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The gap between the rich and poor is soaring in rich countries—and it’s growing faster in Britain than anywhere else.

It was a historic day. Britain’s biggest strike since 1926 saw the working class march firmly on to centre stage of the political arena.

Nurses and other trade unionists in several US cities rallied in support of the strike in Britain.

Wednesday 30 November is a day socialist and trade union militants have longed for. After decades in the wilderness, N30 signals the return of mass working class resistance in Britain.

Kama Abu Aita, president, Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions

The government has lashed out at pretty much everyone in its attempt to drive through an assault on workers in Britain. Sometimes it says that "greedy" public sector workers are the reason that cuts must be made. At other times the Tories lay into people who can’t find work or those on benefits.

Britain could be heading for another recession—the infamous double dip—according to predictions expected this week from the government’s Office for Budget Responsibility.

A British arms company with links to the Tory party has produced some of the tear gas canisters used against protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

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Sections of the right wing media have seized on figures that show employment for non-British nationals is increasing.

Richard Gott’s new book, Britain’s Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt, could not be more timely.

Let’s remind ourselves of the scale of the threats. There’s 1.3 million jobs to be cut in the next three years, services cut in every community across Britain, education cuts that mean working class kids won’t be able to afford further and higher education, and an abandonment of our pensioners.