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international / anti-capitalism Wednesday July 21, 2021 - 23:57 by 1 of Indy
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“The people have woken up – at last!” declared local Gilet Jaune rebel Michelle as she watched the vast crowds assembling on the main square of Montpellier in southern France. She has been involved with the Yellow Vest movement since the very start of the popular revolt against the Macron regime in November 2018. Two years ago, in April 2019, another Gilet Jaune told me on the same spot, the Place de la Comédie, that France was witnessing “a turning point in history”. Despite the vast levels of militarised repression used against the Yellow Vests, not to speak of the relentless propaganda in the mass media, the movement never abandoned the struggle. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday June 23, 2020 - 23:58 by 1 of indy
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The murder of Floyd is not a once-off incident. Last year 1,099 people were killed by the US police, of which a sizeable proportion are black. 99% of these murders remain in absolute impunity –an alarming impunity rate only rivalled by the likes of Colombia in the continent, which goes to demonstrate how police violence, far from an anomaly, is condoned by the US establishment. By all of it, whether Republican or Democrat. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Thursday May 11, 2017 - 11:45 by 1 of indy
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Many people still don't fully understand why events transpired the way they did during our financial crisis, but this analysis by Michael Hudson reproduced here serves to clearly outline how and why we ended up where we did. The interview is concerned with the greek situation with but the behaviours involved in "loaning to exploit" described in the interview are clearly recognisable from our own experiences. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday June 22, 2015 - 13:18 by Red Banner
Issue 60 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is out now €2 / £1.50 from shops or the address above ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday March 28, 2015 - 17:46 by Red Banner
Issue 59 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is out now €2 / £1.50 from bookshops or the address above ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Sunday December 28, 2014 - 11:29 by Jordanfan
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The fake "banking enquiry" is now underway and for those interested in the charade, Jordan Shilton has published a concise and incisive article on the subject on WSWS.org. I have republished it here as there is much deliberate sleight of hand and misdirection on this topic by the political elites and their henchmen in the media and it is important that such articles gets to a wider readership in the interests of truth and clarity on the subject. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday December 10, 2014 - 15:58 by Red Banner
Issue 58 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is out now €2 / £1.50 from bookshops or the address above ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Friday December 05, 2014 - 19:33 by irate
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I'm reproducing this post here because I think it needs wider circulation. I hope the original poster will forgive my boldness but It is an important message that should get out to the widest possible audience. Basically, under instruction from the EU, we will be giving private investors the interest on 28 billion of bank debt instead of paying it back to the Irish central bank as is currently the case, all with barely a murmur from the Irish media. Meanwhile the distraction storm rages on over a piddling 280 million which MIGHT be repaid to junior bond holders some of which MAY actually be local credit unions etc who are very beneficial to our economy. Furthermore If interest rates rise in the future we WILL be crucified by huge wasted interest repayments to greedy vulture capitalists. Meanwhile the media have us pissing and moaning over a hypothetical 280 million which MIGHT be repaid mainly to the likes of our own credit unions which will be peanuts compared to these other interest payments most likely going to foreign vulture capitalists ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Saturday September 27, 2014 - 19:04 by fred
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The Phones4U scandal has a serious lesson for us all about how completely amoral capitalism has become and how at risk we all are from it's predations. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday September 12, 2014 - 11:15 by Red Banner
Issue 57 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is out now €2 / £1.50 from bookshops or the address above ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday June 12, 2014 - 18:11 by Red Banner
Issue 56 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is out now €2 / £1.50 from bookshops or the address above ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Sunday March 23, 2014 - 13:56 by v for vendetta
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Huge protests are taking place in Spain over bank bailouts of nearly 50 billion and subsequent crippling austerity measures imposed by the Spanish government on the Spanish people and jobless figures of 50% among the under 24 age group. The otherwise peaceful protest was marred at the end when a small group of masked youth engaged with police in violent scuffles. Very convenient and needless to say this is the subject matter of the first sentence in most MSM news reports ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday March 09, 2014 - 10:48 by Red Banner
Issue 55 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is out now €2 / £1.50 from bookshops or the address above ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday February 19, 2014 - 12:33 by Oliver Campbell and Peter Symonds
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Fascist elements are among the protesters in Kiev. They are armed and are shooting at police. They are using the cover of protesters to advance a fascist coup. Violent clashes between police and protesters yesterday in Kiev mark an escalation of the campaign by the pro-Western opposition to oust Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The opposition, backed by the United States and German governments, aims to install a far-right regime committed to integrating Ukraine within the European Union and implementing its demands for austerity measures. Bloody street-fighting erupted when opposition protesters marched on parliament, demanding it pass a planned law to decrease Yanukovych’s powers. When the vote went against them, the opposition supporters attacked the headquarters of the ruling Party of the Regions. Clashes between police and protesters erupted and spread throughout the city. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Sunday February 16, 2014 - 23:43 by fred
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Stephen Donnelly, in an aticle in the independent has highlighted the government's complete lack of interest in the 13,000 mortgage holders from Irish Nationwide. In an excellent article he bares the reality of how current government's neo liberal ideology takes precedence over the suffering of families in mortgage arrears and how foreign vulture capitalists are allowed to get a large discount on these houses but the families actually living in them and supporting the local economy are prevented from getting the option of such a discount ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday December 15, 2013 - 14:44 by Red Banner
Issue 54 of Red Banner is out now, available from bookshops or from the address above €2 / £1.50 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday December 05, 2013 - 08:10 by lefty
Serbia’s Srdja Popovic is known by many as a leading architect of regime changes in Eastern Europe and elsewhere since the late-1990s, and as one of the co-founders of Otpor!, the U.S.-funded Serbian activist group which overthrew Slobodan Milošević in 2000. Lesser known, an exclusive Occupy.com investigation reveals that Popovic and the Otpor! offshoot CANVAS (Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies) have also maintained close ties with a Goldman Sachs executive and the private intelligence firmStratfor (Strategic Forecasting, Inc.), as well as the U.S. government. Popovic’s wife also worked at Stratfor for a year. These revelations come in the aftermath of thousands of new emails released by Wikileaks’ “Global Intelligence Files.” The emails reveal Popovic worked closely with Stratfor, an Austin, Texas-based private firm that gathers intelligence on geopolitical events and activists forclients ranging from the American Petroleum Institute and Archer Daniels Midland to Dow Chemical, Duke Energy, Northrop Grumman, Intel and Coca-Cola. ... read full story / add a comment
kilkenny / anti-capitalism Wednesday October 09, 2013 - 18:32 by Paul Ryan
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Video showing the support for the Doctors Strike in Co. Kilkenny ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday September 21, 2013 - 16:45 by Red Banner
Issue 53 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is available now from bookshops or from the address above for €2 / £1.50 ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Monday August 19, 2013 - 23:04 by Turing
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This article by the Revolutionary Socialists of Egypt is directed to their supporters, explaining in detail the principled stance they have taken. No to the Military Junta and No to Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Full text at link. Terrible massacres and violent repression, a huge escalation in attacks on Egyptian Christians and churches, the consolidation of the repressive military state continues apace. These are the momentous political developments we have experienced during the last few weeks. They pose enormous challenges to the revolution, but they also contain opportunities toprepare for the coming waves of the revolution, which the Revolutionary Socialists can use effectively to build the movement, provided that we develop tactics capable of dealing with changing circumstances. ... read full story / add a comment |
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