<?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[the commune issue&nbsp;13]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The April issue of our monthly paper The Commune is now available. Click the image below to see the <a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/issue13.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/2010/04/23/we-are-fighting-for-now-and-for-our-future/">&#8216;we are fighting for now and for our future&#8217; </a>&#8211; speeches by Jerry Hicks, Steve Kelly, Juan Carlos Piedra</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/civil-servants-strike-on-budget-day/">striking against labour&#8217;s budget</a> &#8211; by Steve Ryan</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/recession-and-solidarity-in-france/">recession and solidarity in france</a> &#8211; by Ramate Keita</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/manchester-anarcha-fems-meet/">anarcha-fems meet</a> &#8211; by Bahar Mustafa</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/royal-mail-deal-a-post-mortem/">royal mail deal: a post mortem</a> &#8211; by &#8216;Postman Pat&#8217;</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/ba-strike-against-the-race-to-the-bottom/">BA strike: against the race to the bottom</a> &#8211; by Gregor Gall</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/obamacare-the-nuns-strike-back/">obamacare: the nuns strike back</a> &#8211; by Ernie Haberkern</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/esol-students-and-staff-defend-childcare/">ESOL students and staff defend childcare</a> &#8211; by Sally Haywill</p>
<p><a href="http://thecommune.org/profiles/blogs/reflections-on-namibian">20 years of namibian independence</a> &#8211; by Jade McClune</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/terre%e2%80%99blanche-%e2%80%98black-boers%e2%80%99-and-the-class-war/">terre&#8217;blanche, &#8216;black boers&#8217; and the class war</a> &#8211; by Adam Ford</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/gender-nation-class-and-the-first-intifada/">gender, nation, class and the first intifada</a> &#8211; by Aitemad Muhannah</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/the-deficit-the-deficit-but-what-about-unemployment/">the deficit! the deficit! but what about unemployment?</a> &#8211; by Oisín Mac Giollamóir</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/a-future-fair-for-all-blair-plus-for-five-more-years/">&#8216;blair plus&#8217;: a future fair for all?</a> &#8211; by David Broder</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/flying-the-flag-for-socialism-in-scotland/">flying the flag for socialism in scotland</a> &#8211; by Ewan Robertson and Angela Gorrie</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/anna-walentynowicz-an-inspiring-class-fighter/">anna walentynowicz: an inspiring class fighter</a> &#8211; by Chris Ford</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/questions-of-communist-recomposition/">questions of communist recomposition</a> &#8211; by Ed Griffiths</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/contribution-to-the-communes-debate-on-organisation/">for a league of communists</a> &#8211; by Allan Armstrong</p>
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