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              8 Archival description results for Britain

              MP-DW-DW062_001-11 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              Newsletter covering topics including the Independent Commission of Inquiry hearing on NATO war crimes against Yugoslavia, peace movement activities including the Independent Network Action meeting in Birmingham, the indictment submitted by Ramsey Clark charging US/NATO leaders with war crimes, and a statement against Unionist racism and fascism in Northern Ireland by the Institute for Independence Studies.

              MP-DW-DW062_001-41 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              The issue covers Premier Hua Guofeng's successful visit to Britain including meetings with British officials and cultural exchanges to strengthen anti-Soviet unity and world peace. It reports on a London rally celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Editorial content critiques the 'Birch party' and trade union leadership, emphasizing the need for a revolutionary communist party. Readers' letters discuss industrial struggles at Plessey, Labour Party racism in East London, and other workplace and social issues. Articles address steel industry closures, the Corrie Abortion Bill controversy, and the British intelligence-backed Transglobe expedition. Overall, the paper focuses on class struggle, international solidarity, and socialist revolution under Marxist-Leninist principles.

              MP-DW-DW062_001-33 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              Contents include a report on Ford workers' strike demanding a £20 weekly pay rise, solidarity actions in Europe, critiques of trade union leaderships, discussions on British and Irish political issues including the role of the RUC, analysis of European car industry mergers (Peugeot-Chrysler deal), an article on the electricians union and communist involvement, commentary on the Workers Revolutionary Party's stance on violence, Plaid Cymru's anti-fascist positions, US support for Irish National Liberation, and international analyses including the Institute for Strategic Studies, Somoza regime in Nicaragua, and Soviet social issues.

              MP-DW-DW062_001-34 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              Collection of articles published in the New Age paper in 1979 by the Communist Workers Movement. Topics include Soviet-Vietnamese aggression against Democratic Kampuchea, Kampuchean people's war and resistance led by Comrade Pol Pot, lorry drivers strike in Britain and workers' struggles including the Garners restaurant strike and UPW pay claim, analysis of class struggle in 1978, Communist Workers Movement's theoretical journal Party Line launch, international solidarity with Kampuchea focusing on support from China and Korea, criticism of Soviet and Vietnamese actions, and call to action including pickets at Vietnamese Embassy in London.

              MP-DW-DW062_001-32 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              This issue covers a variety of topics related to civil liberties under the P.O.T. Act in Britain, political analysis of the Labour Party and upcoming election, demonstrations against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, industrial disputes including railway unions and Ford workers, and international issues concerning the Soviet Union's global activities ten years after the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Articles also address the British car industry, strikes at Garners Steak Houses, and critiques of Ford's historical ties with Nazism.

              MP-DW-DW062_001-27 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              A series of articles and editorials from the New Age newspaper dated mid-March to mid-April 1978 focusing on worker solidarity, anti-racism, political analysis, and international liberation struggles. Topics include TUC's inadequate support for South African black workers, critique of capitalist political parties including Labour and Tories, youth issues and controlled divisions, anti-fascist community organization in Southall, the death and legacy of Robert Sobukwe and the Pan Africanist Congress, and upcoming French parliamentary elections analyzed from a Marxist-Leninist perspective.

              MP-DW-DW062_001-35 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              This issue of New Age, a monthly paper of the Communist Workers' Movement published in March 1979, focuses on the struggle of low-paid workers in Britain, particularly in the public sector, demanding a minimum £60 weekly wage. It covers trade union actions, government-TUC relations, industrial challenges at Plessey Liverpool, civil servants' pay struggles, tenants' resistance to racism, women's demonstrations against violence, and black people's organizing against racism and police brutality in Hackney. Additional topics include Enoch Powell's controversial political stances and a Bangladeshi workers' cultural evening.

              MP-DW-DW062_001-28 · File
              Part of Mosquito Press

              This issue of New Age, the paper of the Communist Workers' Movement, covers topics including the Lebanese conflict and Palestinian resistance to Israeli aggression, critiques of British industrial conditions at Leyland and strikes such as at Claridges hotel, discussions on the Official Secrets Act and prosecution of The Leveller magazine, analysis of capitalist culture through film criticism, the expansion of MacDonald's and its labor practices, and political commentary on Soviet and American imperialism in the Middle East.