In this week's issue:

The Socialist 27 October 2000, issue Hands Off Our Services

Hands Off Our Services

LAST WEEK'S Hatfield rail crash showed how inefficient and unsafe private enterprise is. This week, New Labour unveiled plans to expand the private sector's involvement in health, education etc, if it...

Grants Not Fees

MANY FIRST-year students already feel the financial burden of being at university, 41% will be looking for jobs, predominately low paid and highly exploitative to keep their heads above water, writes Kieran Roberts, Save Free Education (SFE).

Palestinian Uprising Intensifies

THE WORLD leaders meeting in the peaceful Egyptian desert resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, were a million miles away from the smouldering events on the ground, writes Mandy Rabin, Maavak Sozialisti - CWI, Israel.

Socialism 2000: An Inspiring Weekend

WELL OVER 300 people attended Socialism 2000, the Socialist Party's annual educational weekend of discussion and debate...

Profit puts safety last

ON 17 October, a GNER King's Cross to Leeds Express crashed near Hatfield, killing four people. Once again railway safety has become headline news...

Trotsky's Political Legacy

RUSSIAN TROTSKY archivist Mark Golizinin spoke at the recent Socialism 2000 weekend school organised by the Socialist Party. Earlier he spoke to The Socialist about his research...