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• theses on the 2010 general election and its aftermath – for discussion

  
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  Dave Spencer sets out some points for discussion at our December 12th aggregate meeting.  In the spirit of openness we want to publish as much material from our internal debates as possible. 1. No matter who wins the 2010 General  Election, the working class will be under attack to pay for the ...
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• the future of the labour party and workers’ representation

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  Andrew Fisher from the Labour Representation Committee spoke at our 23rd November forum on ‘Where is the Labour Party going?’ Labour Governments do not have a good record at dealing with economic crises: in 1931, 1979 and now they have decided that it is the working class that should pay for the crisis. The ...
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• videos of the commune’s forum ‘where is the labour party going?’

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  On 23rd November The Commune staged a public meeting in London on the social role, degeneration and future of the Labour Party. The discussion ranged from the nature of parties managing the capitalist state to the limitations of the ‘new trade union party’ objective of many left groups. David Bailey from ...
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• pcs at the crossroads?

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  by Steve Ryan The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS ) is currently balloting in a general secretary election. The union is one of the biggest in the TUC and seen as a left led bastion of militancy. At first sight the elections seem unremarkable: the left poster boy Mark Serwotka is standing as the ...
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• some thoughts on our newspaper ‘the commune’

  
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  Ahead of a discussion of publications at our 12th December aggregate meeting, David Broder looks at the role of a printed paper and critiques the issues of The Commune produced thus far. While the Socialist Workers’ Party has recently suffered two of its pre-conference internal bulletins being ...
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• De lactu bisontine dessinée

  
  THE BLORG! Corp — Authority: 141
  Les dessins de la semaine sur MaCommune.info
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• 1871: Louis Rossel, Théophile Ferré, and Sergeant Bourgeois, Communards

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 469
  On this date in 1871, three very disparate men of the recently quashed Paris Commune were shot together at Satory. Louis Rossel (top) and Theophile Ferre. The mysterious Bourgeois will have to be imagined. Louis Rossel ( French Wikipedia link | English ) got the press — the public sighs, the clemency ...
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• honduras elections after the coup: for an active boycott

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  0n the elections in Honduras, taking place six months after a military coup against centre-left president Manuel “Mel” Zelaya – by José Luis Rojo What was bound to happen all along has now materialised: Mel Zelaya, the bourgeois leader of the resistance to the Honduran military coup, has ended up giving up ...
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• strike solid at hackney community transport

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  by Joe Thorne More than 40 pickets were stood at the gates of the Hackney Community Transport (HCT) bus depot this morning.  Playing football, waving flags and milling about on Ash Grove, off Mare St, the strikers are amongst the worst treated workers on London buses. Union members try to persuade a fellow ...
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• union sell-outs – disbelief and dialectics

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  by Adam Ford Many postal workers and their supporters were left disgusted and disbelieving on Bonfire Night. Billy Hayes and his Communication Workers Union executive had unanimously voted to sabotage a series of strikes which enjoyed widespread support, and guaranteed there would be no strikes until after ...
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• the global commune

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  by the Republican Communist Network It is now 20 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall. For most people this signalled the end of communism. However, there has always been another view, which understands that the USSR and its satellites and emulators were never communist, socialist or workers’ states. ...
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• people’s charter or charter for a democratic republic?

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  a guest piece by Steve Freeman Last Saturday the organizers of the People’s Charter held a conference, at which about 150 people attended. It became clear the Charter is going to be used for agitation around the general election. It has the support of the Labour Representation Committee, various trade unions, and ...
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• 30th november london reading group: the first shop stewards’ movement

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  The next of our London discussion meetings on trade union theory and workplace organising takes place from 7pm on Monday 30th September at the Artillery Arms, 102 Bunhill Row, near Old Street. The subject of the meeting is the shop stewards’ movement which emerged in Britain in the years following World War I. ...
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• the commune’s aggregate meeting, 12th december

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  The next of The Commune’s quarterly ‘aggregate’ meetings will take place at a central London venue from 12-4pm on Saturday 12th December. At the aggregate we discuss our political priorities for the next few months, how we organise and the positions we take. We welcome the involvement and feedback of all ...
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• maoism meets chavismo? a review of badiou’s workshop ‘subject and appearance’

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  by Nathan Coombs Nowadays it is hard to find many examples of academic leftism crossing paths with real left wing politics. One could even argue that the former might have a negative effect on the latter – the UK is, after all, home to one of the strongest left wing publishing empires and conference circuits in ...
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• the green party and the left today

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  an anonymous contributor explores the inner workings and direction of the Greens Over the last decade, the Green Party has both grown in size and influence, and moved leftwards. It has a membership of nearly 10,000, and realistic chances of winning Parliamentary representation in Brighton and Norwich at the ...
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• austrian student occupations: our social context and our demands

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  A statement by students at the university occupation in Vienna. See here for an interview with one of the activists involved. This document was published early in the struggle but is only newly available in English. The strike signifies the refusal of work, but in this case it means an enormous intensity ...
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• Actu, MaCommune.info dessins et rodho

  
  THE BLORG! Corp — Authority: 141
  les dessins de la semaine sur lactu bisontine, entre merguez et intégration.... http://www.macommune.info/rubriques/on-a-su-ca-cette-semaine-et-c-039-vraiment-complique-11934.html
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• For the Sake of Christian Community.

  
  decloned — Authority: 120
  T here’s a lot that has been said about how community is dying in the face of things like social networking in our age.  I am one of those people who have become so connected to networks instead of people over the last few years.  I check my twitter.  I write on my blog.  I visit friends on facebook.  I skype ...
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• where is the labour party going? london forum, monday 23rd

  
  the commune — Authority: 136
  The next of The Commune’s London public forums is on the subject of the social role, degeneration and future course of the Labour Party. The meeting takes place from 7pm on Monday 23rd November at the Lucas Arms, Grays Inn Road, near King’s Cross. With some on the left turning back to Labour as the 2010 ...
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