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New pamphlet on how to fight the cuts - out now

PR has published a 48-page pamphlet on the Con-Dem onslaught against the welfare state in Britain. Order it now.    

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Review: "Why it’s kicking off everywhere", by Paul Mason

Unemployed graduate meets technological revolution in social media. Clare Heath reviews Paul Mason's new book on what lies behind the ongoing wave on protests from North Africa through Greece to the...

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Review: The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep won a  Golden Globe for her portrayal of British Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher in this general relase film. Linda Wilde is not convinced by the soft soap treatment

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Pensions fight: stop the retreat!

The leaders of the public sector unions have squandered the momentum that the 30 November strikes gave to the fight to save our pensions. Outright resistance to further action or indecision is playing...

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Scotland: independence or autonomy?

We now know the referendum question that SNP leader Alex Salmond wants to put before the Scottish people in 2014: "Do you agree that Scotland  should be an independent country?" Stuart King thinks the...

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PR22 out now!

The winter 2012 issue fo Permanent Revolution is on sale now. Articles on the struggle to save Britsh public sector pensions from savage cuts, on the ongoing Euro crisis, on Chilean students, Italian...

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Syria: Fight to overthrow Assad enters new stage

As diplomatic efforts from the Arab League fail to to restrain Assad's bloody regime from butchering its citizens the Syrian people are taking their fight into the capital city itself, reports Keith...

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Italy: Monti mounts savage attack on Italian workers

When Silvio Berlusconi resigned last November to give way to a government of unelected "technocrats"led by Mario Monti, it was clear that the new adminstration would be hell bent on an attack on wages,...

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Fight to win over pensions: national strike action now!

The strike on 28 March shows the continuing determination of NUT and UCU members to resist the government’s attacks to our pensions. However, the combativity of the membership has been constantly...

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New anticapitalist initiative: a hopeful start

The first national meeting of a new anticapitalist initiative (ACI) took place last Saturday (28 April). Stuart King reports on the meeting at the University of London Union.

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Pensions struggle: death by a thousand sell-outs?

The good news is that further strike action by the PCS, UCU and Unite (Health) over pensions is due on the 10 May. But, says Dave Gay, the fact that only three unions are involved shows how far the...

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After the elections

The Tory/Lib Dem Coalition took such a drubbing in 3 May local elections they had to have an Essex “relaunch” the following week. Labour might be cock a hoop but, argues Andy Smith, their advantage...

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Greek and French elections signal new phase of Euro crisis

The parliamentary elections in Greece revealed a starkly polarised society gripped by economic crisis. The victory of Hollande in the French presidential elections meanwhile suggests that the EU...

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St Georges Hospital: cleaners fight for living wage

South London Anticapitalists (SLAN) joined a lively picket line of cleaners and supporters at St Georges Hospital in Tooting London on Friday 25 May. Stuart King reports.

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The Irish referendum and austerity

 On 31 May, the Irish people voted yes in the European austerity treaty referendum. But the result, argues Maureen Gallagher, shows a stark class divide opening up in Irish politics

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Greece: vote Syriza and put it to the test of office

On 17 June Greece goes to the polls for the second time in just over a month. Keith Harvey argues that progressive forces must vote for Syriza and force it to take measures against the banks and Greek...

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PR23, summer 2012 out now!

Permanent Revolution 23 is out now with articles on the ongoing crisis in Europe, the state of the opposition movement in Britain to the coalition government, a review of the Occupy experience around...

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A proposal for a new Marxist journal for the left

Stuart King argues the time is right to seek consensus for a new, broad and inclusive magazine for the Marxist left

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Can we break the Cameron government?

As the Unite the Resistance conference meets to discuss how to derail the coalition's attacks on Britain's workers Mark Hoskisson surveys the state of the labour movement after the 30 November strikes

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The significance of the global Occupy movement

The Occupy movement burst onto the world scene in 2011, inspired by the dramatic events of the Egyptian revolution and the Arab spring. Stuart King looks at where the movement is today and debates...

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