In this week's issue:

The Socialist 4 March 2008, issue 523

Unite for a living wage

PCS on strike 1 May 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

No pay freeze: The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) has organised a national lobby of parliament on 11 March, bringing together all the PCS groups in dispute over pay and to coordinate political pressure against the public-sector, writes Katrine Williams, PCS DWP Wales secretary, personal capacity

Greenwich workers score victory against single status

Angry civil servants strike over pay

Socialist Party NHS campaign

Thousands protest at threats to hospital

On the 'Save the NHS' march, 3 November 2007 , photo Paul Mattsson

THE 'SAVE Queen Mary's' demonstration in Sidcup on 1 March had 5,000 people on it, according to the local press, writes Lois Austin

Rewarded for zeal at cuts

Derby health workers

International Women's Day

Fight for a woman's right to choose

Picket of Tory MP Ann Widdecombe's anti-abortion meeting 6 February 2008, photo Paul Mattsson

International women's day: Hypocrisy is not the word for it! The Guardian reported that Tory leader David Cameron pledged to give a third of jobs in his first government to women...

Anti-War

$3 trillion Iraq war

The Three Trillion Dollar War, co-authored by Nobel prize-winning economist and former Clinton adviser, Joseph Stiglitz, shows the true economic cost of the war in Iraq...

Sheffield activists fight militarism

Environment and socialism

Walthamstow 'RAPpers' against toxic incinerators

A FANTASTIC first meeting was held by 'Residents Against Pollution' (RAP) in Walthamstow, north-east London on 27 February, writes Paula Mitchell, Walthamstow

Socialist Party news and analysis

Housing association collapses

Safe as houses? MANY HOMEOWNERS face the risk of losing their home because of the effects of the credit crunch, but are housing association tenants completely insulated from the crisis, writes Paul Kennedy

Meet Brown's new finance expert

Fans blow whistle on Game 39

Campaign to Defeat Fees

Swansea - no sign of Griffin!

International socialist news and analysis

Turkey's invasion destabilising region

ON 21 February up to 10,000 Turkish troops backed by helicopter gunships and aircraft bombers invaded northern Iraq, writes Dave Carr

Russian election

EU war with super-rich?

Workplace news and analysis

Pensions under attack

Postal workers' picket line in East London, photo Naomi Byron

Two weeks ago Royal Mail bosses awarded themselves massive bonuses of over £4.5 million, writes Andy Bentley

Unison witch-hunt: Members bite back

Teachers must reject real pay cuts

Greenwich workers fight attacks

Socialist Party member stands for Unite (T&G) general executive