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Nagarhole National Park
talentsglobal.org | December 10th 2009 by G.K.Menon
nagarhole-national-park Nagarhole National Park, located in the Kodagu and Mysore districts is a fresh, green world rich in forests, little streams, undulating valleys and fascinating waterfalls. Deriving its name from Kannada, ‘Naga’ meaning s read more
Blogging off
Rebellion Sucks! | September 19th 2009 by Charlie Marks
This project is on indefinite hiatus. Contact can be made via rebellionsucks@googlemail.com. The struggle continues! yours in solidarity, Charlie Marks read more
Banksters are “socially-useless” shocker!
Rebellion Sucks! | August 27th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Lord Turner is the head of the FSA (that’s the Financial Services Authority, not the Food Standards Agency). If the Tories win the next election, he’s toast and so is the FSA which will be abolished, its powers returned to the Bank of Eng read more
Passengers want public transport, not private profit
Rebellion Sucks! | August 27th 2009 by Charlie Marks
A good article in the latest Socialist: Bus passengers will not have been surprised by a recent report from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) accusing bus companies of milking public subsidies and taking advantage of the free bus passes enjoyed by the read more
Judges issue another attack on workers
Rebellion Sucks! | August 11th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Simon Basketter reports: The anti-union laws are being extended by default and we are moving towards a situation where it will be virtually impossible to organise legal strikes. At the beginning of the month the Court of Appeal ruled in a case that h read more
Tory councils cut services as demand surges
Rebellion Sucks! | August 11th 2009 by Charlie Marks
More and more working people are having to use more and more public services as the capitalist economy crumbles. Unemployment is in the millions, underemployment too. Unlike the bankers and big businessmen, we can’t afford to hire financial adv read more
Train cooperative on track in SW England?
Rebellion Sucks! | August 10th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Paul Gosling reports: Electrification of the London to Swansea rail line is good news for public transport users in the South West and the Government’s approval for Network Rail to meet the £1 billion cost is a demonstration of real commitment no read more
Stimulus-pocus
Rebellion Sucks! | August 6th 2009 by Charlie Marks
The recession is deeper than we thought, the central bankers say. No shit? Gee, these guys are at the cutting edge. I wonder how they found out – perhaps they saw the unemployment lines… Their solution is simple – keep interest rate read more
Bring the troops home, says Lance Corporal Joe Glenton
Rebellion Sucks! | July 30th 2009 by Charlie Marks
It’s not easy to speak out on your own – let’s hope that more members of our armed forces will join Joe Glenton and return home safely to their loved ones. John Millington reports in the Morning Star: A British soldier who is refu read more
Brave Vestas workers are sacked – but the fight goes on
Rebellion Sucks! | July 28th 2009 by Charlie Marks
For over a week now Vestas workers on the Isle of Wight have occupied their employer’s offices in an effort to stop the factory closing and their jobs being shipped overseas. A workforce that wasn’t unionised, that had no experience of su read more
Darling begs the banksters, yet again
Rebellion Sucks! | July 28th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Bad news for Alistair Darling. No, not that his cat’s just died, which is sad enough. But that the banks don’t listen to his pleas to lend. For months now he’s begged them to do something to help the small and medium enterprises, w read more
Vestas occupied!
Rebellion Sucks! | July 20th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Socialist Worker reports: A group of workers have occupied the Vestas plant on the Isle of Wight. Their brave stand is in defence of 600 jobs under threat and to keep production going at almost the only British producer of wind turbines. The governme read more
Unison witchhunt continues
Rebellion Sucks! | July 19th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Note to Unison leadership – the organization is a trade union, not branch of the Labour Party. Harassing Trotskyists will not endear you to the membership. The first charge against the four Unison members (pictured below) is that they produced read more
Slap on the wrist for blacklist boss
Rebellion Sucks! | July 17th 2009 by Charlie Marks
The latest on the blacklist by Steve Kelly on the Socialist Appeal site: Ian Kerr, the despicable quisling behind the construction blacklist appeared in court today (Thursday 16th July) and was fined a measly £5,000 – small change for someone read more
A 90% tax on banker bonuse: who could object?
Rebellion Sucks! | July 16th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Not the Daily Mail. Who’s scared of the bankers? I mean, it can’t be any worse than Deal or No Deal, surely? We could get Noel Edmonds on the phone to these guys… Would he be any worse at it? Truly the drunks are running of the brew read more
Just another cog in the machine?
Rebellion Sucks! | July 14th 2009 by Charlie Marks
h/t: John Gray read more
Rail for the people – or Brian Souter?
Rebellion Sucks! | July 14th 2009 by Charlie Marks
That’s the question. Should we have public transport or a subsidised cash-cow for a man made wealthy by the state? RAIL UNION RMT today stepped up their pressure on the government to remove National Express from their rail franchises as new res read more
Bring them home
Rebellion Sucks! | July 12th 2009 by Charlie Marks
The Guardian is trying to spin that the public support the war in Afghanistan. I don’t know anyone who understands why the troops are there – the reasons keep changing. First it was to get Bin Laden, then to help kids go to school – read more
Save Vestas!
Rebellion Sucks! | July 8th 2009 by Charlie Marks
First a report from Workers Climate Action, who have displayed tremendous solidarity in their efforts to assist the struggle of Vestas’ employees: On Friday 3 July, Workers’ Climate Action and the Cowes Trades Council held a public meeting at read more
Guns before butter
Rebellion Sucks! | July 8th 2009 by Charlie Marks
From Socialist Appeal, the priorities of our ruling class: Afghanistan: Guns Before Butter By Ewan Gibbs Wednesday, 08 July 2009 As the Pakistani army continued to be bogged down in a ferocious battle against the Taliban inside it read more
Northern Rock – use it to set up a Post Bank, or sell it to Tes…
Rebellion Sucks! | July 5th 2009 by Charlie Marks
The government nationalised the ailing bank, formerly a building society, but only after many months of foot-dragging. And only on a temporary basis, natch. Word is, Northern Rock could be sold to Tesco, handing the supermarket even greater power in read more
Glad to be gay, ashamed to be Anglican?
Rebellion Sucks! | July 5th 2009 by Charlie Marks
Let us pray for the repentance of Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester, who is a troubled soul. If he’s not knocking England’s Muslims, it’s our gay compatriots… The editorial in today’s Morning Star, A message to t read more
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