Yalta 1945: when Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Shared out the Spoils of World WAR 11 Part 2

Yalta: 4
Kindness & Kings
The primary British-American antagonism lay be-
hind Yalta's consideration of a number of countries.
The references to France at Yalta, and indeed all
Allied politics with regard to France; can be under-
stood only within this framework.
THE FRENCH STAKES
From the beginning Britain took De Gaulle under
its wing, as the British channel for the (hoped-for)
domination of France and the Continent. Washington;
on the other hand, continued to recognize Vichy as the

University of London calls in state thugs to arrest 3 Cosas activist

On Tuesday 16 July, supporters of the 3 Cosas campaign for sick pay, holidays, and pensions equality for outsourced workers at the University of London, were chalking campaign slogans around Bloomsbury to promote a demonstration the following day.

Someone (activists suspect that this "someone" was from University of London senior management) saw fit to phone the police, who arrived mob-handed and invaded the Students Union building to violently arrest one activist. (For a video of the arrest, see here for a video of the arrest.)

Egypt: neither the army nor Morsi!

The events in Egypt have confounded the image that pundits of both right and left have about the Muslim world — that the people are dominated, or automatically inclined to, Islamist movements.

The movement against Morsi has been a huge popular movement against an Islamist government, and not just any Islamist government either. The Muslim Brotherhood, and its political wing, are in many ways the most formidable Islamist party, and it was democratically elected.

Ireland: abortion ban cracks

On Thursday 11 July, Irish parliamentarians passed a law finally allowing limited abortion rights in Ireland.

The law, passed by 127 votes to 31, allows for abortion only in cases where a woman’s life is in danger or if she is suicidal.

The new legislation, the first of its kind, does the bare minimum to comply with the 2010 European Court of Human Rights ruling which found that Ireland’s failure to regulate access to abortion was a violation of its human rights obligations.

However, it does not reform or add any new grounds for legal abortion.

Industrial news in brief

Further Education workers at Lewisham-Southwark College will strike on Wednesday 17 July against departmental closure and job cuts.

A lunchtime strike rally is planned from 12.45 outside the college on Lewisham Way (SE4 1UT).

Send messages of support to pete.bicknell@googlemail.com

Cleaning workers’ two-week strike

Cleaning workers on the Tyne and Wear Metro began a fortnight-long strike on Friday 12 July.

Postal workers strike

Postal workers in Bridgewater, Somerset struck on Saturday 6 July in a dispute over job cuts and management bullying.

Communication Workers Union (CWU) rep Dave Chapple said the strike was “one of the best we’ve ever had”, with over 100 workers taking part.

Union reps have promised escalation if the dispute is not resolved.

In Peterborough, 170 postal workers held a wildcat strike following the suspension of a union rep.

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