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In this week's issue:
The Socialist 29 November 2003, issue Fight The Profiteers  War, Poverty, Inequality... Fight The Profiteers
LAST WEEK at least 200,000 people joined demonstrations against warmongering President Bush's visit to Britain...
Baglan hospital: Stop The Health Cuts "PEOPLE IN Neath and Port Talbot will just have to get used to a reconfiguration of the health service." That's how the big-wigs in the Local Health Board (LHB) and the Trust see the future for the NHS, writes Rob Williams.
Losing The War On Terror THE DREADFUL carnage of the Istanbul bomb attacks clearly revealed the futility of Bush and Blair's war on terror...
'Yes to peace, no to war' GEORGE BUSH and Tony Blair seized upon the news of the latest suicide bombings in Turkey to justify their occupation of Iraq, as part of the 'war on terror'...
Nurturing the terrorists GEORGE W Bush should reflect that it was his father, George Bush senior, (a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director), who as US Vice-President in the 1980s, helped arm, train and finance Osama bin Laden and his fellow Islamist groups to wage a guerrilla war against the Soviet army then occ...
Blunkett's Sick Plans For Asylum Seekers HOME SECRETARY David Blunkett is planning to begin forced repatriation of refugees to northern Iraq, which he says is 'generally overwhelmingly safe', writes Naomi Byron.
Tuition Fees = Student Poverty THIS WEEK the Queen's Speech will unveil Blair's government's plans to let 'top' universities charge controversial "top-up" tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year...
Lewisham By-election 4 December: Why the Socialist Party is Different IN FAR too many local elections, few people bother to vote. There's usually little to choose between two or more different candidates standing for Tory agendas of cuts and privatisation...
Anti-Bush Protest: "We're Not Going To Stay Quiet" OVER 200,000 people - twice the expected number - marched through central London last week to protest against George Bush's visit...
International Socialist Resistance conference: Fight For Your Future Following the massive demo against Bush's visit to Britain, International Socialist Resistance (ISR) held its second annual conference on 22 November at the University of London Union...
Nepal's Crisis - No Way Out Under Capitalism SINCE THE collapse of negotiations in late August, over 1,000 have died in clashes between Nepal's military and Maoist rebels...
Amicus executive elections: Fighting For The Members JOHN BARR is a Socialist Party member who is a candidate for the Amicus national executive. John is part of the Amicus Unity Gazette list slate for the NEC elections. He spoke to the socialist about the...
Civil Servants Begin Pay Battle BY A massive vote of 40,615 to 2,974 civil service union PCS members in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have rejected the government's recent miserly and discriminatory pay offer...
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