<?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[april 2012 issue of the commune &#8211; out&nbsp;now!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Issue 29 of <em>The Commune </em>is now available. It features articles on the Sparks electricians&#8217; strike, Tory workfare programmes, left nostalgia for Old Labour, casualisation and much more.</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/29.pdf"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter  wp-image-7743" title="29" src="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/29.jpg?w=212&#038;h=300" alt="" width="212" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>The paper is free: click the image above to see a <a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/29.pdf">PDF</a> and see below for a list of articles as they are posted online.</p>
<p><strong>International</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/04/02/more-liberal-wars-for-democracy/">more liberal wars for democracy? &#8211; This month’s editorial looks at the rising threat of war in Syria and Iran</a></p>
<p>communists and scotland’s referendum &#8211; Bob Goupillot and Allan Armstrong of the Republican Communist Network continue our debate on Scottish independence</p>
<p>the fight against NATO and their taliban friends &#8211; the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan marked International Women’s Day with a condemnation of the Karzai-NATO régime</p>
<p><strong>Work</strong></p>
<p>sparks’ strike rolls back bosses’ attack &#8211; Adam Ford reflects on electricians’ successful fight against pay cuts of up to 35%</p>
<p><a href="http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/03/28/flying-low-grad-opportunities-working-lates/">flying low: grad opportunities working lates &#8211; Philip Stott continues our series on casual work with an essay on his experience as an airport baggage-handler and aircraft cleaner</a></p>
<p><a href="http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/04/02/love-nor-money-unpaid-work-at-tesco-2/">love nor money: unpaid work at tesco &#8211; Sharon Borthwick looks at the absurd ideology behind workfare schemes</a></p>
<p><strong>Anti-cuts</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/02/16/sheffield-labour-council-targets-workers-and-the-vulnerable/">sheffield council targets workers, vulnerable &#8211; David Huckerby reports on an all-too familiar case of Labour Party cuts in jobs and services</a></p>
<p><a href="http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/03/16/time-to-cut-the-anti-cuts-campaigns/">time to cut the anti-cuts campaigns? &#8211; Sheila Cohen argues for a strategic focus in organising against austerity</a></p>
<p><strong>Theory</strong></p>
<p>from kicking off to revolution: avoiding the same old defeats &#8211; Mark Kosman reviews Paul Mason’s <em>Why It&#8217;s Kicking off Everywhere</em></p>
<p><a href="http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/02/02/nostalgia-for-old-labour/">‘chavs’: nostalgia for old labour &#8211; Clifford Biddulph punctures the myths presented in Owen Jones’s book Chavs</a></p>
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