In this week's issue:

The Socialist 26 April 2007, issue Blair's legacy: war, cuts and privatisation

Blair's legacy... war, cuts & privatisation

Vote socialist on 3 May THE ELECTIONS on Thursday 3 May will be a chance for voters to reject New Labour and a last chance to reject it under Tony Blair's leadership...

Civil servants' union May Day strike

PCS on strike in February 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

PCS MEMBERS will be striking again on 1 May. This is part of a national strategy to defend not only our jobs, pay and pensions but also the vital services...

Free Arrested activists now

Nigeria: The Nigerian government, fearing mass protests against its blatant rigging of the April 14 state and April 21 national elections, attempted to clamp down on any sign of active opposition at the May 1 rallies

Socialist Students

Join the campaign to defeat fees

Southampton Socialist Students campaigning

If you're fed up with student fees and debt...: EDUCATION MINISTER Alan Johnson boasts about how Britain's universities are a source of "national pride and international envy"...

No victimisation - support Deeside college lecturers

Campaign to Defeat Fees National Meeting

Socialist Party election analysis

New Labour - lowest poll ratings since 1983

What we think: IN THE Thursday 3 May elections, 10,456 seats across 312 local authorities in England are being contested...

Come to the Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference

Support for Labour falling in Scotland

Scottish Parliament election: Elections for the Scottish Parliament and local councils are to be held on 3 May...

Campaigning for socialist ideas in South Wales

Wales International Socialist Resistance campaigning

"Could I have a copy of your paper - I want to piss the Labour Party off" a worker said as we campaigned against hospital cutbacks in Aberdare in the South Wales valleys, next to the Labour Party's little red balloon campa...

Huddersfield: Fighting against NHS cuts and closures

Ian Slattery, Huddersfield Save our NHS candidate

Huddersfield Socialist Party has been involved in a number of local battles against cuts and privatisation, and is now helping to develop the various campaigns further through fighting for anti-cuts candidates in the 3 May lo...

Coventry socialists fight Post Office closure

Coventry Socialist Party campaigning

COVENTRY SOCIALISTS have reacted angrily to the news that their city centre's Post Office is to close...

Southampton: Save our Services!

Brighton: Stop privatisation

Merseyside: Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Bootle has a real socialist alternative

Manchester Wythenshawe: NHS cuts threaten lives

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Socialist solidarity on May Day

International socialist news and analysis

Socialist wins court battle in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: LAST WEEK the Alma-Ata city Procurer (legal prosecutor), Kazakhstan, demanded the arrest and imprisonment, for 15 days, of Ainur Kurmanov, a well-known CWI member and opposition socialist activist in Kazakhstan...

France: Record turnout sees Royal and Sarkozy go through to second round

Yeltsin's real record - 'wild capitalism' in Russia

US mass shooting horror

Nigerian elections - a dangerous farce

Socialist Party workplace news

Support the Sunvic strikers

SINCE 21 March, 42 women shop floor workers have been out on strike at Sunvic Controls, Uddingston, Scotland....

UNISON Delegates demand action