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The ARB London Radical Bookfair 2013 – this Saturday!
Over 50 bookstalls, 20 guest authors, 2 book prizes, 1 real ale bar, 1 vegan food stall, and hopefully you! Come and support radical bookselling and publishing in all its traditions, this Saturday at the inaugural London Radical Bookfair. Continue reading
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The European Union and the McJihad in Syria By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Interesting developments have been taking place in the European Union. Red flags are going up across the EU, with officials in the European Union and various EU member states expressing fears about their returning nationals fighting in Syria. Continue reading
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Video: Act of Terror
An animated journey through the labyrinthine world of English Justice, the sinister caveats of Terrorism legislation, and the shocking cronyism of the police complaints system, Act Of Terror is about strength in the face of powerlessness and finding the courage to fight back. Continue reading
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Audio: Dario Fo’s ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’
The play is a farce based on events involving a real person, Giuseppe Pinelli, who fell – or was thrown – from the fourth floor window of a Milan police station in 1969. He was accused of bombing a bank (the Piazza Fontana bombing) (Wikipedia.) Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 19 April 2013: Detained: Testimonies from Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel
19 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News 17 injured in clashes in Beit Ummar4/19/2013 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Seventeen Palestinians were injured with rubber coated steel bullets in clashes in Beit Ummar village near Hebron, a local official said. A spokesman of the popular committee against the wall and settlements told Ma’an that the injured Continue reading
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Silencing the British People: The Legacy of Thatcherism and the Iraq War By Jason Langley
February 2003 saw the largest political protest in British history. An estimated two million Britons took to the streets of London as part of a wider global movement to march against the looming Iraq war. The protest united people of all ages, ethnicities, faiths and political persuasions. The noise was deafening. A rolling forest of… Continue reading
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Boston Terror Attack Carried Out Right Under Nose of Police and Military
16 April 2013 — Washington’s Blog Terror Bombing Shows that Our Anti-Terrorism Policies Are Ineffective Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 14 April 2013
14 April 2013 — williambowles.info Wikileaks cables: Don’t think you’re supporting Pak, Indira Gandhi told … Indian Express This is what Indira Gandhi told US President Richard Nixon just days before India-Pakistan war when she met him in Washington in November 1971, according to a US diplomatic cable made public by Wikileaks. The cable Continue reading
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Video: Bill Evans Trio at the BBC
‘Jazz 625’, recorded at the BBC Studios, London, on March 19th, 1965. Bill Evans – Piano, Chuck Israel – Bass, Larry Bunker – Drums. Continue reading
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EXPOSED: Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fraud
NYT admits fraudulent Syrian human rights group is UK-based “one-man band” funded by EU and one other “European country.” Continue reading
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Video: Under Thatcher, the Poor Became Poorer
John Weeks: Thatcher and Reagan set out to crush the union movement and assert the power of capital Continue reading
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Video: Michael Hudson – Thatcher Gave More Power to Finance
Michael Hudson: Thatcher deregulated banking and made London the center of speculation and financialization – April 9, 2013 Continue reading
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Mrs. Thatcher’s Mean Legacy By Michael Hudson and Jeffrey Sommers
We typically honor the convention to refrain from to speak ill of the recently departed. But Margaret Thatcher probably would not object to an epitaph focusing on how her political legacy was to achieve her professed aim of “irreversibly” dismantling Britain’s public sector. Continue reading
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The Role of MI6 in the Assassination of Patrice Lumumba By Abayomi Azikiwe
David Lea, a member of the House of Lords, wrote the letter in response to a review of a book on the history of MI6 entitled “Empire and Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire” by Calder Walton. Lea’s letter referenced the passage in the book by Walton that said “The… Continue reading
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The Stop the War Coalition, The Socialist Workers Party and Iraq By Ian Sinclair
STWC has been the leading organisation in the UK anti-war movement since its establishment in 2001. In particular, it was the most significant member of the tripartite coalition that led the movement against the Iraq War – the other members of which were the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).… Continue reading
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Going once, going twice—private firms bid for NHS By Sarah Ensor
Huge changes across the health service make a mockery of the Tory claim that the NHS is safe in their hands. New commissioning structures came into force on Monday of this week. They mean GPs can offer services from private companies instead of the NHS. Continue reading
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Demise of Britain’s Welfare State: Largest ever Welfare Cuts. Millions of Families Affected By Paul Mitchell
For the next three years, most welfare benefits will be limited to just a 1 percent rise a year—well below the expected inflation rate and equivalent to a 4 percent cut in real terms. Other benefits have been frozen including Child Benefit and the Working Tax Credit available to low-paid workers. Over nine million families… Continue reading
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