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Britain: NSSN calls for one-day general strike against austerity
Rank-and-file union activists assemble for sixth annual National Shop Stewards Network conference
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Britain: Monarchy – not just a ‘harmless relic’
The government will be hoping that the Jubilee flotilla of 1,000 ships on the river Thames will serve as a useful distraction while it pushes through more swingeing cuts.
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Britain: The phone-hacking scandal – profits, power and corruption
We must remove the undemocratic control of the 1% who deny to the 99% a voice in the media.
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Britain: Legitimacy of Cameron and Clegg further shattered
The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from London.
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Britain: “We’re striking back on 10 May”
Pension cuts, job cuts, service cuts
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State repression: European court condones police ‘kettling’
Eleven years after the ‘kettling’ (containment) of an anti-capitalist protest in central London, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment on the police tactic.
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Britain: The pensions’ battle continues
The need for concerted strike action against Con-Dem cuts in the public sector is more urgent than ever.
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Britain: George Galloway’s stunning victory in Bradford byelection
It shows the potential for anti-cuts election challenges
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Britain: The state of the unions
Decisive battles ahead
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Britain: Prepare for future struggle – build the trade union left
If any of the trade union leaders had any doubt about the full character of the onslaught facing the working class and the trade union movement, it should be dismissed now.