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In this week's issue:
The Socialist 14 February 2008, issue 520  Stop NHS privatisation now!
 | Keep the NHS public! On the 'Save the NHS' march, 3 November 2007 , photo Paul Mattsson |
National Health 'Wealth' Service: GORDON BROWN'S government is dismantling the National Health Service at an ever-faster rate by pushing ahead with privatisation... By Lois Austin
Local Government workers
Birmingham council workers' biggest strike for decades  | Single status has meant cuts for many. Here, Greenwich council workers lobby the council. Photo Paul Mattsson |
On 5 February, Birmingham saw its biggest strike for decades. Tens of thousands of Birmingham council workers were on strike and thousands stood outside... By Dave Griffiths, West Midlands Socialist Party
'Single status' in the West Midlands
Bosses prepare to force through more cuts
Newham workers angry at councillors
Socialist Students
Uni Fees must be fought!  | Students from Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester and Oxford lobby John Denham MP, photo Ben Robinson |
Over the last ten years the bosses' and fat cats' New Labour government has succeeded in making higher education unaffordable to hundreds of thousands of students, condemning them to debt and poverty... By Matt Dobson, Socialist Students national organiser
Feature: The great university swindle
War and terrorism
War and occupation in Iraq  | International Socialist Resistance demonstrate against war |
NEXT MONTH will see the fifth anniversary of the US-led war against Iraq that started years of bloody, destructive imperialist occupation... By Niall Mulholland, East London Socialist Party
Socialist Party news and analysis
Defend abortion rights  | Picket of Tory MP Ann Widdecombe's anti-abortion meeting 6 February 2008, photo Paul Mattsson |
Around 400 pro-choice protesters joined a pciket of Tory MP Ann Widdecombe's anti-abortion meeting 6 February 2008, demanding no attacks on abortion rights.
Millionaire welcomes economic recession!
Northern Rock
Liverpool's tale of two cities
Cardiff marches to save schools
100 people pack London world economy meeting
Transport
Cuts and backlogs cause delays Off the rails: OVER-RUN OF engineering work is a common reason for delays on the rail system...
Tangled web at Metronet
International socialist news and analysis
Polish miners gain strike victory due to iron determination AFTER 46 days on strike the miners of Budryk have won a victory. They have won a 10% wage rise and an equalisation payment for last year. This is a little... By Florian Nowicki and Wojciech Orowieck, Group for a Workers' Party (GPR - CWI Poland)
Chad conflict - part of a wider power struggle
Interview
Prison officers: Fighting for trade union rights The Prison Officers Association (POA) shocked the government by going on a one-day strike on 29 August 2007...
Building the Campaign for a New Workers' Party
Comment
Comment: Opportunist blunder further splits Church of England It would be difficult to imagine a greater blunder for Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, than his latest one, writes Roger Bannister
Workplace news and analysis
Land Registry staff vote for action Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members in Land Registry, the government department responsible for keeping a record of land ownership in England and Wales, have voted overwhelmingly in a consultation ballot to rej... By A PCS member
London Underground: Strike ballot in safety row
Campaign Against Climate Change trade union conference
Organise and fight back!
Shelter staff ballot for action
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