by Adam Ford Viewers of the BBC’s Question Time were confronted by many truly repellent outbursts from the platform on 22nd October. The screening – which had generated massive controversy due to the debut appearance of British National Party chairman Nick Griffin – often broke out into shouting and boos as the audience expressed their … Continue reading question time: did the straw man really slay the griffin?
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Greg Brown asks what is the way forward for students’ struggles after last year’s defeat on fees and EMA With the 9th November national demonstration rapidly approaching, apprehensions over the state of the ‘student movement’ naturally arise. To be sure, the planned march against fees, cuts, abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance, and the marketisation and … Continue reading there’s more to politics than westminster
Adam Ford writes on the recent inquiry into the police killing of Ian Tomlinson, which resulted in a whitewash of those involved. For the ruling class, the embarrassment caused by the transparent cover-up of Ian Tomlinson’s police killing was a necessary evil. The alternative was far worse – a very public examination of policing tactics … Continue reading ruling class embarrassed by ian tomlinson charade
The November issue of our monthly paper The Commune is now available. Click the image below to see the PDF, or see articles as they are posted online in the list below. To purchase a printed copy for £1 + 50p postage, use the ‘donate’ feature here. You can also subscribe (£12 a year UK/£16 EU/£20 international) or order 5 … Continue reading issue 9 of the commune
by David Broder The evenings are getting darker, the leaves are falling off the trees, and oppositional texts are appearing in the Socialist Workers Party “discussion bulletin”. Yes, it’s that time of year again: the “pre-conference discussion period”, the three months of the year allotted by the SWP to limited discussion of party strategy, the … Continue reading a thousand eyes turn to swp no platform debate
Leaflet for tonight’s demo against Nick Griffin appearing on Question Time – Labour and Tory anti-fascism is a con – Support migrant-worker organising: no borders – For workers’ action against racist propaganda The recent row over the British National Party’s appearance on BBC Question Time displays the level of anger at the rise of the … Continue reading ‘get this racist jack straw off the bbc’…?
by Kofi Kyerewaa Despite the repetitive Nazi name-calling, the British National Party achieved their hope of getting elected into the European Parliament, and the British hard left once again finds itself at the margins of electoral politics and unable to match the BNP in votes even across its fractured political front. The landscape has changed: … Continue reading should “we” ban the bnp?
