Yassamine Mather argues that behind the cruise missile strikes in Syria lies the plan to bring about regime change in Iran SYRIA – DOUBTS, LAW AND GRAND STRATEGY Irrespective of what the experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons say, there is no doubt that the Syrian dictator is…
20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
We are posting this article on the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement from Socialist Democracy (Ireland). CLINTON AND BLAIR CELEBRATE SUCCESS 20th Anniversary of Good Friday Agreement In some Roman societies of late antiquity, after a death the body would remain for a time in the family home. It would be…
SMEARS ROLL ON
Mike McNair ( CPGB-Weekly Worker) examines the ‘anti-Semitism’ smears currently focussed on the Labour Party, and in particular Jeremy Corbyn. He shows the wider political intent behind these for the Right and the Israeli state. SMEARS ROLL ON Kate Hopkins and Ian Paisley Junior, two…
TRUMP AND THE LEFT IN THE USA
Eric Chester wrote the following article on Trump and the Left. It was originally posted on the Utopian e-zine TRUMP AND THE LEFT IN THE USA Resisting the Trump presidency has lead many on the broad Left to focus on electing Democrats. However, is Trump the central problem confronting us, or is he just…
HANDS OFF AFRIN! SOLIDARITY WITH THE KURDS
If ever the Kurdish saying “No friends but the mountains” applied it is in the situation the People’s Defence Force/Womens’s Defence Force now confront in Afrin on the Turkish Syrian border. In the Byzantine politics for which this region is infamous, for a brief period the interests of the US government and the Kurds in…
BOMBARDIER-BOEING DISPUTE THREATENS WORKERS IN THE NORTH
Bombardier is a Canadian owned aircraft company which employs 4000 people in Belfast. At the moment these workers’ jobs, pay and conditions are threatened as an outcome of growing American protectionism, reflected through the Northern Irish political set-up, which hamstrings any effective trade union response. This consequences of this are explained in this article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) BOMBARDIER-BOEING DISPUTE THREATENS…
WHAT’S BEHIND THE ESCALATING CONFLICT BETWEEN THE USA AND NORTH KOREA
Below we are posting an analysis of the North Korean state, written by Mike McNair, first posted at:- http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1170/not-enforcing-juche/ NOT ENFORCING JUCHE On September 11 the United Nations security council adopted a new set of sanctions against North Korea (formally the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), with the aim of forcing an end…
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL and DON’T ABANDON THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE
In the first posted article article Pink Floyd performer, Roger Waters, highlights the attempts being made to close down the increasingly successful Boycott, Divestment and sanctions Campaign in the USA. In the second article, Tony Greenstein provides an analysis of what is going on the Labour Party over Palestine. Despite the change of leadership under Jeremy Corbyn,…
A CRITIQUE OF JEREMY CORBYN AND BRITISH LEFT SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, Part 3
This is the third part of A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy, written by Allan Armstrong. The first part can be read at:- http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2017/08/09/a-critique-of-jeremy-corbyn-and-british-left-social-democracy/and the second part can be read at:- http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2017/08/11/a-critique-of-jeremy-corbyn-and-british-left-social-democracy-part-2/ 3. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, OFFICIAL AND DISSIDENT COMMUNISM AND A POLITICS BASED ON EMANCIPATION, LIBERATION AND SELF DETERMINATION Contents of…
TRUMP SAYS, “SCOTLAND JUST WENT THROUGH HELL”
The following article by Allan Armstrong was a first posted on the bella caledonia blog at:- http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2017/08/04/trump-says-scotland-went-through-hell/ TRUMP SAYS, “SCOTLAND JUST WENT THROUGH HELL”. BUT THAT NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT HE HAS PLANNED FOR US Trump has tweeted his opposition to Scottish independence. “Is Scotland going for the vote, by the way. It would…