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Why we should not call for jailing of Tony Blair

Posted on February 11th 2010 | No comments

To effectively oppose imperialist wars we must avoid the trap of legalism, argues Ben Lewis
“How many more smoking guns do we need before Tony Blair is behindbars?” asks the Stop the War Coalition website. The visceral hatred for Blair and what he represents could not be more apparent.
This is perfectly understandable. Many activists in the [...]

Obamalaise hits home

Posted on January 28th 2010 | No comments

James Turley looks at the first year of the Obama presidency

Last Wednesday was January 20 – not a particularly important date most years, except to astrologers. On that date last year, however, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States of America – to a rapturous reception from a war-weary and crisis-ravaged US [...]

Quake: no act of god

Posted on January 24th 2010 | No comments
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Millions around the world were appalled at the death and devastation in Haiti. James Turley puts the calamity into context

As readers will know, just before 5pm local time on January 12, a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti. Its epicentre was very close to Léogâne, a well-populated town not far from the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The tremor is estimated [...]

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on October 19th 2009 | 1 comment
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Joining a rogues’ gallery
Barack Obama is presiding over an escalation of military action in Afghanistan. Despite that, he is a hero for the liberal bourgeoisie, writes James Turley
Fairly soon after Barack Obama’s victory in last year’s presidential elections, there appeared an amusing little website called Bad Paintings of Barack Obama,1 which randomly flashes up canvasses [...]

Polling day quagmire

Posted on August 28th 2009 | No comments
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James Turley calls for troops out of Afghanistan now
Hamid Karzai
On August 20, the population of Afghanistan (or some of it, at any rate) went to the polls to elect their president. Hamid Karzai, the incumbent, remains the favourite, as the votes are counted.
The mood in much of the western media, at the outset, was cautiously [...]

To the people of Iran: We are with you!

Posted on June 17th 2009 | 2 comments
Against the whole sytem, not just Ahmadinejad

Against the whole sytem, not just Ahmadinejad
Communist Students greets the mass demonstrations and bravery of the people on the streets of Iran with hope and solidarity. The mass actions are a testament to the revolutionary élan of the youth, worker’s and women’s movements, who over the last three decades have struggled and suffered at the [...]

Mayday in Iran – Free All Political Prisoners!

Posted on May 1st 2009 | 3 comments
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On international workers day students, workers and women are gathering in Laleh Park, Tehran and across Iran to protest against imperialism, the economic crisis and the authoritarian theocratic state. The regime has done everything in it can since coming to power to put an end to the demonstrations, arrests, torture and the threat of executions [...]

Apologia and controversy

Posted on April 30th 2009 | 18 comments
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SWP actually aids the imperialists, writes Ben Lewis
Ahmadinejad: Face of the theocracy
Around 200 people crammed into the School of Oriental and African Studies on April 27 for a Campaign Iran public meeting entitled ‘Obama and Iran’. Doubtless the high turnout was partly due to the fact that – alongside the CI, Campaign Against Sanctions and [...]

Keeping it broad backfires

Posted on April 23rd 2009 | 4 comments
Less Monty Python, more Fawlty Towers

Laurie McCauley reports on Saturday’s ‘student coordination’ event

On April 18, around 70 student activists met at University College London for the ‘student coordination’ instigated by Revolution, the youth group of Workers Power.
Though 70 people is not bad for a new student left initiative – testament to the impact of the university occupations over Gaza in [...]

War & Capitalism dayschool

Posted on April 11th 2009 | No comments
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[ May 2, 2009; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Sheffield branch are organising this dayschool for May 2nd. Speakers TBC. The event will be followed by a social with food and music at the Three Cranes in the city centre.
The occupation at Sheffield University showed the willingness of students to take direct action in support of the oppressed. But what sort of strategy does [...]

 
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