'I am concerned at the break-up of the Soviet Union and the leadership it gave!' - Jeremy Corbyn's words of wisdom on Stalinism
Submitted by Anti War on Jun 18 2017 14:07
The following is the text of a speech that Jeremy Corbyn gave in 1991 at a meeting to discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the speech, Corbyn does criticise the Soviet Communist Party for its elitism but he clearly has no understanding of the way the Soviet regime did all it could to sabotage any genuine revolutions. Corbyn also makes no clear references to the mass killings, secret police, militarism and economic failures that were fundamental to the Soviet system.
Sisters Uncut Occupy London’s Holloway Prison
Submitted by RSBenedict on Jun 15 2017 15:16
Sisters Uncut, a UK-based feminist group, held a week-long occupation of north London’s Holloway Prison in late May in response to conservative austerity policies that have had a damaging effect on social services for victims of domestic violence.
Smothered by regeneration: the Grenfell Tower fire
Submitted by libcom on Jun 14 2017 10:48
Tenants at Grenfell Tower repeatedly warned the council and its management organisation about fire safety risks before a deadly blaze engulfed the 24-storey residential tower block.
The UK coalminers’ dispute, 1973-4
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 11 2017 14:29
A short account of the national coal miners’ dispute in the winter of 1973-4 which led to the three-day week, the collapse of the Conservative government and a 35% pay increase for the miners.
Violence in the women’s suffrage movement
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 10 2017 11:22
A brief account of some of the many violent incidents in the UK women’s fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, by Steven Johns.
What now? Fighting austerity in a hung parliament
Submitted by libcom on Jun 8 2017 22:20
Whatever the result of the general election, we need to be building a movement capable of creating a better world.
Voting as Counter-Revolution – how the politicians who gave us the vote saw things 100 years ago
Submitted by Anti War on Jun 7 2017 12:33
A hundred years ago, the British ruling class decided to extend the vote to women over thirty and to working class men. By doing this they hoped to restore people's faith in parliamentary government and thereby counter any revolutionary tendencies inspired by the Russian Revolution. As Sylvia Pankhurst said in 1923:
Why I’m still not voting
Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Jun 5 2017 18:37
Corbyn, rather than being the saviour of the working class in Britain, demonstrates the futility of even the best of intentions when operating within logic and limits of capitalist democracy.
Call COBRA, that’ll sort it
Submitted by Rob Ray on Jun 4 2017 13:08
I originally posted this at Freedom News shortly after the Manchester bombing, but blow me if it's not strangely prescient on today's events as well...
The aims and principles of the Union of Anarchist Groups
The Aims and Principles of the Union of Anarchist Groups, from the Congress of the Union of Anarchist Groups, held in Glasgow December 2-3, 1945.
