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Evil empire: Let the monarchy die along with Elizabeth
The British royal family papers over the pillage it continues to benefit from
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The First Billionaire To Become UK’s King
We expected Charles to get the crown. We didn’t expect him to make a billion-dollar fortune first
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Stop calling Charles the “climate king”
The new British monarch has not earned such a title, say climate activists from colonized nations
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How the US and UK Stopped Peace Deal in Ukraine
Way back in April, Russia and Ukraine had tentatively agreed to a peace deal. A deal that could’ve ended all this senseless killing
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New U.K. PM Has “Extreme Neoliberal” Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record
Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of “extreme neoliberal policies”
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Britain’s Strikes Aren’t Going to End Anytime Soon
Workers have been striking throughout the summer to demand an end to Britain’s cost-of-living crisis that doesn't come at their expense
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Kids skimping on meals to buy food for hungry friends
Youth workers have spoken of ‘a failure of society’ as kids take on responsibility for feeding friends
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Amazon Workers Are Going on Wildcat Strikes in Britain
The cost-of-living crisis is only getting worse in Britain, and Amazon isn’t offering its workers nearly enough to fix it
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Mike Pompeo and CIA Sued for Illegal Surveillance of Assange’s Visitors
The stakes not just for Julian Assange but also for the survival of investigative journalism itself could not be higher
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The Labour Party After Jeremy Corbyn – Review
Options for the left, in and outside of the Labour Party
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Droughts and wildfires prove we need to end private land ownership
We can’t accept an annual lurch from droughts to floods – we must take our land back from the aristocracy
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Will the Unions Actually Ditch Labour?
Some say Unite may cut ties as soon as next summer
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Freedom of Speech and Graham Phillips
The imposition of sanctions against British citizen and journalist Graham Phillips is an appalling violation of freedom of speech
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Energy workers to stage more protests as companies raise bills but not pay
Employees at Drax, Grangemouth and other energy sites will walk out every fortnight as firms rake in huge profits
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Western countries are shipping refugees to poorer nations in exchange for cash
Deportations to Rwanda are part of the U.K.‘s 2022 Nationality and Borders Act, a law that drastically changed citizenship and asylum rules in the U.K.
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Meet the union leaders who are every bit as tough as Mick Lynch
The pandemic and its injustices have shifted workers’ expectations. These women are leading the struggle
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BT Workers Are Fighting the Rigged Economy
Today’s BT Openreach strike is the first national telecoms strike in decades and the first national call centre strike in Britain’s history
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Britain’s Hostile Environment for Immigrants Is a Laboratory of State Racism
The British government has intensified the discriminatory policies that led to the Windrush scandal of illegal deportations
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The U.S. Is “Close To Getting Its Hands On Julian Assange:”
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Student Climate Campaigners Welcome ‘Momentous Victory’ at Cambridge
Advocates say that while renaming the BP Institute would be "symbolically important," adopting a policy to reject "all fossil fuel industry funding and research partnerships" is what's needed
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Just Stop Oil declares M25 a site of civil resistance after UK temperatures pass 40C
We are all in this together and we have all been betrayed. We need everyone now, to step up and take action
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The brutal reality of the US-UK ‘special relationship’
The handover of global imperial power from Britain to the US is at the root of the UK’s continued persecution of Julian Assange
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Climate Protesters Smash Windows at Murdoch’s UK Headquarters
Extinction Rebellion accuses his news properties of downplaying the climate crisis
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Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
The Trump administration is seeking extradition of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to the United States for trial on charges carrying 175 years in prison
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The Assange Arrest is a Warning from History
The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage
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Living it Large—Life on Benefits
A society that allows many, many people to live on less than £100 per week while a privileged few get by on over £100,000 is surely a great place to live
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The Manchester atrocity lifts the rock of British foreign policy to reveal its Faustian alliance with extreme Islam, especially the sect known as Wahhabism or Salafism, whose principal custodian and banker is the oil kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Britain’s biggest weapons customer.
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The Scottish Independence Vote: A Significant Legacy
With an unprecedented voter turnout of 85 percent and a political mobilization that shook the foundations of the United Kingdom, much was accomplished...
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The UK Government has made an ad about the deepening cost of living crisis and it’s surprisingly honest and informative
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The Ongoing Persecution of Julian Assange
John Shipton, the father of political prisoner Julian Assange, tells Lowkey about his struggle for the freedom of his son
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Confronting Labour Leader Keir Starmer
Liverpool pensioner Audrey White confronted the leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer, scolding him publicly for his shameless war against left-wing members of the party
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Interview on the war in Ukraine, the West versus China and the plight of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
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on Ukraine, Russia-NATO, Assange, Shireen Abu Akleh & COVID-Measures
Interview on the war in Ukraine and the role of NATO
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March for the Alternative – Peoples Assemblies
Mark Barrett shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March...
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March for the Alternative – UK Uncut
Liam Davies shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March...
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March for the Alternative – SWP
Jonny Jones shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March for...
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March for the Alternative – Coalition of Resistance
Andrew Burgin shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March...
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Alex Callinicos shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March for...
Blogs
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Assange, Pinochet and Diplomatic Double Dealing
CounterPunch, August 24-26, 2012 A decade ago, the British...
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Don’t say prayers in public, Jesus said so.
Last week the National Secular Society and an ex-councillor won...
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What does it mean to say rap music causes riots?
(originally posted at: http://towardtheunknownregion.blogspot.com/2011/08/rap-music-and-riots.html) I couldn't resist looking briefly at...
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Work is not a social policy: challenging the coalition gov’s ‘welfare reforms’
“Never again will work be the wrong financial choice. Never...
Books
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The Activists Handbook: A Step by Step Guide to Participatory Democracy
Table of Contents Introduction 1: Activism, advocacy and the practice...
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Making of the English Working Class
"Thompson’s book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because...
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Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century
As its title suggests, Sheila Rowbotham’s A Century of Women:...
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An autobiographical account of a young muslim man in London...
