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Archive for January, 2008

The Labour Party

Roger Silverman writes:-
I am writing to make a belated contribution towards the discussion on the nature of the Labour Party.
It is true that ultra-left sectarians have always impressionistically dismissed the Labour Party as a capitalist party, and that Militant in its day was right to insist that as the political arm of the trade unions, [...]

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A Party of the Working Class?
An ongoing discussion on the question of a party of the working class is happening among some of us. The main question being debated is whether a new mass workers’ movement will return to and change and rebuild the old mass workers parties (such as the Social Democratic and Labour [...]

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Capitalism at a Turning Point?
Please click on the above title-heading to bring up this article. It was written in connection with a recent socialist conference held in London. The focus of this conference was the developing economic crisis of US and world capitalism. It appears that an entire 25 year period of capitalist history may [...]

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The idea of countless millions of people [...]

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