Blog archive - August 2010

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Urgent Solidarity Appeal - Trade Unionist imprisoned for another year !

Matt Wells
20th August 2010 at 12:34
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Dear Comrade This is a request for urgent expressions of solidarity for Mansour Osanloo, the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Trade Union of the Vahed Bus Company of Tehran and Suburbs, Iran. Please send your name, organisation and any trade union/political position you hold to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) copied to me so that it can published on the IWSN website. The following is a statement issued by the Vahed union.
Mansour Osanloo sentenced to one more year in prison [continue/comment...]
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Yes, let’s support Diane, critically

Marie Lynam
19th August 2010 at 11:05
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Hello all
With the question of who is Diane, I think it is important to remember that we are faced with tactics.
It was correct, for instance, to vote for Livingstone as Mayor, though he supported the bombing of Yugoslavia. I believe a few other criticisms could be made of him. But in my opinion, we should support him next time round. In part, this is because he has the ability and a certain public interest at heart. In part, because this is because he is known and trusted far and wide in the Labour masses. In part also as a means to oppose the right wing of course.
So with Diane, many factors must be taken into account, even though she goes along with 50% cuts. She does this because she does not see beyond the system. She does not analyse Venezuela, although Venezuela is a vivid example showing how to get out of the capitalist system. Hence Diane is trapped within the orthodoxies of capitalism; and within these orthodoxies as she sees them, cuts have to be made, and the books have to be balanced.  [continue/comment...]
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