Archive for April 8th, 2013
Strike to destroy Thatcher’s rotten legacy
Posted by John, April 8th, 2013 - under Margaret Thatcher.
Tags: General strike
Comments: 5
The best way I reckon to respond to Thatcher’s death would be to bury her legacy – the current British government – with a general strike, something major unions have been discussing.
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Reading the Communist Manifesto today
Posted by John, April 8th, 2013 - under Socialist Alternative.
Tags: Communist Manifesto, Communist Manifsto
Comments: 1
The ideas set out in the Communist Manifesto can still help us make sense of this world. That’s why it is worth reading it today. But we need to do more than just read. The task remains what it was when the Manifesto was first penned: to fuse the ideas with the real movement, and to be part of the struggle for a classless society that operates according the maxim “From each according to their ability, to each according to their need”.