France: Parliament votes for Islamophobia
The French Parliament, on the eve of Bastille Day, voted 335 to one in favour of preventing Muslim women wearing a full face-covering veil in public. The July 13 Le Monde said the new law was strongly...
View ArticleStar Trek — first film of the Obama period
Star TrekDirected by JJ Abrams Written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy and Eric Bana
View ArticleBritain: Unionists discuss climate change
The second Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Conference brought together 160 trade unionists and climate change activists. The purpose of the event was to allow trade unionists to develop...
View ArticleBritain: Millionaires’ government declares class war
The Conservative Party, or Tories, has never really forgiven the British working class for demanding and winning the creation of the “welfare state”. Gains won included such things as free health care,...
View ArticleBritain: Worker-run plant takes renewables lead
One year after workers occupied the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight in protest at the company’s decision to cease production, a new organisation, Sureblades set up by former Vestas...
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