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Prominent anti-Zionist writer Norman Finkelstein has broken from the “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” (BDS) movement, denouncing it as a “cult” and saying that it is based on a politics of “eliminating Israel” but is too dishonest to say so.
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The revolt in Syria began in March 2011, in the wake of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
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We need a new Marxist left. The one we have is largely degenerate.
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The Stop The War Coalition has declared: "The terrorist attack that destroyed the Twin Towers ten years ago was a crime which Stop the War Coalition condemned at the time, and it reaffirms that condemnation today".
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Counterfire have published an article by Lindsey German questioning what it says about the French “left” (or, rather, Parti Socialiste) that a man with the reputation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn might be considered an acceptable Presidential candidate.
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SWP splinter group Counterfire has launched a series of forums in London, and started on 19 May by inviting Peter Thomas to speak on Gramsci.
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Around 100 people attended the Counterfire conference in London on Saturday 7 May.
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The architect Quinlan Terry designs buildings to look classical from the outside, but be modern (structure, materials, floorplans, cabling, ventilation) inside. Above: his 264-7 Tottenham Court Road building. For a revolutionary socialist party, however, Marxism should be not just a "classical" exterior, but the defining structure of politics.
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The 38 members of the SWP in Scotland who recently resigned from the SWP together with Chris Bambery have put out a statement launching themselves as “the International Socialist Group (Scotland)”.
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When the revolt against Qaddafi started in Libya, hardly anyone on the left — however broadly defined — could say anything in defence of Qaddafi.
