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Posted by: John Phoenix What does the case of the Merseyside Pension Fund tell us about how retirement is funded in Britain today? Proletarian writers Subscribe to our  channel The imperialists, through their relentless drive for profit, cannot help but continuously expose the fact that, at both a local and a global level, ruthless exploitation of the masses is their sole concern. The first advances in the struggle for pensions in Britain came in the form of concessions from the Liberal government of Herbert Asquith in 1908. A pension for the over-70s (a very small group amongst the working class at that time) was introduced and paid for out of general taxation. This reform was built on by the establishment of the welfare state after 1945. The retirem...

Posted by: John Phoenix The Labour party grovels to Wall Street and the City of London. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our  channel The British ruling class wants to set up ‘special economic zones’ in which taxes are lowered, regulations torn up, and the cost of labour-power (wages) is drastically lowered. This article is reproduced from the Class Consciousness Project, with thanks. ***** The recent conference organised by the Labour government saw prime minister Keir Starmer doing the only thing that he really enjoys, hanging out with and grovelling to the richest people in the world. Sir Keir and his deputy Angela Rayner (the fanfare of the common woman herself) spent two days telling people like Larry Fink (of BlackRock infamy) ...

Posted by: John Phoenix So imagine you have been chosen as a juror to represent the democratic process in a UK court of law, but what you believe to be morally right, and what international courts have legally substantiated, is in direct contradiction with the legal system itself. Such was the case for a jury recently when two defendants were charged with criminal damage after occupying the roof of UAV Tactical Systems, an Elbit drone factory in Leicester, for six days from 19th May 2021. What verdict would you reach knowing what you know about Israel’s unlawful and inhumane war against the people of Gaza and the west’s complicity? Elbit Systems is an Israeli-based international military technology company. The company utilises its relationship with the Israeli military a...