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Sometimes the seemingly most dire situations can actually become a blessing in disguise, especially for people who are forced into extreme business deals

Two contrasting views of the proposed takeover of civil service union PCS by Unite by a PCS activist and a Unite community member. PCS-Unite: no to merger! A PCS activist The annual conference of PCS, the largest civil service trade union, on 20-22 May will debate a motion submitted by the union’s Executive (NEC) on PCS merging into the big general union Unite.

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

Beto O’Rourke targets Gov. Greg Abbott for vetoing bill to improve internet access in rural Texas

Abbott vetoed legislation in June that would have helped shore up the Universal Service Fund, which supports telecommunications in rural Texas. He said it would have “imposed a new fee on millions of Texans.”

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

Abbott vetoed 13 bills authored by Democrats and seven by Republicans. Twelve of the vetoes targeted bills that originated in the House, and eight were from the Senate.

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

Letters Turkish fascism I think comrade Conrad’s article on fascism fails to achieve all the sixfold intention he states (‘Misusing the F-word’, May 27). He’s certainly right to insist upon clear and historically rooted definitions and also on his remarks against broadening the scope of the term in an inflationary and only pejorative manner. However, he bends the stick too much on to the other side. The main problem is that he’s too stuck in history and the ‘classical’ cases of fa...