focussed more … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Autonomy, capitalism, Climate Change, dignity, Environment, Europe, Exploitation, Imperialism, independence, Injustice, International Relations, justice, Libertarian Communism, politics, revolution, socialism, UK
Tagged Anti-Immigration, Austerity, BNP, Bourgeois Democracy, bureaucracy, Capitalism, Communism, Conservatives, Cooperation, Discontent, England, European Elections 2014, Fascism, Great Britain, Greens, Horizontalism, Injustice, Internationalism, Labour, Left Unity, Left-wing, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Nationalist, Neoliberalism, Northern Ireland, Participative Democracy, Plaid Cymru, Right-Wing, Scotland, SNP, Socialism, UK, UKIP, United Left, Verticalism, Wales
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UK: Chartism and a Sense of Working Class History
We are probably all aware of the horrific conditions which our ancestors worked under, and of the way in which they were exploited and oppressed so that the wealth of the ruling class of our country could grow. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Assassination, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Conservative Party, Democracy, dignity, Europe, Exploitation, Impunity, independence, Injustice, justice, Labour Party, Libertarian Communism, Murder, Neoliberalism, Oppression, politics, rebellion, revolution, socialism, UK, War
Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Bourgeoisie, Capitalism, Change, Chartism, Chartists, England, Exploitation, Great Britain, History, House of Commons, Injustice, Ireland, Justice, Left Unity, Oppression, Parliament, Peace, People's Charter, Petitions, Politics, Progress, Proletariat, Protests, Rebellion, Revolution, Riots, Ruling Class, Scotland, Socialism, UK, United Kingdom, Uprising, Wales, Workers, Working Class Struggle
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Left Unity: UK Organises Against Austerity
In England, all three main parties are fully signed up to an austerity agenda. The Left, divided and weak, has not yet been able to change the course of that debate, to make the case that it was not welfare … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Autonomy, capitalism, Climate Change, Conservative Party, dignity, Environment, Europe, Exploitation, Imperialism, Impunity, independence, Injustice, International Relations, justice, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Libertarian Communism, Neoliberalism, politics, revolution, socialism, UK
Tagged Activism, Austerity, Capitalism, Conservative Party, Cuts, England, Labour, Left Unity, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Neoliberalism, Socialism, Solidarity, Tories, UK, Unions
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Resistance Is Fertile 