By John Pickard, Brentwood and Ongar CLP, personal capacity The crisis in Catalonia is now one of the biggest in the EU, matching, for the
Month: October 2017
By a CWU member It was announced on the 3rd of October that in a ballot of Royal Mail postal workers an overwhelming 89.1% had voted
By Raphaëlle O, PCF Paris The immediate cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the devastating impact of the First World War on Tsarist
October 27 2017 Newly-published data reveals that the combined wealth of the super-rich, the world’s billionaires, has increased to more than £4.5 trillion. This is
By Michael Roberts Republished, with the author’s permission, from https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com Xi Jinping has been consecrated as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong after a new body
By Harry Hutchinson (Labour Northern Ireland, Mid-Ulster branch, personal capacity) Northern Ireland Public prosecutor, Barra McGrory, recently ruled that there was insufficient evidence to
By Roger Silverman THE END of the Second World War inspired a global movement towards revolution, particularly in the colonies of the “victorious” imperial powers of Britain
By Roger Silverman, First published on the Oakland Socialist website, https://oaklandsocialist.com/2017/10/20/the-russian-revolution-turns-100/ November 7th, 2017 marks the centenary of an event whose impact still today reverberates throughout
By Ruth Foley, PCS member In 2010 the government implemented a two-year pay freeze followed by five years of a 1% pay cap. PCS members, therefore,
October 20, 2017 Its official tourist website describes the island of Malta as a “uniquely charming and world class holiday destination with a lot to
