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One of the more entertaining elements of hanging around on the political left is the insistence of the various leftie parties that they are “open and democratic,” usually moments after they’ve been caught out playing silly buggers within a broad church movement.

Libcom's favourite music of 2010.

Its producers claimed inspiration from resistance to injustice, but this film’s sentimental spin is fundamentally flawed.

An updated list of documents and websites we would like to archive in our library.

A youtube video was posted yesterday which is reported to show the aftermath of the shooting of protestors involved in the widespread demonstrations in Tunisia by police.

The UK has seen a wave of high-street demonstrations under the banner of the UK uncut campaign, many of which have been organised locally following call outs distributed through the internet. The protests have seen a number of stores associated with Tax-Dodging picketed, occupied and flyered in cities and towns up and down the country.

Two heavily-hyped British media events – this TV series and the film ‘Made in Dagenham’ – link economics and social reproduction with sharply contrasting uses of nostalgia.

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (focusing on East Asia) during December 2010 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

Our most popular articles you nerds have been reading this year.

Libcom's pick of the best music videos of 2010.

A Christmas appeal to our users and readers for donation pledges to help keep libcom.org running and improving!

Must ordinary people pay for not only the financial fiascos of the rich, but their social failures too?

Assange is a distraction from the real revelation of Wikileaks - that our lords and masters are utterly terrified by the holes they see appearing in the carefully crafted story of Western democracy

The NUS President’s mea culpa today that he and his careerist cronies have been “spineless” in their approach to students taking direct action is a simple bid to grab back his status as leader and curb activity into more “constructive” (read: ineffective) avenues.

How far can one go with "diversity of tactics" before diverging with anarchism?

As groups call for entrance into politics or make coalitions with nationalists, this question has shown the urgency for tactical debate based on empirical experience.

Turning a blind eye to right-wing involvement in syndicalist movements.

Science historians Oren Harman and Mark Borello discuss the science of altruism and the relationship between politics and science.

The trashing of Tory HQ has thrown up piles of shoddy reportage which should shame the people writing it.

Flirting with heroic individualism, this story insists instead on age-old community bonds that everyone else seems to have written off

A reportback from the 2009 Class Struggle Anarchist Conference in Detroit, Michigan.