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6 Globalisation - what does it mean?
  We begin a two-part article on the continuing surge in capitalist globalisation.This month we deal with the globalisation of capital. ...More

3 Editorial
  The Middle East
The way the world is     ..More
9 Foreign takeovers: a non-issue
   A recent poll shows public opinion in Britain is becoming increasingly perturbed by the changing ownership of the companies that make up the British economy,but does it matter to workers who owns the company that exploits them?.....More
4 Pathfinders
   Radioactive days; the sting   ...More

5 Letters
  Galloway defended; banning
extremists; Ugandan civil war .More
10 Who Are the Looters?
   A year after hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans we look at what was a media obsession at the time.. ......More
5 Contact Details ..More

11 Cooking the Books 1
  Was there an alternative?   ..More
12 For whom the bell tolled
   This summer has seen commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil war which remains a conflict shrouded in myth, heroism and controversy....More
13 Cooking the Books 2
   Commodity markets   ..More
14 The Battle of the Somme
   The recent 90th anniversary of the human tragedy of the Somme saw the politicians,the churches and the organisations charged with remembrance giving history a makeover.. ....More
16 Reviews
  Chomsky; “Marxists”; Pensions
Myth; “Red Elvis”   .More


17 Meetings...More
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18 50 Years Ago
  Drugs and the death penalty     ..More

19 Greasy Pole
  Be kind to a hoodie  ..More

20 Voice from the Back
  The price of oil; a tale of three
virgins; science and profits.. ..More

20 Free Lunch ..More

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