<?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;16]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The August issue of <em>The Commune </em>is now available. Click the image below to see <a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/issue16.pdf">PDF</a> or use the list of individual articles as they are posted online.</p>
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<p><strong>local reports and anti-cuts campaigns</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/fighting-the-cuts-the-task-ahead/">fighting the cuts: the task ahead &#8211; by Kojo Kyerewaa</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/%e2%80%98the-resurgence-of-unions-in-the-strangest-of-places%e2%80%99/">&#8216;the resurgence of unions in the strangest of places&#8217; &#8211; Angela Gorrie reports on Dundee</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/a-ripple-in-the-storm/">a ripple in the coming storm &#8211; Joe Thorne reports on Hackney</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/harsh-cuts-in-north-wales/">harsh cuts in north wales &#8211; Steve Ryan reports on Wrexham</a></p>
<p><strong>education</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/hackney-community-college-needs-a-community-fightback/">hackney community college needs a community fight &#8211; by an hourly-paid ESOL teacher</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/unviable-courses-thanks-to-mmu-cuts/">&#8216;unviable&#8217; courses after man met uni cuts &#8211; by Mark Harrison</a></p>
<p><strong>news</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/an-olive-branch-to-the-taliban/">an olive branch to the taliban? &#8211; by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/the-edl-and-the-islamist-far-right/">the EDL and the islamist far-right &#8211; interview with Ansar Ahmed Ullah</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/the-day-the-edl-didnt-show-up/">the day the EDL didn&#8217;t show up &#8211; by Richard Price</a></p>
<p><strong>public sector</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/the-cuts-agenda-and-social-capital/">the cuts agenda and &#8216;social capital&#8217; &#8211; by Dave Spencer</a></p>
<p>the NHS: a tarnished jewel &#8211; by Terry Liddle</p>
<p><strong>industrial</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/%e2%80%98some-past-rank-and-file-movements%e2%80%99-and-the-future/">some past rank and file movements&#8230; and the future &#8211; by Sheila Cohen</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/facing-different-ways/">facing different ways? &#8211; Gregor Gall on the prospects of a generalised fightback</a></p>
<p><strong>feminism</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/mujeres-creando-rebellion-its-your-fault-ill-be-happy/">mujeres creando: rebellion, it&#8217;s your fault i&#8217;ll be happy &#8211; Helen Álvarez Virreira on Bolivian feminism</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/%e2%80%98dreamers-of-a-new-day%e2%80%99/">review of sheila rowbotham&#8217;s </a><em><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/%e2%80%98dreamers-of-a-new-day%e2%80%99/">dreamers of a new day </a></em><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/%e2%80%98dreamers-of-a-new-day%e2%80%99/">&#8211; by David Broder</a></p>
<p><strong>our network</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/reply-to-debate-on-recomposition/">where next for the commune? &#8211; Leo and Mark from Bristol reply to a debate on &#8216;communist recomposition&#8217;</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/reports-on-the-communes-summer-school/">reflections on beyond resistance day school &#8211; by Sharon Borthwick</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/from-meltdown-to-upheaval-11th-september-assembly/">from meltdown to upheaval? &#8211; proposal for a conference in September</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/1">our platform</a></p>
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