Joining The Dots of a Confused Picture
I found reading the latest edition of Solidarity a bit confusing, like one of those Dot to Dot puzzles, where the picture only emerges if you connect the dots in the right order.On Page 2 there is an...
View ArticleBA's Pension Scheme Flies Into Black Hole
According to the FT at the weekend concern is mounting at the rising deficit in BA's pension scheme. Concern that is in the City. BA's workers should also be concerned as BA proposes making changes to...
View ArticleThe Reality of US Politics
The following article "Uniting Three Parties in Maryland" (at bottom of page in hyperlink) shows the bizarre nature of US politics.The three parties concerned in putting forward a common candidate for...
View ArticleVW Workers Face Longer Working Week
Workers at Volkswagen in Germany face a longer working week. In a deal with the union IG Metall bosses have secured an increase of 15% extra hours without pay. The deal comes as car makers throughout...
View ArticleChannel 4 Cops Out
Last night Channel 4 held a Dispatches debate chaired by Jon Snow on the question of whether Free speech is under threat from Muslims. The format was the same as that employed in the past to debate the...
View ArticleDirty Bastards, Dogs, and Recycling
Is it any wonder that humanity seems to be screwing up the environment when so many members of the species seem to be just a bunch of dirty bastards, with absolutely no consideration for anyone or...
View ArticleWomen Only Jihad
I watched the Dispatches programme on Channel 4 last night, "Women only Jihad", about Muslim Women and MPAC campaigning for the right of women to pray in Mosques, with interest. For some time I have...
View ArticleWho Were The Soviet Ruling Class?
The Bureaucratic Collectivist/State Capitalist theory says that a new ruling class emerged in the Soviet Union. This class ruled not by ownership, but by control of the meansof production. If this...
View ArticleAll Millionaires Now?
CNN had a story this morning that in a few years time 28% of UK citizens will be dollar millionaires. I was just searching the CNN website to try to find more details, but without success. Of course,...
View ArticleThe Resilience of Nationalised and Collectivised Property Relations
Russia is taking back energy resources into state control. The latest move is to take back control of the Sakhalin 2 project from Shell. It has used similar methods to that used against Khodorkovsky,...
View ArticleMoon Landings Hoax - Xmas Poll
Having just watched the "Did we land on the Moon" documentary - the one narrated by Mitch Pilleggi to distinguish it from all the others. I thought as its xmas or Saturnalia, or Winterfest or whatever...
View ArticleBoats and Economics
In the middle of the night, a day or so ago, I had to get up to let the dog out into the garden. When I got back into bed, I couldn't sleep straight away, and thinking about different discussions I'd...
View ArticleBrief Blog on Global Warming etc.
This was a very interesting document by Bruce.Bruce's Document on the EnvironemntThis is not intended at all as a critique of that document, but simply a comment.I have considerable sympathy with the...
View ArticleBonapartism and presidential Systems
The Brisbane Workers Liberty leaflet here: Support the Workers Not Chavez makes the case that Chavez is a Bonapartist dictator. Part of the argument is that he has been backed by business leaders. If...
View ArticleCivil War in Gaza - 'Non Historic Peoples'
The developing Civil War in Gaza comes on top of incipient Civil War in Iraq, and a potential Civil War in Lebanon, as well as increasing militarization by the US threatening an attack on Iran. The...
View ArticleWal-Mart in India
Just before xmas, the US retail monopolist Wal-Mart, that also owns ASDA in the UK, did a deal with India's leading telecoms company Bharti Enterprises Ltd.to open hundreds of stores in India over the...
View ArticleA Dog's Life
A month ago our dog was diagnosed as having lymphatic cancer. For the last few weeks I've had to take him to the vets once a week for chemo. I was asking the vet about the treatment, given that chemo...
View ArticleSnow Balls
I saw on the TV a couple of days ago in the review of the next days papers that the Daily Express had a headline in large letters forecasting 7 inches of snow. Straight away I came to the conclusion...
View ArticleClarke Talks Bollocks - Again
On Newsnight last night they reported on Charles Clarke's call for the NHS to be no longer free at the point of use in all cases. Clarke's argument is complete and utter bollocks.His argument is that...
View ArticleLooking For Hostiles
In his post here Paul Hampton accuses me of being hostile to the AWL. In my reply I show why that is simply silly. But Paul’s reaction reminded me of something I read recently – unfortunately I can’t...
View ArticleWork in The Labour Party - Patiently Explaining
Lenin used to say that the most important job of Bolsheviks was to patiently explain to the working class. What a balls aching task that really is! But of course he was right. It was also Marx and...
View ArticleVenezuela Different Views
In determining a political analysis it is important to look at what people do not say as well as what they do say. It is easy to paint a picture if you are selective about the story you tell. Take...
View ArticleHow The Rich Stay On Top
It used to be that the Financial Times was said to be read only by Capitalists and Communists. The Internet now provides a wider opportunity to see what is going on in the capitalists’ minds. In this...
View ArticleAn Education in Debt
The News has been full of stories today about the extent of personal debt in Britain. In one report from Manchester on News 24 there was an interview with a former Headteacher who has now been funded...
View ArticleRates of Profit Hitting Records
According to the Office for National Statistics, the return on capital for non-financial corporations hit 15.2% in the autumn of 2006,an all-time record.Meanwhile, the Chief Economist at Morgan...
View ArticleThe Lottery Economy
I blogged in a post a week or so ago, about the celebrity culture that Britain has adopted following on yet again from the US. The idea that people live their lives vicariously through those of others,...
View ArticleUS Already Attacking Iran From Iraq
In an interview just aired on CNN Wolf Blitzer spoke to the respected US columnist Seymour Hersh of the "New Yorker". Hersh says that the US is already launching attacks on Iran from across the Iraqi...
View ArticleHow Would Today's Ultralefts React to Trotsky Here
How on Earth would today's ultralefts react to this document by Trotsky. He advises a Bonapartist regime in Mexico how to best go about creating state capitalism! He argues for a toned down version of...
View ArticleMarket Turmoil
Financial Markets around the world continued to tumble again today, following sizeable drops last week. There are several reasons for the falls. They centre on China, Japan and the US. In addition,...
View ArticleLenin and the War in China
In this small article Lenin discusses the role of Russia and other European powers in China Lenin – “The War in China”. Changing what has to be changed, for example, bringing democracy rather than...
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