According to LYNN HENDERSON, We need system-wide answers to the current crisis of democracy in Britain, where the masses are ready to support a demagogue.
YOU don’t have to look far to see that — 200 years since the first big battles for the vote — our democracy is in trouble. Continue reading
A DOZEN people who had been suspended from the Conservative Party for Islamophobia are campaigning for the Brexit Party. Continue reading
ANTI-TRUMP campaigners claimed victory today after the US president cancelled a planned visit to London.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said that the billionaire bigot’s arrival would have been met with “mass peaceful protests” against his divisive policies.
Donald Trump was due to cut the ribbon of the new US embassy in south London next month. Continue reading
Working people want a different society, an end to the situation where a decent secure job and a place to live are unobtainable for millions, says LEN McCLUSKEY
Unite shop floor leaders gathered in Brighton UK this week to consider the remarkable democratic working-class organisation we have built together.
These conferences are a cornerstone of our union and our democracy. Indeed, they are where the most important aspects of Unite’s life and work are debated. Continue reading
EVEN as Theresa May finally sees no real alternative but to sack Priti Patel, she still oozes weakness because everyone knows this isn’t her favoured option.
She has been reeling since her ill-judged bid to win a landslide parliamentary majority blew up in her face, leaving Jeremy Corbyn looking the winner.
Her billion-pound bung to the Democratic Unionist Party hasn’t made her administration any steadier in the face of instability following allegations of inappropriate behaviour and worse against ministers and MPs. Continue reading
Calls to extend democracy are always met with derision, writes CHRIS WILLIAMSON
WHY is it that some people who claim to be advocates of democracy, who want to spread its influence throughout the world, seem more reticent about extending it when it might affect them personally?
I thought it was only tyrants and autocrats who would argue that they should not be subjected to democratic scrutiny by the people they purport to speak for. Continue reading
बिगत १०३ बर्ष अघि १ अगस्तका दिन पहिलो बिश्वयुद्ध छेडियो भने १९३९ सेप्टेम्बरमा पोल्याण्डमाथि आक्रमण गरेर दोश्रो बिश्वयुद्ध शुरु गरेका थिए । अंकगणितीय हिसावले पहिलो युद्धको अन्य भएको एक सताब्दी पुरा हुन लागेको छ भने दोश्रो चाँही सत्तरी बर्ष पार गर्न लागेको छ । यी दुइ युद्धहरुले बिश्वमा कैयौं पविर्तनहरु ल्याए । अझ खास गरी यी युद्धहरुले युरोपको अनुहारमा सदाका लागि बिशेष परिर्वन ल्यायो । र अहिले सम्म पनि युरोपीयलीहरु (चाहे सत्तामा रहेका हुन् चाहे सत्ता बाहिर रहेका जनता हुन)माथी यी युद्धहरुका छापहरु प्रश्ट देखिन्छन् । Continue reading
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नेपालीमा एउटा भनाइ छ “फुटेको घैटो फेरी जोड्न सकिदैन” । उक्त भनाइ नेपाली कांग्रेसका बरिष्ठ नेता शेर बहादुर देउवाले हालै बेलायत भ्रमणक्रममा प्रमाणित गराएका छन् । पूर्ब प्रधानमन्त्री शेर बहादुर देउवाले बेलायतमा नेपाली कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ताहरुलाइ प्रश्ट दुइभागमा बिभाजन गराएर छोडे । उनी आफ्ना भनेर चिनिएका कार्यकर्ता भन्नेहरुका हरेक कार्यक्रममा उपस्थित भए भने शुशिल कोइराला नजिक भनेर चिनिने कार्यकर्ताहरुका महत्वपूर्ण कार्यक्रममा पनि गएनन् भनेर नेपाली कांग्रेस श्रोतले गुनासो गरेका छन् । Continue reading
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जहाँ कृया हुन्छ त्यहाँ प्रतिकृया आउछ । यसैले होला भर्खरै सम्पन्न स्कटलैण्ड स्वतन्त्रताको सवालको जनमतसंग्रहबारे बिश्वब्यापी रुपमा प्रतिकृयाहरु आए । अठारौं, उन्नइसौं र बिशौं सताब्दीको अघिल्लो आधा भागसम्म बिश्वको एकचौथाइ भूभागमा राज्य गरेको बेलायत झण्डै आफैले फुटाएर सानो टुक्रा बनाएको बंगलादेश जत्रै सानो बन्ने अवस्था आएको थियो । तर असिना पसिना, दुख र कष्टकासाथ यसपालीलाइ भने त्यो समस्याबाट मुक्त भएको छ । बेलायत आफ्ना कोलनी मुलुकहरु फुटाएर छोड्दा उनिहरुलाइ कस्तो चोट लाग्यो होला भन्ने कुराको अनुभव अहिले आएर बेलायतले स्वयं अनुभव गर्ने मौका पायो । बेलायतले बीशौं सताब्दीको मध्यभागमा आफ्ना कोलनी मुलुकलाइ लगाएको घाउ अहिलेसम्म पनि ताजा छन् । Continue reading
सर्व साधारण जनताको आँसुको मूल्य हुदैन । संसारमा करोडौं मानिस सत्ताधारीहरुले दिएको पिडाका कारण रोए, रोइरहेका छन्, लाखौं लिटर आँसु बगाए, बगाइरहेका छन् तर त्यसको मूल्य वा त्यसको लेखा जोखा भने कसैले गरेन । तर रसियन राष्ट्रपति ल्भादमिर पुटीन गत तीन सेप्टेम्बरका दिन रोएको दृश्य भने संसारभर देखाइयो । Continue reading