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Essential reading for all engaged in the struggles against austerity and unemployment

THE CRISIS we are in shows no sign of slowing and all the government’s actions to date across Britain have more to do with the protection of finance and corporations than saving lives.

We are faced with a full-frontal assault on our class and once again face the spectre of mass unemployment.

Already there are attacks on workers’ terms and conditions, while hundreds of thousands have already lost their jobs and this will only expand unless we prepare.

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