One hundred years ago Albert Einstein published four papers that began a revolution in science. There are many reasons why socialists might be interested in Einstein. He was a lifelong opponent of militarism and oppression, and he became a committed socialist.
Thursday 7 AprilLaunch meeting of ASBO Concern, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London (Euston station).
What can Marxism tell us about capitalism that we don’t already know?
If you look at the whole period from 1979 to the end of the 1990s, you can put it in quite a dramatic way.
Respect was formed out of the anti-war movement — but anyone who thinks Respect is just a single issue party about Iraq is very much mistaken.
Last July I was elected as a Respect councillor in Tower Hamlets, east London. The biggest crisis here is in housing. I visit homes every other day — people are living in overcrowded situations, and their health and children’s education are being affected as a result.
Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own existence and that of those who are closest to him, to satisfy his personal desires, and to develop his innate abilities.
Omar Deghayes fled to Britain aged 11 to escape persecution in Libya. He was granted asylum, grew up in Brighton and applied for British citizenship. Yet today he lies caged in Guantanamo Bay—and the British government is refusing to lift a finger to help him.
The family of Omar Deghayes escaped from Libya in 1986 after years of persecution by Colonel Gadaffi’s regime. They came to Britain, since they had links to this country and used to visit Brighton every summer.
Wednesday 16-Saturday 19 MarchPeace camp in Trafalgar Square, London, organised by Military Families Against the War, supported by Stop the War Coalition and CND.
The Iraqi resistance is demonised by Bush and Blair as terrorists, supporters of Saddam Hussein, Islamic fundamentalists and so on. Tell us what you think of the resistance.
