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Food poverty wars
DURING the war, when complaints were made
about the quantity and quality of food rations
Prime Minister Winston Churchill said he could
not understand the grumbles because the food he
was shown would make a perfectly decent meal.
He was surprised to learn that it was actually a
whole week’s ration – and fortunate in that the
press were not present to record his ignorance.
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Food poverty wars
Jobs sort of saved
UNITE the Union has declared
victory in the struggle
to save the Rolls-Royce
plant at Barnoldswick, in
Lancashire. Nine weeks of
strike action to save 350
jobs has been suspended
for members to consider a
“landmark deal” that would
save 350 jobs and give the
site a bright future.
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Jobs sort of saved
Paris: Darkness and Light
REVIEW by Theo Russell
MARGE PIERCY, born
into a working-class family
in Detroit, was an activist
against the US imperialist
war in Vietnam in the
1960s and a self-declared
Marxist. Her 1996 book
City of Darkness, City of
Light, a novel covering
the entire period of the
French Revolution, is
well worth reading because
it brilliantly depicts
life in France at the time
from top to bottom.
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Paris: Darkness and Light
What’s wrong with capitalism?
by Ray Jones
Well, capitalism dominates
and perpetuates a world
in which millions live in poverty
and disease.
Capitalism leads to wars in
which millions have died and
continue to die.
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What’s wrong with capitalism?