We were led to believe that Nathan Gill made ‘pro-Moscow’ speeches. It turns out that he made contributions to debates, around the closure of two independent Ukrainian TV stations that presented the case for good relations with Russia. In Britain we don’t really have a concept of an independent TV station broadcasting against government policy, as none … Continue reading The speeches of Nathan Gill
Your Party, Our Party, a Party for the Many
By Gwydion M. Williams A New Hope? The Road to the Liverpool Convention Incidentals in Liverpool What Sort of Party?’ ‘Not Invented Here’? Soft Leninism: an Argument of Trotskyists World-Changing Leninists, But Not Here Back to the Liverpool Convention Things I’d Have Liked To Say The Wider World A New Hope? The Road to the Liverpool Convention … Continue reading Your Party, Our Party, a Party for the Many
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams An Economy Is Not A Home Did Trump Trade Ukraine for Gaza? Sprout Imperialism and ‘My Beautiful Ukraine’ Unreported Truths of the Ukrainian 28 Points Artificial Intelligence – More Silly Than Sinister Snippets Who Owns the Debts That Supposedly Threaten Us? Criminal Power Never mind the ethics: feel the money An … Continue reading Notes on the News
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'Home truths' from Melanie Phillips convey one message: Israel will always be at war (David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 25 November 2025) West Bank: Israeli forces execute two Palestinians at point-blank range (Middle East Eye, 28 November 2025) Israeli settlers who breached Syria border returned by military (Middle East Eye, 28 November 2025) AI-powered surveillance … Continue reading PALESTINE LINKS
Digital I.D. it’s all a matter of trust . . .
Magnus Langton For some time the British government have been talking about the Brit Card, a physical form of personal digital identification for the British people. In September 2025 Sir Keir Starmer announced plans to launch a universal digital identification scheme in the UK. The Gov.uk website tells us the digital ID will hold: Your … Continue reading Digital I.D. it’s all a matter of trust . . .
An ideological vacuum in Russia?
Busts of Lenin are still everywhere in Russia. On the other hand, the Yeltsin Centre in the Urals (Yeltsin’s birthplace) has opened an annex in Moscow and has a popular programme of talks and films on the theme of what a bad thing communism was, attended by anti-russian foreign guests. The Constitution meanwhile declares that Russia is … Continue reading An ideological vacuum in Russia?
Should Europe Rearm?
Recent Letter and Speech on the War in Ukraine. Lord Robert Skidelsky Note: I’m posting two items today. The first is a letter I co-signed with others, which was submitted to The Guardian on the 15th of November. This was in response to an article on the same day by Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker attacking Russia’s anglophobia. … Continue reading Should Europe Rearm?
Sahra Wagenknecht
From Southfront November 28th 2025 Operation Silence: Why Berlin Is Killing The Truth About War And Peace Something is happening in Germany that rips up everything Western Europe claims to stand for. On live national TV, Welt’s anchor killed the microphone of Sahra Wagenknecht—the only heavyweight opposition figure left who dares question Berlin’s rush toward conflict. … Continue reading Sahra Wagenknecht
Corruption in Ukraine in 2021
Mick Murray writes: "The past is a different country" ? Not in the case of Ukraine. This is a story from the Guardian, from only 4 years' ago, which reported: “EU auditors warned last month that “grand corruption and state capture” remained widespread in Ukraine.” And went on to describe the scope of the corruption … Continue reading Corruption in Ukraine in 2021
Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’? By Media Lens 12 November [Media Lens is a UK-based media watchdog. Run by writers David Cromwell and David Edwards, it is our response to the increasingly centralised, corporate, state-subservient nature of the mislabelled ‘mainstream’ media system.] This follows on from a previous piece on the supposed … Continue reading Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
A Voice for Peace at the French Senate
This French senator is not as good as Robert Skidelsky, whose speech for peace in Ukraine we printed last month. Nevertheless a Communist Party senator manages not to call for more military spending, but instead to ask for capping of military profits. We don't wage war to get rid of war Jeremy Bacchi, Communist Party senator. … Continue reading A Voice for Peace at the French Senate
Rachel Reeves’ Budget Dilemma – Households and Governments—Editorial
Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget on 26th November, facing a serious dilemma of her own making. By adopting two strict fiscal rules that limit government spending without tax rises, and simultaneously pledging not to increase taxes on working people during this parliament, Reeves has boxed herself into a narrow and politically dangerous corner.When … Continue reading Rachel Reeves’ Budget Dilemma – Households and Governments—Editorial
On the Road to Digital Serfdom—Editorial
For some years Labour Affairs has pointed to the increasing authoritarian tendencies of our political parties in parliament, noting the lack of substantive policy differences between them and their complicity in introducing legislation that erodes citizen’s rights, most notably the Terrorism Act of 2000, an act breathtaking in its scope, with no temporal limitation and, currently, the … Continue reading On the Road to Digital Serfdom—Editorial
The failure of British industry – a personal experience
By Eamon Dyas While the United States was the world’s largest producers of automobiles in 1950 the majority of its production was for its home domestic market and not for export. At the same time the UK exported 75% of its vehicle production leaving it as the world’s largest exporter of automobiles in 1950 meaning … Continue reading The failure of British industry – a personal experience
The significance of the 1984-85 Miners’s strike
By Eamon Dyas Over the past year there have been several exhibitions and events in the UK commemorating the 40th anniversary of the British miners’ strike including “One Year! Photographs from the Miners’ Strike 1984-85: An exhibition based on the Martin Parr Foundation’s collection” which has toured various UK venues. Martin Parr has been an … Continue reading The significance of the 1984-85 Miners’s strike
Letters about the ‘Unite the Kingdom, Freedom of Speech’ March on 13th September
Letter to the Morning Star published 27/9/25 THE Star’s front page reporting on the Unite the Kingdom rally under the headline of ‘Rampage’ does a disservice to your esteemed paper (M Star September 15). For it is a ludicrous misrepresentation of the day. If “thousands of far-right demonstrators” “went on a rampage” as this article claimed, then … Continue reading Letters about the ‘Unite the Kingdom, Freedom of Speech’ March on 13th September
The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
The Crime and Policing Bill now being discussed covers a great many topics; each topic is then garlanded with many amendments, making it what’s known apparently as a ‘Christmas tree’ bill. What concerns us today is the clause that intends to curtail pro-Palestinian marches. See below the Jewish Bloc for Palestine statement and the speech by John … Continue reading The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
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The Israeli right’s ‘time of miracles’ is over. The Palestinians are going nowhere: while problematic for many reasons, Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza appears to spell the end of the Israeli government’s expulsion fantasies (Meron Rapoport, +972, 2 October 2025) Israel's genocide in Gaza never stopped, but UK media have enabled this … Continue reading PALESTINE LINKS
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