Solidarity 222
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The two-day general strike on 19-20 October was the biggest of all the general strikes of the last two years of struggle in Greece.
Solidarity 222, 26 October 2011
Greek workers stage biggest general strike
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University boss will now be NHS privatiser-in-chief
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Malcolm Grant, the Provost of University College London, has been nominated by health secretary Andrew Lansley to head the new NHS commissioning board responsible for implementing the Tories’ health “reforms”.
Tube bosses plan new jobs massacre
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An “Operational Strategy” paper from London Underground management, leaked by tube union RMT, has revealed plans for a radical restructuring of the tube that could see 1,500 jobs axed.
Rank-and-file must control pensions battle
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Activists in “N30” unions — the unions that are set to participate in the mass public sector strike over pensions reform — are working hard to build for 30 November.
Left must be clear against Europhobes
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The Tory right mobilised on 24 October, with the help of the right-wing tabloid press, to demand a referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union.
What is Marxist dialectical thinking?
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Vasilis Grollios contributes to the discussion opened by Dave Osler in Solidarity 219
Why anti-EUism is not left-wing
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In the 1930s, when the Stalinised Communist movement responded to the rise of National Socialism in part by competing to out-do its nationalism, Trotsky explained what was wrong with that “national communism”.
Measuring unions’ online “klout”
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It’s a corporate dream come true: imagine if a company could find out exactly which customers — and potential customers — could influence others.
Greek strikes escalate. Political alternative needed
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After the two-day general strike on 19-20 October, strikes and occupations are continuing across Greece.