AN OPEN LETTER TO LEXITERS

AN OPEN LETTER TO THOSE LEXITERS* OPPOSED TO A SECOND EU REFERENDUM, BUT TOO NERVOUS TO CALL A DEMO FOR A ‘FREE UK’ TO IMMEDIATELY BREAK WITH THE EU, WORRIED WHO MIGHT TURN UP!   Dear comrades, June 24th hasn’t quite panned out as you Lexiters claimed it would. All those workers “justified” in supporting…

RACISM, IMPERIAL NOSTALGIA AND THE EU REFERENDUM

Below are two related articles and a letter which examine the mounting tide of racism in the EU referendum and relate it to Britain’s imperial legacy. The first is by Brendan McGeever who is a member of RISE and currently a lecturer in the Sociology of Racialisation and Anti-Semitism. The second is second by Nadine El-Enany is Lecturer…

OKRA PEASANTS STRUGGLE IN PAKISTAN AND THE AWAMI WORKERS PARTY

The following motion from the RISE Women’s Network will be will be put to the RISE National Forum on July 9th re Okra Peasants struggle in Pakistan and the AWP We note The brave struggle for land rights by the AMP (Tenants Association of Punjab) and the Okra Peasants Movement This has been going in for…

EUROPEAN DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION – A statement from the Republican Socialist Alliance

As part of the continued debate on the EU referendum we are posting this statement from the Republican Socialist Alliance.    EUROPEAN DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION The European Union (EU) is facing a serious crisis. Vicious austerity imposed on Greece in an effort to uphold the Euro has destroyed living standards and jobs in that country. The EU’s economy is…

STATEMENT FROM THE IRAQI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT

  As the conflict between the sectarian Iraqi state, backed by western imperialism, and the Sunni supremacist Daesh, clandestinely backed by powerful reactionary interests in the Gulf and elsewhere, focuses on Fallujah, the Iraqi Democratic Movement has issued the following statement.     AN UPDATE ON IRAQ These are dangerous and critical times for Iraq and…

HILLSBOROUGH – THE CROWN IN THE DOCK

The inquest into the Hillsborough Disaster finally made its ruling on 26th April. It took 27 years, following a prolonged establishment and police cover up, to finally get the verdict that 96 Liverpool supporters were “unlawfully killed”.  We are posting the article below by Steve Freeman and Phil Vellender of the RSA. It was first published in…

WHAT’S BEHIND THE RIGHT’S ACCUSATIONS OF ‘ANTI-SEMITISM’

  The British ruling class has been upset by a number of events beyond its control. The huge surge in those demanding Scottish independence and those who voted for Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party have opened up politics beyond of the safe Conservative/Lib-Dem/New Labour pro-imperial, pro-Israel and pro-neoliberal consensus. This is the…

SUPPORT THE JUNIOR DOCTORS

 SUPPORT THE JUNIOR DOCTORS NO COMPROMISES, NO BACKDOOR DEALS DEFEND THE NHS     For months, the junior doctors of the National Health Service have stood firm in the face of an onslaught from the Conservative government in Westminster. Socialized medicine works and, indeed, it is extremely popular. With a national health service, access to…

SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY (IRELAND) STATEMENT ON THE EU REFERENDUM

As part of the debate our online debate on  the EU referendum we are posting this following statement from Socialist Democracy (Ireland). SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY (IRELAND) STATEMENT ON EUROPE No to the Racism! No to imperialist Europe! Yes to Britain remaining in Europe! Yes to a United Socialist States of Europe!   Within moments of the…