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  • in reply to: New Left of Labour Political Party? #257104
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    Here’s what the greens said in the 2024 manifesto

    “Making Work Fair
    Millions of people have seen their pay seriously eroded by inflation for well over a decade, including many who work in vital public services. Green MPs will defend and extend workers’ rights to organise in the workplace, pushing for:

    Repeal of current anti-union legislation and its replacement with a positive Charter of Workers’ Rights, with the right to strike at its heart along with a legal obligation for all employers to recognise trade unions.
    A maximum 10:1 pay ratio for all private- and public-sector organisations.
    An increase in the minimum wage to £15 an hour, no matter your age, with the costs to small businesses offset by reducing their National Insurance payments.
    Equal employment rights for all workers from their first day of employment, including those working in the ‘gig economy’ and on zero-hours contracts. Gig employers that repeatedly break employment, data protection or tax law will be denied licences to operate.
    A move to a four-day working week.”

    We could do with taking these clowns apart, intellectually speaking of course!

    in reply to: Trump as president again? #256653
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    In DJP’s link, at around 2mins30secs we get a clear explanation from a US senator of the need for ‘humanitarian aid’ – it’s about attempting to protect raw materials supplies, trade routes etc. Who’d have thought it?

    in reply to: Another tragedy produced by capitalism #256522
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    Thanks for posting this Comrade
    So the collision was nothing to do with diversity after all….

    in reply to: No Indyref2 #254373
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    Sorry I just amended the last sentence

    Snake oil salesman drops dead
    The capitalist media is swamped with glowing comments about Alex Salmond, who seems to have failed to finish his last free lunch. What a ‘monumental figure’ (starmer) who ‘inspired a generation’ (swinney)! Socialists have a different view. Salmond was one of the main purveyors of a poisonous and indeed outdated nationalism. A flag-waver with, as far as we can tell, no significant capitalist interest to represent. His ‘legacy’, apart from having helped to perpetuate the myth that workers have common cause with the owners of the country in which they happen to be born, is merely his contribution to the erection at Holyrood of yet one more greasy pole to test the climbing skill of slimy politicians.

    in reply to: No Indyref2 #254372
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    By pure coincidence I am just about to submit this as a snippet

    Snake oil salesman drops dead
    The capitalist media is swamped with glowing comments about Alex Salmond, who seems to have failed to finish his last free lunch. What a ‘monumental figure’ (starmer) who ‘inspired a generation’ (swinney)! Socialists have a different view. Salmond was one of the main purveyors of a poisonous and indeed outdated nationalism. A flag-waver with, as far as we can tell, no significant capitalist interest to represent. His ‘legacy’, as someone who helped to perpetuate the myth that workers have common cause with the owners of the country in which they happen to be born, is as a contributor to the erection at Holyrood of yet one more greasy pole to test the climbing skill of slimy politicians.

    in reply to: “Capitalism is Killing the Planet…” #253820
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    interesting to read that the “WEF points out that there is no mechanism in the capitalist system to control its excesses” (anyone on here know where he got that from?) Despite the promising headline, the author of course ends up by looking at the problem the wrong way up “Curtailing consumption is the conversation nobody wants to have”
    Another well-meaning sort dazzled by capital

    in reply to: Trump as president again? #253186
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    Maybe worth having this scumbag’s full acceptance speech for future ref….
    https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/jd-vance-accepts-republican-vice-presidential-nomination-215130693790
    it’s 35 minutes….
    and this is what passes for politics!

    in reply to: Michael Gove #252246
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    Just had a quick look at the RCP response. Self-deluding Trots, as usual: “No wonder that support for revolution and communism are on the rise, as millions can see every day the horrors that the capitalist system creates, both in Gaza and elsewhere.”
    If only this were true

    in reply to: Are all workers “systematically underpaid”? #243800
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    You are right DJP – it’s been changed now to remove any possible ambiguity

    in reply to: President Xi and ‘communism’ #241945
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    My fault I’m afraid – should read ‘socialism’ – will change it
    Thanks for the comment

    in reply to: More articles in Spanish #241680
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    Just read the Contra economia page – it’s obviously defunct now, which is a pity because it does give a pretty good account of our position

    in reply to: Hope #241679
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    Very interesting
    BTW the link was corrupted – this one should work:

    Arguments Against Despair

    in reply to: Beyond Money (video) #234000
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    Thanks Alan, Great that she shares so many of our ideas, but this video promotes the idea of exchange between local producer communities (at 6 minutes 40 seconds) and there’s no discussion of how stuff that can’t be produced locally or on a small scale (steel or MRI scanners, for example). Seems a bit backwards looking to me. As he has read this and other stuff from the author, perhaps Cde Moss can shed some light on these 2 issues…

    in reply to: Capitalism and the Climate #233256
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    Just had a quick sdquint at this – of course she ends up with the argument that we need to get together with everyone seeking ‘justice’ etc. so we know where that leads nowhere. Have you thought about contacting her Alan – bet she hasn’t heard of us!

    in reply to: August SS pdf #232048
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