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PORT-SAID British Troops in Port Said nations 'POOR LITTLE BELGIUM' was the cry on every politician's lips when Britain W olEl war in Millions of German workers Were their deaths to 'defend small nations against the militaristic Prussians'.
But then as now, when Britain's imperialists went to war they cloaked their greed in hypocrisy. itself had been created by Britain to weaken rivals France and Holland.
Even as the cannon fodder left for Flanders, the new coalition government was burying the remains Lloyd George's Ireland Bill. 1916 saw the Easter Rising in Dublin, mercilessly crushed by troops withdrawn from France.
Then, as now, fought for "freedom' beside the most acacuula.y CUVC CILS Helping democratic Britain fight the rapacious Hun was the feudal autocracy of Tsar Nicholas holding down over thirty smal nations and an army of serfs.
A year after the Dublin rising Russian workers taught their 'civilised' European sisters and brothers a new way to fight for freedom overthrew the Tsar, and six months laler made tne nrst soclanst revolution. The new government granted self-determination to nations such as Finland.
But it soon emerged just whose 'freedom' the defending as Russia's 'allies' turned 1914. was infectious: French and workers overthrew sent swept the country.
Belgium ports.
realised: that of Rule for who wanted Britain's rulers ICSLOIS.
of the semiSpire.
those that when they another way.
robbers Ical capitalist empire.
The empire arinles werc their forces against the new revolu1918 German neTT wartimne government and sued for peace. Only then did British workers begin to fight unc wa rucs as a wave o sunike.
In 1921 the TUC set up 'Hands off Russia' committees all over the countrv and industrial ac. tion stopped war supplies leaving the It had taken six years to discover what Labour's leaders still have not British armed forces could never be used in workers' interests bécause they were paid, run and officered by the ruling classes, on/v defend privileges and domination of British The lead-up to 1914 was a greedy scramble for colonies. Under the excuse or 'civilsing the word Batısh traders and investors had built the strongest navy in the world and coloured a quarter of the world mar pink, dominating more people and countries than any other previous emBut Britain's empire was different WClll The colonies paid formal tribute to Queen Victoria, but the were Britain's dustrialists. This was the world's first began with colonisation. From the 17th century onwards English adventurers shipped out convicts, political dissidents, and the starving peasants of Ireland and Scotland to settle huge areas of the globe on their behalf.
In countries like Canada, America and Australia they murdered the incuceIous OCUDIe and drove them from the land:
Africa and India they set up puppet ruling structures.
Behind the drive lay fantastic profits. the 18th century traders reaped huge fortunes from the "triangle capturing Africa, who were sold for cotton in America. The cotton was brought to Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol and London - whose cloth financed adventures in Africa.
Other traders, like the East India Company, ran whole continents for private gain, calling in the army when their greed caused revolts.
But with the Industrial Revolution came a new relation with the colonies organise markets toplunder them for food and raw materials in exchange for British manufactured goods. and South America Canic muteak and food, from the East spices and cotton from the dominions came mutton. Out went railways, bridges, mining machinery and gunboats.
To become the world's workshop, Britain had to force her customers to buy. The empire prevented the enslaved countries developing their own industry, creating dictatorial and cruel regimes to hold down starving people - to suit Britain's thirst for profit.
The army has mostly been driven out — but the chains and the scars remain. The 'third world' is a British creation. The poor, and the dictators, of Argentina, Chile, Africa, and the far and Middle East are the product of British greed - maintained even today by that same greed.
Tony.
English Slaves in Africa 'This disaster shows we should have kept a strong navy' choruss. ed Labour's Front Bench as the news of Healey Tories mistake dent instead arms.
new song. Confronting Benn in the Parliamentary argued that Labour would now have to rethink its policy towards America. His meaning: since Reagan is helping us to fight the nasty junta, shouldn't we help Reagan out?
This dirty work in the Caribbean, stay - the 'special relationship' and Britain's the invasion came in. Sillp claimed that the was to buy Triof conventional Four days later he was singing a Tabules Labour Party he In other words, we should support sul alcay world role security against whom?
Britain is bound to America | what is called the 'special relatio • a collective security deal which the two countries agree to con to each other's military aid, and gi each other special preference in trad exchange of technology, and milita But Britain wan Reagan's backing in the Malvina then it has to pay the price, take TI dent and Cruise, and support Reaga in the Caribbean.
Breaking the special relationshi] and ending Britain's Great Pow role, is an essential part of a sociali But what lies behind the speci
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