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In this week's issue:
The Socialist 1 February 2007, issue 472  Private hands off our health service
 THIS WEEK, the Association of Directors of Public Health floated the idea of the NHS charging for 'non-essential' surgery...
NHS: Protests must reflect people's anger AT LONG last, the London NHS Together campaign has announced its event for the national day of action to defend the NHS on 3 March...
NHS union attacked in Brighton
Workplace news
Striking for jobs and services AS WE go to press, hundreds of thousands of civil servants are preparing to strike...
BA bosses make concessions
Socialist Students
Mass action can defeat fees NUS backs Campaign to Defeat Fees: The National Union of Students (NUS), representing five million members, has published a message of support for the Campaign to Defeat Fees (CDF), and is backing the protests on 22 February...
Building for the protests
Socialist Party news and analysis
Gay adoption: Christian hierarchy attacks equal rights  WHILE SOCIALISTS were out last week campaigning against cuts in the NHS, the leaders of Britain's main Christian de-nominations were involved in a different kind of battle.
Picture: LGBT protest. Photo Marc Vallee.
They want to be given an exemption from laws due to be implemented this spring that will ban discrimination against Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered people (LGBT) in the provision of services.
Reid's prison disaster HOME SECRETARY John Reid is under great pressure from the media and MPs after several well-publicised crises and humiliations about his department's work in law enforcement...
Review: Silent Accomplice
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein's major U-turn Northern Ireland: DELEGATES AT the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Dublin on 28 January voted by an overwhelming majority to back a leadership motion to support the police and judicial system in Northern Ireland....
War and terrorism
Iraq - build for 24 February demo HUNDREDS OF thousands of people protested in cities across the USA last Saturday, 27 January against Bush's escalation of the war in Iraq and to demand that the troops be brought home now...
Lewisham leads the way
International socialist news and analysis
CWI rally: An inspiring international meeting THE COMMITTEE for a Workers' International (CWI) "Rally to unite the globe" on 27 January was an inspiration...
CWI World Congress: Building the forces of socialism worldwide
Sri Lanka: Defend socialists under attack
Bolivia: Mass protests demand right-wing Prefect's resignation
Workplace news
Power industry: Fight this victimisation E.ON UK, of which Central Networks is just a part, has around 15,000 employees, Chub is European Works Council delegate for the UK and a lead negotiator...
Sacked electricians fight on
BP condemned over safety standards
Support the Unique Care workers
Southampton care workers on strike
National meeting on Single Status
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