<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the commune]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[ilyajurenkov]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/ilyajurenkov/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[the commune&#8217;s 21st september london forum on the&nbsp;tories]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>Public discussion forum</strong></p>
<p>Polls put the Tories ahead of Labour by 17% and heading for a 100 seat majority at the coming general election. All indications are that we are heading for a Tory government by next summer.</p>
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<p>When the Tories were last in power, Thatcher and Major led a vicious 18-year capitalist offensive against the working class, and the anti-union laws they introduced remain to this day under Gordon Brown. They restructured industry, created mass unemployment, scapegoated the poor and casualised labour.</p>
<p>We have every reason to worry: but what is the Tory agenda today? Are we ready for the challenge? The Commune is hosting a public forum to discuss these questions, and all are welcome.<!--more--></p>
<p>The debate will be led off by:</p>
<p><strong>John Lindsay<br />
</strong> member of the Conference of Socialist Economists</p>
<p><strong>Dave Flynn<br />
</strong> former Conservative Party activist</p>
<p><strong>Monday 21st September, from 7pm, at the Artillery Arms, 102 Bunhill Row, near Old Street</strong></p>
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<p>Email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com for more info.</p>
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