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Osborne starts to lose his friends

29th August 2012 Socialist Action 0

By Jane West

The combination of the news that the UK economy remains in a double dip recession with July’s sharp and unpredicted increase in public sector borrowing were widely recognised as still further evidence that the disastrous ‘deficit cutting’ strategy of Osborne and the coalition government is failing.

Hands Off Ecuador!

21st August 2012 Socialist Action 0

By Stephen MacAvoy

The British government’s threat to invade the Ecuadorian Embassy in order to capture Julian Assange, who has sought refuge there, has been met with huge international condemnation, including from Latin America where it has been regarded as just the latest act of aggressive Western foreign policy in the region.