National News
The real meaning of D-Day
Global Times
On 6th June the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Normandy landings, often referred to as D-Day, was held in the coastal region of Versur-Mer, Calvados, France, with over 20 Western leaders in attendance. Although this significant commemorative event is likely to be recorded in history as the last quinquennial or decennial anniversary surviving veterans participated, some commentators suggested that this commemoration has garnered more attention due to the current heightened international tensions. The high-profile guests and politically charged speeches at the event, intertwined with increasingly geopolitical content, have led some to question whether this is a genuine commemorative event or a mobilisation campaign under the guise of “unity”.
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Election News
At the time of writing we are unaware of the finer points of Labour’s election manifesto, but we can be sure it will not resemble the radical promise of 1945 or the union-inspired reforms of the Wilson/Callaghan era. The party’s New Deal for Workers has been watered down no end with plenty of loopholes to get round headline pledges like abolishing the “fire and rehire” practice the unions loathe. Sharon Graham of Unite walked out of the Labour Party meeting that endorsed the manifesto. Unite is also highly dissatisfied with the party’s stand on the oil and gas industry.
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Could Do Better
by New Worker correspondent
The latest Trade Union Membership, UK 1995–2023: Statistical Bulletin was published late last month to give us a glimpse of the state of the union movement today. The statistics presented are those from the Department of Business and Trade’s Labour Force Survey. They differ from the figures presented by the unions which appear in the Certification Officer’s Annual figures due out in July. As might be expected the figures are a mixed bag, but predictably not very impressive.
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Scottish Political News
by our Scottish political affairs correspondent
At the same time as Rishi Sunak was getting himself into hot water for taking an early bath at the D-Day commemorations, his opposite number in Scotland was getting himself into more unnecessary trouble. The energetic Douglas Ross is the regional list MSP for the Highlands & Islands who was Leader of the Opposition at Holyrood while refereeing Scottish Premier League football matches and sitting in the House of Commons as the MP for Moray.
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International News
A cosy chat in Washington
by Guillermo Alvarado, Radio Havana Cuba
It has long been known everywhere that in the USA there are two dominant political parties, Democrats and Republicans, who periodically alternate the administration of the government with discreet nuances in matters of little importance.
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Televised genocide
by Guillermo Alvarado, Radio Havana Cuba
It took a few years for the world to become aware of the magnitude of the genocide perpetrated by the German Nazi regime during the Second World War and there are those who still make discoveries about these massive crimes today. M
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Free Gaza! Free Palestine!
by New Worker correspondent
Over 200,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday to support the Palestinian Arabs and demand an end to the carnage in Gaza – a demand echoed in demos and protests in cities, towns and villages organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and other solidarity and anti-war movements throughout the country.
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Camden stands by Gaza!
by New Worker correspondent
Camden Friends of Palestine successfully organised ‘Camden Gaza Week’ to maintain and increase knowledge of the ongoing genocide in Palestine, and to continue calls for UK politicians to put pressure on the Israeli government to stop the killings.
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A European earthquake
by Guillermo Alvarado, Radio Havana Cuba
The plummeting Euro, the collapse of financial markets, the dissolution of the French National Assembly and the resignation of the Belgian Prime minister, are the first consequences of the rise of the extreme right in the elections of the European Parliament.
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More Western hypocrisy
by Dhairya Maheshwari , Sputnik
The Kremlin has slammed the West and its media for turning a blind eye to the deaths of hundreds of children in the Donbas as well as in Gaza. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says children are dying in the Donbas but the Western governments aren’t talking about it and the Western press chooses not to report these killings.
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Features
The Communists’ Manifesto
by J Sykes, Fightback News (USA)
In 1848 a great revolutionary upsurge spread through Europe. These revolutions swept through Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Ireland, and other parts of Europe. By and large, these were democratic revolutions against feudalism, waged by the bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie and the working class. In the midst of this wave of revolution, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels joined the underground German Communist League. Marx and Engels were tasked with writing the programme of the Communist League, The Manifesto of the Communist Party, a document that would explain the movement’s analysis of the situation and its plan for how to move from that situation to revolution and socialism.
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Where do correct ideas come from?
by Mao Zedong
Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle and scientific experiment….
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