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 Staff and students at London South Bank University (LSBU) are leading protests against plans to close a specialist adult education unit at the university....more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-10/d10-038.htm David Cameron’s conception of the “Big Society”, elaborated in his speech on July 19, is a compendium of everything that is negative and retrogressive about the ruling elite and the society they are trying to fashion in their image. It is nothing less than the complete wrecking of society under the name of a “big society”. It exposes the nature of the “freedom, fairness and responsibility” that Nick Clegg elaborated as the three words which sum up the government’s aims. It is summed up in saying that it envisages everyone fending for themselves in the name of empowering the people....more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-10/d10-037.htm July 20 marked the first anniversary of the occupation of the Vestas factory. WDIE once again congratulates the Vestas workers for their stand against the right of the monopolies to impose their dictate and for the right of the working class and people to decide on the direction of the economy. It will not be forgotten. It remains an inspiration to all workers fighting in defence of their livelihoods and to defend the national and local economies....more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-10/d10-036.htm In 1832, the year of the Liberal Reform Act, six men from Tolpuddle in Dorset founded the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. They refused to work for less than 10 shillings a week, although by this time wages had been reduced to seven shillings a week and were due to be further reduced to six shillings. The society, led by George Loveless, a Methodist local preacher, met in the house of Thomas Standfield....more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-10/d10-035.htm Health Secretary Andrew Lansley launched the government’s White Paper on the NHS on July 12. The White Paper sets out plans in which the government intends to build on the model of purchaser/provider which is based on the capital-centred thinking that health care is a commodity and those in need of health care are consumers. On the contrary, health care is a right in a modern society...more http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/wdie-10/d10-034.htm