The Socialist

The Socialist 13 July 2006

NHS: Uniting to fight the cuts


NHS: Uniting to fight the cuts

Hewitt hides from health protesters

Save our hospital

TUC lobby


Low Pay,No Way!

Parents win High Court victory


Welfare Reform Bill scapegoats disabled people!

Fighting the far-right BNP

Wales launches Campaign for New Workers' Party


Israeli regime’s air invasion of Lebanon threatens regional war

Another stolen presidency in Mexico?

Netherlands: Coalition government falls apart


RMT conference: Striking back against privatisation

"Join the union to change the union"


How the farmworkers got organised

National Blood Service: Fighting job cuts


'Storming heaven': Battle for Spain - The Spanish Civil War


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The Socialist 13 July 2006, issue NHS: Uniting to fight the cuts

Socialist Party NHS campaign

spotNHS: Uniting to fight the cuts

Demonstration in Stoke against NHS cuts earlier this year
NHS WORKERS, patients and members of the public will march in Birmingham on Saturday 15 July. They will come from all over the Midlands and beyond, writes Andy Bentley, secretary North Staffs NHS SOS Campaign

spotHewitt hides from health protesters

spotSave our hospital

spotTUC lobby

Youth and Education

spotLow Pay,No Way!

ISR campaign against poverty pay: YOUNG AND working this summer? Chances are it's a low paid 'McJob', a job with no opportunities to get better pay, and no job security where we can be hired and fired seemingly at will. Or so it seems, writes Tom Penman, Leicester ISR.

spotParents win High Court victory

Socialist Party campaigns

spotWelfare Reform Bill scapegoats disabled people!

THE BLAIR government has brought out a new Welfare Reform Bill that aims to 'save' billions in incapacity and other benefits by forcing disabled people (among others) into poverty...

spotFighting the far-right BNP

spotWales launches Campaign for New Workers' Party

International socialist news and analysis

spotIsraeli regime’s air invasion of Lebanon threatens regional war

"We will turn back the clock in Lebanon by 20 years". This threat from an Israeli general is now being implemented by a brutal bombardment of Lebanon by the Israeli army, the IDF. Within seven days, many parts of Lebanon...

spotAnother stolen presidency in Mexico?

spotNetherlands: Coalition government falls apart

Socialist Party workplace news and analysis

spotRMT conference: Striking back against privatisation

THE RMT, railworkers and seafarers' union, conference met in Dublin last week to face up to attacks from employers on privatisation, pensions and pay, writes Ken Smith.

spot"Join the union to change the union"

Socialist Party feature

spotHow the farmworkers got organised

1834, 1906, 2006: EVERY YEAR thousands of trade unionists journey to Tolpuddle in Dorset, to celebrate the brave and pioneering work of six agricultural workers who were sentenced to seven years transportation in 1834 for trying to form a union...

spotNational Blood Service: Fighting job cuts

Socialist Party review

spot'Storming heaven': Battle for Spain - The Spanish Civil War

ON THE 70th anniversary of its outbreak, PETER TAAFFE reviews Battle for Spain - The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 by Anthony Beevor (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £25)...

Socialist Party National committee report

spotBuild the Socialist Party

National committee report: The National Committee meeting on 6-7 July had a packed political and organisational agenda reflecting important developments and opportunities ahead, writes Nick Chaffey Southampton.