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4 January 2011
2011: A year of sharpening struggle
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), reviews the developments and events of 2010 in Britain and worldwide, and looks forward to further struggles in 2011.
Students besiege parliament protesting against tuition fees and the abolition of the EMA, photo by Suzanne Beishon
4 January 2011
2011: A year of sharpening struggle
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), reviews the developments and events of 2010 in Britain and worldwide, and looks forward to further struggles in 2011.
Peter Taaffe, photo Paul Mattsson
22 November 2010
Video: Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, summaries the issues discussed at the Socialist Party national committee meeting on 20-21 November (3 mins)
17 November 2010
Britain's trillion pound horror story
TV review: EVER SINCE the worldwide economic recession started in 2008, Britain's bankers and big business have been trying to avoid responsibility for the crisis...
Barnet council workers protest at plans to cut services and run a 'no frills' council, photo Paul Mattsson
29 September 2010
"A tidal wave of protest is rolling towards the coalition government, roaring, foaming, darkening the sky, sucking every political argument into a lethal wall of water, writes Peter Taaffe.
Birmingham Council strike, 24 April 2008, photo by S. O Neill
27 September 2010
"A tidal wave of protest is rolling towards the coalition government," the Guardian's Simon Jenkins writes. He is not exaggerating, Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, argues as he examines British society on the brink.
23 June 2010
How deep is Britain's media crisis?
Feature The Independent and Independent on Sunday were sold in March to Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev for just £1, a tycoon who similarly bought London's Evening Standard for the same price in 2009...
26 May 2010
Con-Dem cuts - 'only the beginning'
Editorial: The Tory/Lib Dem government's first £6.2 billion of cuts, piles on top of £12 billion of the previous Labour government's cuts that are being implemented this year...
Socialism Today June 2010, Cartoon by Suz
25 May 2010
The ConDem coalition: not-so-new politics
After intense negotiations and backroom deals, the Tories and Liberal Democrats cobbled together a coalition government.
This was the option favoured by the ruling, capitalist class, once it was clear that David Cameron's Tories had failed to win a majority. PETER TAAFFE, Socialist Party general secretary, assesses the situation for Socialism Today (June 2010).
21 April 2010
TV debate - Party leaders compete for the same policies
The first television debate, on 15 April, between the leaders of the main parties was the first such election debate in Britain, writes Paula Mitchell.
6 April 2010
'No choice' election for Britain's 7 million trade unionists
Trade unionists standing 42 candidates in general election challenge to 'big business' parties as the Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition (TUSC)...
25 November 2009
The 1970s, mainly viewed from the top
Review: DAVE GORTON reviews When The Lights Went Out; Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett...
17 November 2009
A global crisis, and the particular crisis in Britain
This is a truly global crisis. Virtually no country has escaped its effects. Globally it is the poorest people in the poorest countries who are suffering the most. However, the OECD correctly predicted...
Socialist Party congress 2009, photo Paul Mattsson
19 March 2009
Socialist Party congress reports
'Marx was right' - even Stephen King, HSBC Banking Group's Chief Economist, doesn't deny that now, writes Steve Score, Secretary East Midlands Socialist Party.
24 February 2009
A global crisis, and the particular crisis in Britain
Spreading like wildfire across the planet, this is a truly global crisis. No country will escape its effects. The ludicrous idea that China and the other BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia and India) could...
15 February 2009
Discussion document for Socialist Party congress 2009: The dominant issue facing the Socialist Party, the working class and the labour movement now and for the foreseeable future is the crisis of world capitalism, within which is the special crisis of British capitalism...
15 February 2009
Britain is particularly exposed to the economic storm which is unfolding. Iceland was a country effectively acting as a hedge fund. This country is not much different, as the FT commented:...
25 June 2008
BRITISH CAPITALISM produces far fewer manufactured goods than in the past, but in one sphere it's a world leader. Last year, it was the world's largest exporter of arms...
1 March 2008
Exactly how severe the crisis in Britain's economy will be, how long it will take to bite, and the precise political effects of it, are not yet clear...
1 March 2008
How consciousness will develop in Britain
Crucial for us are the effects that these economic developments will have on the consciousness of the working class...
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