The Socialist 15 February 2007

Scrap student fees now

Cardiff students build for 22 February

Students must link up with workers

'Saintly' Tesco

A great step forward in Liverpool

Bush threatens Iran over Iraq insurgency

£100 billion Trident?

Angry refugees protest

Ten years of the socialist: 1997-2007

Bird flu outbreak: Profits put before health

Job losses fear on turkey farms

Workers' health jeopardised

Fighting back against NHS cuts

Police raids dividing community

Save our school buses

£84 million penthouse

Workers' strike declared illegal

HSBC imposes charges on aid to Palestinians

PCS action continues

Simclar workers fight sackings

EDS forced into 'U' turn on pay

Greenwich workers prepare to fight

Hackney UNISON

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Save our school buses

WHEN MAESTEG Socialist Party held a meeting to get locals involved in the campaign against cuts to free school buses, only two local people were at the meeting at first. But then the door burst open and ten teenagers came in.

They listened intently and made some excellent contributions to the discussion. Their willingness to fight was inspiring.

Bridgend council say that secondary school children should live more than three miles away to qualify for free transport to school. If the plans go ahead. no child in the entire valley would be eligible. Children will be expected to walk up to six miles a day in wet, cold conditions - or resort to going by car.

The council's false concerns about 'the environment' and 'childhood obesity' don't fool the locals. The Socialist Party has been making huge efforts to channel their anger into an organised protest.

We will be organising a protest outside the Bridgend council offices on 14 February. The school students vowed to publicise this via email, MSN and myspace and to hand out leaflets at school.