The Socialist

The Socialist 23 November 2001

War Brings No Solution

War Brings No Solution

Taliban's Defeat Won't Liberate Women

WTO Policies Increase Wealth Gap

50,000 Demo Answers War Propaganda

War In Afghanistan: Paying the Price of 'Victory'

Management attack civil service safety campaigners

Stop Violence Against Women

Student Grants: New Labour's Second Thoughts

The Socialist Party And The Socialist Alliance

 
 

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The Socialist 23 November 2001, issue War Brings No Solution

spotWar Brings No Solution

50,000 Protesters Tell Bush & Blair...: IGNORE THE media disinformation, last Sunday at least 50,000 people marched through London and into Trafalgar Square, writes Manny Thain.


spotTaliban's Defeat Won't Liberate Women

THE 'LIBERATION' of Afghan women is one reason given to justify the war in Afghanistan. The first broadcasts from Kabul TV and radio are fronted by a woman and photographs appear in the press of women...


spotWTO Policies Increase Wealth Gap

"THE WORLD Trade Organisation's (WTO) ministerial meeting here [Doha, in the Gulf state of Qatar] often seemed like a giant children's party, writes Dave Carr.


spot50,000 Demo Answers War Propaganda

FIFTY-THOUSAND CHANTED, whistled, drummed and marched against the war on Afghanistan on 18 November...


spotWar In Afghanistan: Paying the Price of 'Victory'

"REJOICE-REJOICE" wrote the Daily Telegraph as Kabul was 'liberated' from the Taliban on 14 November...


spotManagement attack civil service safety campaigners

Safety Is Our Priority: THE DEPARTMENT of Works and Pensions (DWP) management has stepped up its campaign against the safety dispute in the Benefits Agency and Employment Service (BA and ES), writes Debbie Darracott, member of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) and the Socialist Party.


spotStop Violence Against Women

NEXT SUNDAY, 25 November, is widely recognised as International Day against Violence against Women, or White Ribbon Day, writes Eleanor Donne, National Chair, Campaign Against Domestic Violence.


spotStudent Grants: New Labour's Second Thoughts

NEW LABOUR are, it seems, already backing off from their proposals to introduce a grant for some students, writes Kieran Roberts.


spotThe Socialist Party And The Socialist Alliance

ON 1 DECEMBER the Socialist Alliance (SA) meets to agree a new constitution. HANNAH SELL, Socialist Party executive committee, explains why this is the most critical conference in its history...