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obama onthe warpathpage 2
the baggageof casual workpages 12-13
whatrevolutiondo weneed?pages 14-15
do we need
the anti-cuts
campaigns?pages 8-9
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wars fordemocracy? This month’s editorial
looks at the rising threat
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Iain Duncan Smith assuresa “job snob” that there’snothing wrong with Tescooffering a bit of unpaid work
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communists and scotland’s referendumIn the light of the SNP’s referendum initiative, Bob Goupillot and Allan Armstrongof the Republican Communist Network continue our debate on Scottish independence
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time to cut the antSheila Cohen argues for a strategic focus in organising against austerity
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cleaners.”
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Servisair are imposing redundancies on Liverpool baggage
handlers, as the job becomes increasingly casualised
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review
Mark Kosman reviews
Paul Mason’s Why It's
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Clifford Biddulph punctures the myths presented in Owen Jones’s book Chavs