REVOLVING DOORS OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS-TWO PROSTITUTES IN THE SAME BED

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The revolving doors of business and government By Will Roche Marxists have long since been conscious of the nature of the state, its industrious defence of the capitalist class, and its prejudice against working people. But much of the public are unaware of just how incestuous the capitalists and governments really are. Will Roche continues with his second in a series of three articles on monopoly capitalism. Stormont deadlock reveals the contradictions in the north of Ireland By IMT Ireland Long discussions into the small hours, shuttle diplomacy and the combined weight of Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen and still the deadlock continues over the devolution of policing and justice in the north. The process is meant to have been agreed years ago, but the deep contradictions in the north mean that every issue and every syllable has to be fought over. The "peace process", far from solving the problems of the working class has enshrined sectarian division and entombed the leadership of Sinn Féin and the DUP in Stormont, presiding over the minutiae of what is more or less an overblown County Council. Turkey: Tekel Resistance has entered a historic phase By "The Hook" We have received this letter as an update on the situation of the struggle of the Tekel workers in Turkey. Due to their pressure, the Prime Minister and the Turkish Cabinet were now forced to take up this issue. At the same time the class consciousness of the workers is taking a huge step forward and the ideas of communism are gaining ground amongst them. The victory of the Tekel workers would not be only a victory for them, but a victory for the whole of the Turkish working class. Solidarity messages to the Tekel workers By In Defence of Marxism We publish here some of the solidarity letters we have received and passed on to the Tekel workers in Turkey. The courageous struggle has now gone on for 46 days and put huge pressure on the Turkish government. The letters from workers and trade unionists from all over the world are a great source of inspiration in order not to give in but fight until the victory. Please keep on sending them! Pakistan: District Convention of the Unemployed Youth Movement, BNT Attock By Comrade Changaiz The Annual convention of Unemployed Youth Movement, BNT (Berozgar Naujawan Tehreek), was held on Sunday, January 17, 2010, in which 70 youngsters from all over the district participated with full devotion and revolutionary enthusiasm. [Audio] In Defence of Leon Trotsky By Alan Woods An avalanche of books has recently been published to discredit Lenin, Trotsky and the Russian Revolution. First and foremost of these writers is Professor Robert Service. The aim of his latest book on Trotsky is to prove that Bolshevism leads to Stalinism and totalitarianism. In a lead off given to a recent Socialist Appeal Day School in London Alan Woods sets the record straight and explains the huge gulf that divided genuine Bolshevism from the monster of Stalinism that was built on the physical destruction of the Bolshevik party. TUC—call one day general strike By Ted Grant in 1972 In May 1972 an attempt by the right wing trade union leaders to bow under the Industrial Relations Act was fiercely opposed by the rank and file. As Ted Grant pointed out, denouncing these trade union leaders as cowards, "Unjust laws passed by Westminster at the behest of the enemy class are not worth anything when weighed against the power of the organised labour movement. The jails are not big enough or strong enough to contain the workers who will resist, if a lead is given."		ESPAÑOL Una nueva etapa: balance general de la actual revolución iraní By Hamid Alizadeh Los acontecimientos recientes en Irán han remarcado el hecho de que el movimiento desatado en junio no fue un hecho aislado. Marcó el comienzo de un proceso revolucionario que no se detendrá hasta que este régimen tan repudiado sea derrocado. Ha habido alzas y bajas, pero la dirección es clara. Lo que el movimiento de masas requiere ahora es la intervención decisiva de la clase trabajadora organizada. Esto es en lo que los marxistas insisten en la situación actual. Obama: Un año después ¿Dónde está el cambio? By Comité de Redacción de Socialist Appeal - WIL (EEUU) Después de un año en el gobierno, las esperanzas de que la Administración Obama trajera un cambio verdadero han sido destrozadas. Por su encanto, majestuosas palabras y aparente sinceridad, Obama fue elegido para representar los intereses del capitalismo y de las grandes empresas, y cuando la presión lo obligue a tomar una decisión, siempre estará del lado de los capitalistas.
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