N30: there is an alternative – The Commune’s editorial looks forward to the 30th November strike against austerity there’s more to politics than westminster – Greg Brown asks what is the way forward for students’ struggles after last year’s defeat on fees and EMA make or break for the ‘sparks’ – Adam Ford reports on…
New issue of the commune (no. 26)
the euro in crisis editorial – opposition and the cuts balls to miliband – Clifford Biddulph pickets and porkie pies at fujitsu – Mark Harrison cleaning up the industry – Siobhan Breatnach sparks fly in electricians’ dispute – Siobhan Breatnach a weekend camping at dale farm – Daniel Harvey a state of uncertainty – Pete…
The State Murder of Troy Davis
At the South Carolina State Penitentiary on the 16th, June, 1944, 14 year old, George Junius Stinney, was strapped to the electric chair. Securing him to the frame holding the electrodes proved difficult as the child was so slightly built and merely 5’1”, a reason to suspect it wasn’t he who had wielded the huge…
The Commune Issue 24
The Commune recently decided to make their newspaper the commune free. You can download the latest issue from their site here The articles topics include news J30 anti-cuts international the left
Migrant workers are at the heart of our fightback
Editorial from The Commune, no. 6 The jobs massacre currently taking place under the cover of recession is an attack which particularly endangers casually or precariously employed workers; furthermore, migrants are also being scapegoated for ‘stealing’ hard-to-come-by jobs. Immigrants, many of whom are forced to leave their countries of birth by repressive regimes directly or…
Left Unity
The SWP have published an open letter on Left Unity in the past few weeks. There is a reply from the Commune which the RCN is in broad agreement with. We reprint it below. Reply to socialist workers party’s open letter to the left Comrades, We write in reply to your Open Letter to the…