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Tag Archives: Labour Party
Thatcher is dead, Thatcherism persists
From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Thatcher is dead, Thatcherism persists London, England–They gathered openly, in the streets, in the hundreds. They shouted. They cheered. Flags were waved, music was played. Yet this was not just … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-trade union laws, Augusto Pinochet, Battle of Orgreave, capitalism, Chile, Conservative Party, Ed Miliband, Human rights, Kazakhstan, Labour Party, London, Margaret Thatcher, Miners' strike of 1984-85, National Union of Mineworkers, Nick Cohen, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Rupert Murdoch, Ted Heath, Thatcherism, Tony Blair
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Massive London march against austerity
From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Massive London march against austerity London, England—The leader of the opposition, Ed Miliband, was heckled on Oct. 20 at a mass demonstration here against austerity cuts. The Labour Party leader had … Continue reading
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Tagged austerity, Coalition of Resistance, Conservative coalition, Conservative Party, Ed Miliband, England, European Union, Great Britain, Karl Marx, Labor Representation Committee, Labour Party, Liberal Democratic Party, London, Portsmouth, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Trade union, Trades Union Congress, United Kingdom, Value Added Tax
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World in View: British youth revolt
From the September-October 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View: British youth revolt by Gerry Emmett The killing of 24-year-old Mark Duggan by London police on Aug. 6 set off the largest urban rebellion in Britain in decades. … Continue reading
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Tagged A Philosophic Handbook of Urban Rebellion, Birmingham, Brighton, British working-class and Black communities, Brixton rebellion of 1981, Broadwater Farm riot, Cynthia Jarrett, David Cameron, David Cameron's 'Big Society', Detroit Rebellion of 1967, economic crisis, Labour Party, Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992, Manchester, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Duggan, News of the World, Nottingham, Police brutality, race, racism, Rupert Murdoch, Tottenham, Unison
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