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Quote:If we are to drive back the attacks we face under capitalism and, indeed, to challenge that system itself and take our struggles in the direction of social transformation, it will be done through social mobilization and political struggle. Basic income is a futile hope for a way out that is, in reality, blocked. At the same time, a neoliberal version is in the works that is all too real and likely. It would be the most tragic miscalculation to lay down a progressive welcome mat for it.
Poverty Alleviation and “Basic Income”: Progressive Cloak and Neoliberal Dagger
I think it is time for us to issue an official press statement on the Socialist Party view to anti-semitism and anti-zionism and the establishement of Israel and the proposed creation of the Palestinian State.Our blog has endeavoured to present our view of the debate https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2018/04/dream-or-nightmare.htmlhttps://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2018/03/are-we-anti-semitic.htmlhttps://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2018/03/race-war-or-class-war.htmlCertainly a May issue Socialist Standard editorial
The USA retaliates The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative proposing 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion and issued a list targeting 1,300 Chinese products, including industrial robots and telecommunications equipment.
David Schneider tweeted: “‘Boo! Corbyn needs to get out and meet some Jews!’ (Corbyn spends Passover with some Jews at Jewdas) ‘Boo! Not those Jews!’”
Spoke too soonIsrael suspended the deal with the United Nations mere hours after it had announced the agreement.http://www.dw.com/en/israel-nixes-un-migrant-deal-after-protests/a-43226744
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43624231Now we are getting down to it…Corbyn is anti-semitic because he supports Jewish organisations that aren't following the accepted and approved political line of the mainstream Jewish bodies…https://jewdas.org/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewdas
The political commentator Chris Hedges throws some cold water on the "Oligarchs guaranteed income scam"https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/04/02/oligarchs-guaranteed-basic-income-scamCan't agree with all of his reasoning but can concur with his conclusion.
Quote:A number of the reigning oligarchs—among them Mark Zuckerberg (net worth $64.1 billion), Elon Musk (net worth $20.8 billion), Richard Branson (net worth $5.1 billion) and Stewart Butterfield (net worth $1.6 billion)—are calling for a guaranteed basic income. It looks progressive. They couch their proposals in the moral language of caring for the destitute and the less fortunate. But behind this is the stark awareness, especially in Silicon Valley, that the world these oligarchs have helped create is so lopsided that future consumers, plagued by job insecurity, substandard wages, automation and crippling debt peonage, will be unable to pay for the products and services offered by the big corporations.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/02/israel-agrees-un-deal-scrap-plan-deport-african-asylum-seekersIsrael has scrapped a plan to force thousands of African asylum seekers to choose between deportation and an indefinite spell in jail, striking a deal instead to resettle many in western countries including Canada, Italy and Germany. Israel has indicated it will regularise the legal status of many of those remaining.Welcoming the decision to shelve the plan, the Movement to Halt the Deportation of Asylum Seekers said: “This agreement would not have happened without dozens of organisations and the contribution of numerous people…."
Perhaps this article or an edited version can be distributed at these events April 18th will be the national day of action calling for Universal Credit to be scrapped. London meet for 11am outside the visitor’s entrance to House of Commons https://dpac.uk.net/2018/03/national-day-of-action-to-stopandscrap-universal-credit-march-1st/ SheffieldAnyone is welcome to come and speak at the demo, just inbox the DPAC Sheffield page or email DPACsheffield@gmail.comSo far we have: Labour sheffield, Women’s lives matter campaign Yorkshire, Sheffield Green party, Momentum Sheffield disability officer, and DPAC.BirminghamMeet New Street, Time to be confirmedBrightonInformation table 10.30am Meet ate the Clock TowerManchesterSt.Peters Square, 13.00-15.00 joining together with Greater Manchester Law Centre and Acorn Tenants Union to say no to evictionsNorwich12.30-14.00Meet City Hall steps from 12.15 pmDPAC Ceredigion will be having a demo outside the job centre, Cardigan.
And the business certainly showed more initiative than ourselves when it came to promoting our logo.Now we have been shown the way, can we find a local supplier who can take our order for a number of those flags
Another solution from the think-tankshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/02/pay-all-uk-25-year-olds-a-10000-inheritance-says-thinktankAll UK-born citizens should be given £10,000 as a “universal minimum inheritance” when they turn 25 to help address growing wealth inequality.Tax reforms and a selloff of assets including the government’s stake in Royal Bank of Scotland could help create a citizens’ wealth fund worth £186bn by 2029/30. The fund could be large enough to pay all 25-year-olds a one-off capital dividend of £10,000 from 2030. Such a fund would give everyone a stake in the economy and help young people invest in their futures, for example through buying a property, investing in education or starting a business, according to a report for the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice.
The Guardian "comment is free" gives free voice to the criticism of the Left's anti-semitism.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/01/shame-of-anitsemitism-on-left-has-long-malign-historyi shall await the Guardian devoting its columns to the anti-semitism of the right.I'm not an expert but i have read it was only after the 1956 war that the USA eventually opted to chose Israel to be its Middle East ally. The essay appears to be anti-Russian and forgets that real-politik meant that the Russians were supportive of the Zionist aim for the establishment of Israel and that it was the "socialistic" kibbutzims that garnered support from the Leftists.https://www.marxists.org/subject/jewish/soviets-israel.pdfAnd from wiki"On May 17, 1948, three days after Israel declared independence, the Soviet Union legally recognized it de jure, becoming the first country to grant de jure recognition to the Jewish state.[5][6] In addition to the diplomatic support, arms from Czechoslovakia, part of the Soviet bloc, were crucial to Israel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.""From late 1944, Joseph Stalin adopted a pro-Zionist foreign policy, apparently believing that the new country would be socialist and would speed the decline of British influence in the Middle East.[6] Accordingly, in November 1947, the Soviet Union, together with the other Soviet bloc countries voted in favor of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine,[7]which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel. On May 17, 1948, three days after Israel declared its independence, the Soviet Union officially granted de jure recognition of Israel,[8] becoming the second country to recognise the Jewish state (preceded by the United States' de facto recognition) and the first country to grant Israel de jure recognition."
No matter political differences, it is difficult not to have some sympathy for Jeremy.The media have tried every tactic to discredit him ever since he was elected Labour leader.http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43609296This latest after the unsuccessful smear that he was a spy, holds him personally responsible for every expression of anti-semitism among the Left. No doubt when we become a threat, Marx's anti-semitism and racism too will become our our burden.Here is a catalogue of Tory politicians' racismhttps://www.unitetheunion.org/uploaded/documents/(JN7434)%20A4%20Tory%20Racism%20Brochure%20SIN11-26629.pdf
