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“Prostitution is only a specific expression of the general prostitution of the labourer” K. Marx. Economic and philosophic manuscripts, 1844. Recently Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the Socialist Minister for Women’s Rights in France said that she wanted the abolition of prostitution. A good idea. The only trouble with that idea is that it will be difficult to [...]

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The recent outburst by the Argentinian tennis player David Nalbandian who kicked an official during a match just because he was frustrated resembles what the president of Argentina is doing when it comes to the Falklands, she is using the Falklands as a diversion , in so doing she does not have to speak about [...]

On a day of industrial action by bus drivers it is worth reflecting on yesterday’s action by an estimated 100 000 doctors working in general practice and NHS hospitals where notices were posted long ago about bullying and harassment at work. To drive home the point, Mr. Andrew Lansley, the Secretary of State for Health, [...]

“Many years ago I appraised World Bank loans to development banks along lines very similar to the Mansion House proposals. Banks will take cheap money because they can use it. But they seldom use it in the way intended. And in cases where the World Bank forced them explicitly to advance credit to the desired [...]

The negationist Roger Garaudy is no more We ought never to rejoice in the death of anyone. But we won’t miss Roger Garaudy, who was once the main thinker of the PCF. Later he changed his marxist-leninism for a a hard-line islamic position. Incredible. He hence never understood what Marx said, namely: “the critique of [...]

The nasty nationalist events in Poland have reappeared. The old rivalry between Poland and Russia has spilled into the streets. Thugs from both sides are determined to take the matter into their own hands. So much for proletarian unity that was the leitmotiv of the USSR and Polish leaderships when these countries were under the [...]

The Russian leadership has been caught with its pants down. Putin is backing the Assad murderous regime even more. More attack helicopters are on their way to kill more Syrian people. SYRIA has always been a client State of the Russians, it was so in the time of Assad’s father, and the USSR. In return [...]