<?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[internationalcommunist]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/internationalcommunist/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[issue 12 of the&nbsp;commune]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The March issue of our monthly paper <em>The Commune </em>is now available. Click the image below to see the <a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/issue12.pdf">PDF</a> or see individual articles as they are posted online in the list below</p>
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<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/a-labour-of-love-cut-the-union-link/">a labour of love?</a> &#8211; editorial of <em>The Commune</em></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/english-defence-league-march-on-parliament/">english defence league march on parliament</a> &#8211; by Amanda Latimer</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/mass-turnout-on-pcs-civil-service-pickets/">strong pickets in two-day PCS strike</a> &#8211; by Steve Ryan</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/public-sector-unions-face-turbulent-times/">turbulent times for public sector</a> &#8211; by David Huckerby</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/student-anti-cuts-occupations-have-management-running-scared/">student anti-cuts movement has managers running scared</a> &#8211; by Tali Janner-Klausner</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/jon-venables-the-lynch-mob-and-our-broken-society/">the lynch mob and our &#8216;broken society&#8217;</a> &#8211; by Adam Ford</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/michael-mackintosh-foot-1913-2010-the-case-for/">michael foot: &#8216;not here to find elegant solutions&#8217;</a> &#8211; by Sharon Borthwick</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/crisis-ploughs-on-in-united-states/">recession bites in united state</a>s &#8211; by Dennis Marcucci</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/lightning-strikes-twice-in-greece/">lightning strikes twice in greece</a> &#8211; by David Broder</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/dawn-of-the-crisis-generation-in-california/">dawn of the crisis generation in california</a> &#8211; from IndyBay</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/tory-co-ops-mean-privatisation/">tory co-ops mean privatisation</a> &#8211; by Gregor Gall</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/no-surprises-as-rat-boards-sinking-ship/">no surprises as rat boards sinking ship</a> &#8211; by Chris Ford</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/video-of-ubs-cleaners-demo/">defend migrant cleaners at UBS! </a>&#8211; speeches by Jerry Hicks, Andy Higginbottom, Dave Esterton, comment by Alberto Durango</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/why-does-unite-employ-iss-at-its-hq/">why does unite employ ISS at its HQ? </a>&#8211; letter from Kwasi Agyemang-Prempeh</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/workers-councils-the-red-mole-of-revolution/">workers&#8217; councils: red mole of the revolution</a> &#8211; by Sheila Cohen</p>
<p>migrant workers across italy strike as one &#8211; by Andrea Strippoli</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/migrant-women-on-hunger-strike-at-yarls-wood/">more hunger strikes at yarl&#8217;s wood</a> &#8211; by Victoria Thompson</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/the-cuts-consensus-and-the-general-election/">the cuts consensus and the general election</a> &#8211; by Dave Spencer</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/should-communists-stand-for-parliament/">should communists stand for parliament?</a> &#8211; by Mark Harrison</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/twenty-years-after-we-beat-the-poll-tax/">twenty years after the poll tax</a> &#8211; by Allan Armstrong</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/what-is-militancy/">what is militancy?</a> &#8211; by Nathan Coombs</p>
<p>why don&#8217;t we side with the humans in <em>avatar</em>? &#8211; by Sam Parsa</p>
<p>urgent proposals for dealing with global warming &#8211; letter from Chris Miller</p>
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