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Scotland shakes the establishment: The fight for Socialism continues

Details: Published: Thursday, 18 September 2014 21:40; Written by Rachel Gibbs, Glasgow Marxists

Scottish British EU flags-Tom Parnell The Scottish Referendum produced a seismic shift in the political landscape of Scotland. The campaign shook up the whole of society and touched those who had never even voted before. The turnout was an unprecedented 85%, more than three and a half million people, bigger than any election ever held in UK history. This alone makes it a political earthquake. Although the Scots rejected independence, they have sent shockwaves through the British political Establishment.

Pakistan: Irreconcilable Struggle Until Socialist Revolution

Details: Published: Monday, 15 September 2014 06:04; Written by Marxist Internationalist from the USA

This article looks at the situation in Pakistan, and describes on the one hand the effects of decades of rule by an inept and corrupt ruling class that has proven incapable of developing the country and on the other, highlights the immense work done by the comrades of The Struggle in building a Marxist Tendency in these every difficult conditions. [The text is a transcript of several talks given in the USA on Pakistan].

Momentum behind Scottish pro-independence campaign exposes crisis in the British Establishment

Details: Published: Thursday, 11 September 2014 07:40; Written by Adam Booth

With under a week to go until Scots head to the vote, the results of the independence referendum are too close to call. A recent surge in support for the pro-independence campaign has struck fear into the leaders of the NO camp. The maintenance of the union is now seriously under threat, providing yet another demonstration of the weakness and crisis within the British Establishment in this epoch of capitalist crisis.

Pakistan: Comrade Riaz Lund shot! Mobilise solidarity!

Details: Published: Monday, 15 September 2014 05:36; Written by Alan Woods

.Comrade Riaz Lund, a leading member of the Pakistan section of the IMT and well-known class fighter in Karachi, has been shot in cold blood by assassins. In a cowardly and brutal assault, he was hit three times, twice in the stomach and once in the chest

Civil war and black reaction in Iraq: a Frankenstein's monster of imperialism raises its head

Details: Published: Friday, 13 June 2014 23:13; Written by Niklas Albin Svensson and Hamid Alizadeh

On Tuesday, the Islamisc fundamentalist group ISIS captured Mosul, one of the key cities in Northern Iraq and then proceeded South towards Baghdad, capturing several important cities on the way. Hundreds of thousands have already fled fearing their lives under the rule of this reactionary group. This spectre of barbarism rising on the horizon, is the direct result of the cynical adventures of American imperialism.

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