The Form of the Struggle

Loyalism v Independence

The solidarity against injustice and the self-organisation of the Durham Teaching Assistants was, as we wrote in July, an inspiration to other workers throughout the North East and beyond (see

Contrary to the cries of the Venezuelan government and its hypocritical Opposition, Venezuela remains, as before, a state-capitalist economy based on the extraction of oil rents.

The conflict between the factions defending the existing Spanish state and those seeking a separate Catalonian state continues to accelerate.

Our rulers want us to think there was little good in the Russian Revolution.

Nearly all commentators agree that the outcome of the German election is a “political earthquake”. Chancellor Merkel has come off badly, the Grand Coalition project has been punished.

"Interest bearing capital has always been the mother of every insane form.(1)" (Karl Marx)

Superficial political observers think the election campaign is boring. The race was over long ago, only the fight for third place is open, is the common opinion.