This article by Even Uslu, a Turkish communist, exposes the fraud involved in Recep Erdogan’s recent referendum designed to concentrate power in the Turkish Presidency. TURKEY – IT’S NOT OVER YET THE AKP GOVERNMENT IS IN CRISIS FOLLOWING THE RIGGED REFERENDUM Celebrating amid the fraud The shambles that followed the April 16 referendum to amend the constitution…
THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND
Steve Freeman of the Republican Socialist Alliance and the Left Unity Party draws on the revolutionary democratic political tradition in England, linking the Levellers, the Chartists and the Suffragettes. He outlines its strengths compared with the social democratic and economist political tradition of Labour and most of the British Left sects. Steve argues that Socialists should be championing the…
EDINBURGH PEOPLE’S FESTIVAL TO COMMEMORATE ITALIAN PHILSOPHER AND ANTI-FASCIST, ANTONIO GRAMSCI
The Edinburgh People’s Festival has secured funding for a major conference commemorating the life and work of the influential Italian philosopher and anti-fascist Antonio Gramsci.
RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN STATEMENT – DEFEND DEMOCRACY
The Radical Independence Campaign has produced this new statement following Theresa May’s rejection of the right of the the Holyrood Parliament to hold a second Scottish independence referendum. DEFEND DEMOCRACY With the election of Trump, the chaotic handling of Brexit by an unelected Tory leader, and the ongoing crisis of the global economy,…
BEING ANTI-TRUMP ISN’T ENOUGH
David Broder, now a member of the editorial board of Historical Materialism, contibruted the Global Commune* events organised in Edinburgh by the RCN in 2010. David now lives in Italy and has written the following article about how socialists should relate to Trump, after the dismal experience of the Left’s response in Italy to the rise and fall of Silvio…
FROM RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS TO AMERICAN COMRADES
In the spirit of genuine internationalism Emancipation & Liberation is posting this appeal from Russian socialist to American comrades, first posted at:- http://anticapitalist.ru FROM RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS TO AMERICAN COMMUNISTS To our Comrades in the United States of America, As leftists from Russia, we support the struggle of progressive forces against the growing chauvinism and…
TRUMP – FROM DEMOCRACY TO TYRANNY
We are posting this article from the Real Democracy Movement about the possible political consequences of the Trump presidency. It was first posted at:– http://realdemocracymovement.org/trump-from-democracy-to-tyranny/. TRUMP – FROM DEMOCRACY TO TYRANNY So, Donald Trump is now President of the United States of America, and its Commander-in-Chief.
BREXIT COUNTER-REVOLUTION
We are posting the following article by Steve Freeman of the LUP and RISE and the Campaign for European Republican Socialist Party, which was first posted at:– http://www.republicansocialists.org.uk/blog/. BREXIT COUNTER-REVOLUTION Every popular rebellion or revolution produces its equal and opposite reaction in counter-revolution. England’s national uprising against the EU was won and lost on 23…
STORMONT’S “CASH FOR ASH” SCANDAL – continued
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has announced that that he is stepping down as Stormont’s Depute First Minister. This move has been taken to precipitate an election in the face of the DUP First Minister, Arlene Foster’s role in the “Cash for Ash” scandal. McGuinness’s decision has been taken with great reluctance, since it puts into question Sinn Fein’s…
GRASSROOTS LEFT UNITE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE ATTACKS COYNE’S AND McCLUSKEY’s CAPITULATION TO ANTI-MIGRANT POLITICS
Ian Allinson, the socialist candidate for Unite General Secretary, argues that McCluskey’s fudge on free movement stops him effectively defending members from the damage caused by Coyne’s attack on workers’ rights to free movement and equal treatment. Gerard Coyne, the right-wing candidate in this election, is all over the press this morning (Independent, Daily Mail)…