CS member Dani Thomas, composer of the electro-acoustic piece ‘Coalface’, describes his response to both the energy and rashness of the early 20th century futurists 'Coalface' can be streamed and downloaded here In 1909 in Italy, Filippo Marinetti wrote his impassioned manifesto for futurism. The unordered, awkward syntax of the writing is as representative of the outwardly ...
How deep is official anti-racism? James Turley examines the question There can be few constituencies in America which have received the results of the November 4 presidential election as favourably as the nation’s black voters. Always a reliably Democrat demographic, 96% of African-Americans cast their ballot for Obama, with only 3% voting for McCain. The most obvious ...
Ben Lewis reports from last Friday's demonstration in London to oppose cuts in student grants. "You're lucky you're late, there was hardly anyone here at the time we were meant to start". This is how one member of the Socialist Worker's Party greeted me on arrival at the 'emergency' demonstration called by new SWP student ...
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CS member Dani Thomas has produced this haunting musical piece inspired by the coal mines of Wales. The track can be streamed and downloaded below. Dani recommends listening with headphones for the best effect. In this article (link) he explores Futurism and more fully explains the background of the track.
Report at the website of independent youth group Revolution: 100,000 school students across Germany went on strike on Wednesday, November 12. In more than 40 cities there were rallies and demonstrations instead of classes. In many places, university students and teachers expressed solidarity. The walkout was directed against overcrowded classrooms, the lack of teachers and the ...
This month has seen the implementation of Home Office plans to make foreign students carry biometric ID cards and force lecturers to keep registers of their attendance. This has been framed as a response to the scandal over the 'bogus colleges', almost 300 of which were uncovered last year, through which applicants could obtain a ...
James Turley sees the illusions of millions reflected in the left A couple of years ago, I spent an overly large part of my life in endless polemics with various rank-and-file leftists on internet forums, mostly of American extraction. I was particularly harsh on the US International Socialist Organization, formerly the franchise of the British Socialist Workers ...
Ted North examines the new-look, progressive, Keynesian Brown Whilst it is typical media hyperbole to claim that Gordon Brown has a “new-found status as a global financial leviathan”, it is clear that major political changes are afoot (Sunday Herald November 10). An end to the troubles and downward spiral of the Labour Party seemed unlikely just a ...
Download as PDF: cslondonleaflet Including our studies of Capital and Revolutionary Strategy, 'Jesus- revolutionary resistance fighter or the son of God?', annual conference of Hands Off the People of Iran, and our own conference in February.
CS member Carey Davies reports Cardiff Radical Socialist Forum met last week to discuss the 'credit crunch', the economic crisis and the tasks of the left amidst the coming instability. Eleven people showed up, CPGB/Communist Student members and sympathisers being the biggest single group, along with three Permanent Revolution members and two international students. Permanent Revolution's Keith ...
The SWP is touring the meeting 'Capitalism isn’t working- the case for socialism'. CS member Mohsen Sabbagh was there at the Sheffield stop on the 6th November. The number of people at the meeting was a pleasant surprise, the room packed to the rafters with around 70 people. Unfortunately, what they heard from the top table ...
Genuine Marxists express the need to contextualise abortion programmatically in political and economic spheres. Ted North reports recent debates The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill was approved by the House of Commons on October 22 despite the opposition of former minister and Opus Dei member Ruth Kelly, who was one of 16 Labour MPs to ...
Organised by the Socialist History Society. Programme of sessions 11.00 short introduction. Kevin Morgan (Manchester University) 11.10-12.50 WHAT HAPPENED: 1918-1930. Germany. Norrie LaPorte (Glamorgan University) Austria. Jill Lewis (Swansea University) Hungary. Mark Pittaway (Open University) Poland. Anita J. Prazmowska (LSE) 12.50-1.45 LUNCH 1.45-3.50 SIGNIFICANCE AND CONSEQUENCES: including 1945-50 (reconstruction) and up to today. Germany. Patrick Major (Reading ...