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Issue - 2098
Dated - 26 Apr 2008
Together we can beat Gordon Brown’s attacks

Gordon Brown is facing the biggest political crisis of his premiership over the abolition of the 10 percent income tax band for Britain’s lowest earners. There is now serious speculation that he could even be forced from office.

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Fightback Thursday: wave of strikes against Gordon Brown’s attacks on pay
News

Fightback Thursday: wave of strikes against Gordon Brown’s attacks on pay

The fightback started today. Up and down the country more than 400,000 workers are on strike. Teachers, lecturers, civil service workers and 20,000 Birmingham council workers are out.
24 April 2008
Migrant catering workers hit by government rules
News

Migrant catering workers hit by government rules

Uniting under the banner of "Save Our Livelihood", around 7,000 British Chinese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Turkish catering employers, workers and supporters gathered in Trafalgar Square in central London last Sunday to protest against Britain’s draconian immigration rules.
22 April 2008
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What We Think

The class divide and the power of strikes

An influential lie pushed by Gordon Brown, the Tories and most of the media, is that business bosses are "wealth creators". Without them, we’re told, the economy would collapse.
22 April 2008
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What We Think

Publicity for fascists feeds the hate

The British National Party (BNP) is desperately trying to conceal its Nazi roots and pose as "respectable" in its bid to grab a seat on the London assembly next week.
22 April 2008
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What We Think

Stephen Lawrence anniversary: Racism in the police has not gone away

Fifteen years ago this week Stephen Lawrence, a young black man, was stabbed to death in south east London by racist thugs. To this day no one has been prosecuted for his murder.
22 April 2008
BNP courts Jewish voters, but their bigotry is unchanged
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BNP courts Jewish voters, but their bigotry is unchanged

One of the worst epithets that one Jew can apply to another is that of the "self-hating" Jew. But I feel absolutely justified in so labelling Patricia Richardson, the first Jewish councillor for the fascist British National Party (BNP).
22 April 2008
Kemal Ataturk and the birth of modern Turkey
Features

Kemal Ataturk and the birth of modern Turkey

The roots of the Turkish revolution from above lie in the crisis of the Ottoman Empire that occured before the First World War.
22 April 2008
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Assault means new tragedy for Iraqis

Imagine a helicopter gunship firing missiles into your home, or troops storming into your neighbourhood to round up all the men. This is the life ordinary people in Iraq face today.
22 April 2008
Tim: Liquidity
Cartoons

Tim: Liquidity

22 April 2008
Vote Left List
Comment

Vote Left List

We have just days left to ensure that on 1 May the fight starts for a different London – one not in thrall to City financiers and bankers, one where ordinary people come first.
22 April 2008
It’s principles, not prejudice, that wins support at the Stonewall London mayoral hustings
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It’s principles, not prejudice, that wins support at the Stonewall London mayoral hustings

All of the main candidates for London mayor went head to head at a 400-strong hustings organised by the Stonewall LGBT rights group last Saturday.
22 April 2008
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The Left List’s ten steps to a better London

1. Housing – An emergency council housing building programme.2. Transport – Decent and cheap public transport to encourage less car use. Cut fares and increase provision with new tube and rail lines.3. War – Bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. No attacks on civil liberties. Spend the money used for war on welfare.4. Education – Good schools for every child in every borough. No academies, no tuition fees for students.5. Health – No health rationing, stop hospital closures, no privatisation of doctors’ surgeries.6. Poverty –
22 April 2008