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.
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New Age, Issue 18 Jan-Feb 1980
This issue covers the struggle of low paid hotel and restaurant workers in London, anti-fascist protests against National Front meetings, analysis of Soviet-Cuban military support in Ethiopia, concerns about rising fascism and unemployment in Britain, historical perspectives on fascism, futuristic visions for Southern Gas workers, financial troubles of the British Steel Corporation, critiques of union leadership, and coverage of the Palestinian issue especially the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre and its aftermath.
Contains reports on the British steel strike, unity between the Revolutionary Communist League of Britain and the Communist Workers' Movement, international crises such as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, reflections on the revolutionary press in Britain including the 50th anniversary of the Daily Worker, and worker-related issues including nuclear power risks and job redundancies in the North East. Includes correspondences, conference reports, and ideological discussions relevant to Marxist-Leninist movements in Britain at the time.
This issue of New Age reports on the anti-racist upsurge and police brutality following National Front marches, including the death of Blair Peach in Southall. It covers post-general election analysis focusing on the unchanged nature of the state and capitalist interests despite government changes. The content also includes industrial actions by Post Office workers rejecting a pay deal, international solidarity in the printers' strike at The Times, tenant struggles with rent payments and council issues, opposition to the racist use of contraceptive Depo-Provera, and anti-racist organizing and challenges in Hackney, including community defense organizations and conflicts with Trotskyist groups.
Monthly paper of the Communist Workers' Movement covering topics including the Soviet Union involvement in Zaire, working class struggles, local election results and anti-fascist activism, Hackney abortion campaign, Marxist-Leninist unity meeting, Liverpool FC and councillors controversy, police injustices, and societal issues such as racism, trade unionism, and socialist revolution.
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.
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.