This is an update on a major workers’ struggle in Ukraine, which this blog has been covering. This report first appeared at https://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2018/06/04/how-workers-in-ukraines-steel-industry-are-fighting-for-wages-rights-and-democracy/ HOW WORKERS IN UKRAINE’S STEEL INDUSTRY ARE FIGHTING FOR WAGES, RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY A major struggle of workers at the global corporation ArcelorMittal plant in Kryvyi Rih in southern Ukraine has been underway.…
ALLAN ARMSTRONG REVIEWS ‘THE RED AND THE GREEN’ BY GERARD CAIRNS
Review of The Red and the Green – Portrait of John Maclean by Gerard Cairns Gerard Cairns has recently published his informative and challenging new book, The Red and the Green – A Portrait of John Maclean. I have known Gerry since the early 1990s and I would find it hard to call him Gerard,…
FEELING POWERS GROWING
The question about how socialists or communists should organise is the subject of this interchange between Silvia Federici and carla bergman and Nick Montgomery. It was posted by bella caledonia (https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/06/08/feeling-powers-growing-an-interview-with-silvia-federici/). FEELING POWERS GROWING – AN INTERVIEW WITH SILVIA FEDERICI This interview was conducted by carla bergman and Nick Montgomery for Joyful Militancy (building thriving resistance…
8th AMENDMENT REFERENDUM
We are posting the following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) on the victory over the forces of the traditionalist Right in the 8th Amendment referendum on abortion in Ireland. CATHOLIC CHURCH KNOCKED DOWN BY REPEAL VOTE – BUT THE IRISH STATE DODGES THE BULLET The success of the referendum to repeal the…
THE STRUGGLE FOR A CATALAN REPUBLIC
We are posting two items on the situation in Catalunya. The first is from Eric Chester who recently visited Barcelona. The second is the motion put forward to the SSP’s National Council in May by the Dundee branch. 1. REPORT FROM BARCELONA Barcelona has once again become a center of radical politics. After decades…
THE ROYAL WEDDING – PROVIDING POLITICAL COVER FOR THE UK STATE’S CROWN POWERS
This is an edited version the article, written by Eddie Ford, which first appeared in Weekly Worker. This blog has often warned how the use of the Crown Powers could stymie any attempt to set-up an independent Scotland. This article provides a warning to those who look to Jeremy Corbyn to lead a new Labour government. Under the Crown…