Contemporary Marxist-Leninist thought on Britain and the world and contains Workers'Daily Internet Edition and archives. http://www.rcpbml.org.uk en http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/ http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/images/wdbut2.gif 144 27 We vigorously condemn the government’s continued interference in the internal affairs of Zimbabwe, the most recent example of which resulted in a decision by the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council on July 22 to impose new sanctions on those associated with the government of Zimbabwe. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-073.htm Thousands of Bridlington residents are expected to march through the town tomorrow, Saturday, July 26, to save their hospital. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-072.htm This past week has seen the anniversary of two infamous examples of state terror. In both cases, justice remains to be done. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-071.htm The government and monopoly media are renewing their attack on the youth with the hysteria promoted around "knife crime". The Prime Minister has announced that the government is publishing a "youth crime plan", to contain more "enforcement measures" which will further criminalise the youth. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-070.htm The Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, was asked last week whether British monopoly companies should continue to invest in Zimbabwe, given the government’s support for economic sanctions against that country. Asked specifically whether British monopolies such as Anglo American should be investing in Zimbabwe, the Foreign Secretary replied that the government was not asking for a complete economic boycott, not because this might damage the profits of the monopolies and their stranglehold on Zimbabwe’s economy but rather because apparently, in his words, “the people of Zimbabwe have suffered enough”. Earlier media reports had suggested that the Foreign Office had told British monopolies to remain in Zimbabwe, while the Prime Minister and other government ministers made public statements to the effect that they should reconsider their positions. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-069.htm New Labour ideologues have been developing the notion of defining national identity in terms of a set of supposed core "British values", and imposing these so-called "universal" values on the world, providing the ideological content to the New Labour programme to "make Britain great again". ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-068.htm On Saturday, thousands thronged the streets of Durham once again to attend the 124th Durham miners Gala and Big Meeting. In near perfect weather in one of the largest manifestations of the British workers’ movement people of all ages from communities, workplaces and colleges took part in the banner parade which featured 41 bands and 85 banners – 25 of them from other than the miners’ union, such as RMT, Unison and UCATT. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-067.htm The 124th Durham miners Gala comes on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the great miners’ strike of 1984-5. The strike produced an unprecedented conflict between the state and miners of which much has been written in terms that it was a defeat for the miners and the working class in Britain. However, today its legacy can be viewed not only in terms of a defeat, but more importantly in its lesson as to the sharp struggle over which is the crucial social force who are prepared to shoulder responsibility for the fate of society. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-066.htm The contempt of the government, as constituted of the big parliamentary parties in the Commons, for the rule of law as exemplified by its “war on terror” is to be vigorously condemned. The remedy of the working class and people building the movement against all the injustices perpetrated under the government’s “anti-terror” legislation must be further developed on the basis of fighting for the rights of all. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-065.htm The hunger strike of stateless Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Abu Rideh is highlighting the inhuman and racist treatment by the British state of those detained under the so-called "anti-terror" legislation. Mahmoud is in a critical condition in a London hospital after being on hunger strike for well over a month. He has been the subject of a control order under the unjust, racist and medieval "anti-terror" legislation. ...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-08/d08-063.htm