An interesting article breaking down the different clubs under 777 umbrella.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5495332/2024/05/16/777-everton-standard-vasco-genoa-hertha-red-star-victory?source=user-shared-article

Let us face the facts, comrades, the education of the masses is a large and strenuous task, but there can be no communism until the masses desire Communism and act Communism. We cannot take part in the work of education till we are ourselves deeply imbued with the Communist ideal and unless our thoughts and our desires are constantly turning towards it.

Sylvia Pankhurst

King Charles' portrait has created some serious questions about how uncomfortable it is to look at.

It wasn't too long ago we were discussing his mortality after a cancer scare, now the conversation is about this portrait.

https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2024/02/15/king-charles-and-the-nhs/

How many wars have started, and how many people have died, due to the privatisation of the military? The great American capitalist machine has become so corrupted by the pursuit of profit that even genocide has become a profitable venture.

https://youtu.be/Aycfr8Jcqb4?si=-lKlWLxsXl3hnxOQ

What would happen if Venezuela arrested thousands of students and raided their campuses? President Maduro points out the hypocrisy of international organizations that supposedly promote human rights but are now silent in the face of repression carried out by Western governments against their own populations that are protesting for Palestine.

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The Tories fantasies about the trade unions being led by modern day Arthur Scargill's would be amusing were it not so tragically far away from the truth. In reality the bulk of the trade union leaders collaborate with the Tories with leaders like Scargill and the late Bob Crow standing out precisely because they did not.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13418677/KEMI-BADENOCH-Unions-want-undo-work-14-years.html

Egotism has no place in communist organising. What you have done is only important in terms of how you have connected with the masses, how you have brought workers towards scientific socialism and how you have built up a Communist Party as a disciplined, militant workers organisation. Our individual contributions are not part of a CV or reputation building exercise. We rely on the work of our comrades who came before us, those who struggle with us in the same cause today and those who may be unknown to the class but whose contribution makes our work possible. Pride in our work is important but it is never about us as individuals nor should we ever make it so. Bourgeois egotism is the enemy of communist discipline and we should work to remove it from out individual psychology. Take pride in your work as an expression of the collective effort, known that you did your work well but that your work was dependent upon the actions of many other comrades. That is the way to avoid a collapse into petty outbursts of vanity which most workers will be repelled by.

It may be true that all this theatre about 'will they won't they' send Nato troops to Ukraine is just a cover for the fact that the decision has already been taken. But if that is true, I'm not convinced it means automatic nuclear armageddon.

Judging from how the war has played out so far, it seems more likely to me (speaking as a non-military observer), that, as was the case with the tanks, long-range weapons and fighter jets the Nato countries were also NOT going to send (allegedly out of a desire not to escalate the war into a direct confrontation), any troops that arrive in Ukraine from other Nato members (most likely more disposable east Europeans or other foreign forces like the French foreign legion or Britain's Gurkhas) will be destroyed as they get there, having little or no chance to impact the battlefield.

What the lunatics in Brussels, Washington, Paris, Berlin and London cook up after that in their desperate quest to keep the show on the road is anyone's guess. Whatever they try though, it's clear to anyone with eyes they can only postpone the end-by date so far.

The war is lost. They just can'e bear to face up to what that means.

http://www.defenddemocracy.press/us-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-says-nato-will-deploy-troops-to-ukraine/

Smoke and Mirrors in Palestine – Class Consciousness Project
https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2023/10/20/smoke-and-mirrors-in-palestine/

Ukraine – Nato War & Class War – Class Consciousness Project
https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2023/07/17/ukraine-nato-war-class-war/comment-page-1/#comments

Me speaking in 2021 on the use of language in the media, describing attacks by far-right Israeli Zionists as “clashes” and describing the Israeli onslaught and massacre of Palestinians as a “conflict”.

This interview was soon after the NUJ described myself and others as “extremists” and voted down a motion calling for solidarity and the establishment of Media Workers for Palestine, saying it wasn’t our job to give a voice to Palestinians.

“Brave students have picked up the banner of class struggle and international solidarity, but they do not have the strength to complete this mission alone.

“Workers must give them every possible support and solidarity so that the government does not feel able to crush their protests with brute force, and our media does not feel able to isolate them through silence.

“More than that, workers must organise a nationwide movement not only in academia but in every sector of the economy.

“Britain’s students are giving a lead to the rest of society in showing how the war machine can be stopped in its tracks. Now the rest of the working class is duty bound to follow their lead!

“By organising ourselves in our workplaces to block every aspect of the war machine, we can and must force our own ruling class to stop arming, assisting and funding this genocide.”


https://thecommunists.org/2024/05/07/leaflets/students-no-cooperation-with-gaza-genocide/

Sharon Graham's pantomime fist waving is no longing hiding her true nature.

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/05/16/exclusive-key-unite-committee-walks-out-says-will-start-legal-action-against-union/

🇺🇸🇬🇧Chevron to Exit English North Sea After Over Five Decades

Chevron Corp., one of the largest U.S. oil corporations, has announced its plans to divest its assets in the English North Sea. The American oil giant has operated in this region for more than 55 years, as reported by the Financial Times. This move is part of a strategic shift following a comprehensive review of Chevron's global asset portfolio, which aims to concentrate on more strategic and competitive projects. Chevron has clarified that its decision to exit is not influenced by the tax regime or political environment in England.

It's worth noting that in the UK, energy companies are subject to a 75% tax on profits. This tax policy has led to the withdrawal of several major foreign corporations from the English sector of the North Sea. For instance, ExxonMobil ceased its operations in this area three years ago.

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In this latest article, I look at what on earth is going on at Warrington borough council

https://middleagedrevolutionaryblog.com/2024/05/19/warrington-council-and-their-auditor-problem/

This is an article from the most recent edition of Lalkar that discusses in-depth the problems causes by IMF meddling in Argentina.
This article is well worth reading because it spells out what happens to a country that accepts loans from the IMF.

Lalkar: The role of the IMF impoverishing countries – the case of Argentina
http://www.lalkar.org/article/4410/the-role-of-the-imf-impoverishing-countries-the-case-of-argentina

A country cannot fully exercise its sovereignty while indebted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The conditions and structural adjustment programs often imposed by the IMF in exchange for financial assistance can significantly influence a nation's economic policies and priorities. These conditions will include austerity measures, privatisation of state-owned enterprises, and liberalisation of trade and investment policies. Consequently, the country will find its ability to independently determine its economic and social policies constrained, undermining its sovereignty and self-determination.

The reliance on IMF loans and adherence to its prescribed policies can lead to an external control over national affairs, challenging the notion of true sovereignty.