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The Socialist 31 July 2008, issue 544

Voters reject Labour: Build a new workers' party

Grodon Brown meltdown. Cartoon by Suz

New Labour suffered an electoral disaster in the Glasgow East byelection on 24 July.
A 22% swing to the Scottish National Party (SNP) resulted in the overturn of a previous 13,500 Labour majority and the SNP won with a majority of just over 300.

Glasgow East by-election: New Labour's support evaporates

Olympics

The not so 'green' Beijing Olympics

THE 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have been billed as the 'Green Olympics' by the Chinese regime, with its ambitious commitments to improve air and water quality in the Chinese capital, writes Vincent Kolo and Chen Lizhi, chinaworker.info.

Socialist Party campaigns

Gestures to the low paid are not enough: Fight for a living wage

TGWU cleaners demonstrating against low pay, photo Molly Cooper

It's summertime and makin' a livin' ain't easy! Factors such as low pay, high living costs and a government unwilling to defend workers all contribute to this situation, writes Sarah Sachs-Eldridge.

Feature: End the pay gap now

Whine and dine

EDF - taking the rise

Stop the far-right

'A Workers' MP on a Worker's Wage'

Campaigners keep fighting to save local post offices

Socialist Party review

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Andrew Lynch's radio adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists could be labelled as a reflection on how conditions for working-class people in Britain are better a century after the book was written by Robert Tressell, writes Bob Severn.

Socialist Party workplace news

Passport staff strike

PCS Passport workers on strike in Belfast, photo by Peter Hadden

Workers at the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) were out on a three-day strike from 23-25 July. Elaine Brunskill reports from the Durham office...

Land registry in third pay walk out

Passport to profits

In brief