Panama Canal monopoly under threat
Proletarian issue 55 Nicaragua reveals plans for its Great Interoceanic Canal. On 11 June, an overwhelming majority in the Nicaraguan national assembly voted in favour of plans to build a canal that will cross […]
Month: August 2013
Edward Snowden – a brave young idealist hounded by US imperialism
Proletarian issue 55 The US’s anger at having its dirty secrets revealed would appear to know no bounds. After downloading masses of files documenting the US’s spying activities, Edward Snowden, a former employee of both […]
Egypt: Morsi overthrown under mass pressure
Proletarian issue 55 The revolution will continue until the people’s basic demands for bread, work and an end to cooperation with zionism and imperialism are met. Under pressure from mass protests, the like of […]
Austerity, capitalism and the racist police state
Proletarian issue 55 Meeting in Brixton reveals the continuing racism of Britain’s police force and law courts. On Sunday 30 June, the South London African Caribbean Free Legal and Welfare Advice Surgery (SLACFLWAS) […]
Compensation for Kenyan torture victims
Proletarian issue 55 The rolling pebble that may yet start a landslide. The British government has eventually been forced, kicking and screaming all the way, to admit that its colonial administration in 1950s Kenya […]
Murdoch's white-collar crime empire
Proletarian issue 55 “During the period that British capitalism was able to send its products into the world’s market and successfully compete with the then rising industrial nations, like Germany and America, and when the industrial […]
Obesity and malnutrition on the rise as poverty increases
Proletarian issue 55 Blame capitalism, not the poor! Scotland has “a moment” to tackle type 2 diabetes, or the “consequences … could be severe”. These were the words of the Scottish director of Diabetes […]
Syria: national steadfastness wins through
Proletarian issue 55 The Syrian people’s support for their government and army has been the deciding factor in routing Nato’s fascistic terror gangs. The relief of Qusayr by Syrian national forces, following on […]
Police, spies, surveillance and the capitalist state
Proletarian The latest revelations about police spying should come as no surprise to those who recognise the role of the state as an instrument of class rule. When Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to […]
Turkish workers set a militant example
Proletarian After 22 days of inspirational struggle and sacrifice by the Turkish masses, the protest movement which began with the struggle over Gezi Park continues to move forward, and future clashes seem inevitable. The […]