The Socialist 26 November 2008

Spend, spend, spend on the banks but cuts, cuts, cuts for the NHS

Darling's prescription... It's spend, spend, spend on the banks... but cuts, cuts, cuts for the NHS

Top-up payments for private health care another step towards two-tier National Health

Socialist 'deal' for environment needed

Campaign Against Climate Change march

Alistair Darling's pre Budget Report: Pain now, pay later

Activists discuss how to reclaim Unison

Meeting pledges to fight witch-hunt

Unison leadership takeover Newham branch

Manchester: No redundancies at IMI!

Strike saves jobs at Fiddlers Ferry

Organise to save jobs

BNP membership list: A weak divided party exposed

New Labour hypocrisy on racism

Youth Against Racism gig

Campaigning to save post offices

Rover's ex-workers wage cut scandal

China's food contamination crisis deepens

Defend abortion rights

Art and revolution

Somalia piracy - a consequence of western powers' intervention

France: Education strikes on the agenda

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Youth Against Racism gig

Over 70 people crammed into the Urban Bar in Whitechapel on Saturday night as Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) held another successful gig in London. The event was jointly sponsored by the PCS and FBU unions.

On the night The Yesmen, opened with their unique brand of mayhem. At one stage the drummer lost his shirt and half the drum kit as the band belted out some heavy metal tunes.

In a complete change of tone they were followed by acoustic hip-hop from Appleseed who opened with a song entitled 'Nancy'. A well known Socialist Party member, of a similar nomenclature, was greatly amused by some of the adult-rated lyrics of this song.

Ben Robinson then spoke from YRE. In a week dominated by news of the BNP membership list, Ben explained that the BNP has a presence across the country thanks, in part, to New Labour's abandonment of many working-class communities. His call for a new party of the left to combat the threat of the BNP by providing a real political voice for working-class people received a warm response.

The live music ended with an excellent performance from Magnetic Attraction but the dj continued to play into the small hours with unconfirmed reports that the final reveller departed at 4am.

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Darling's prescription... It's spend, spend, spend on the banks... but cuts, cuts, cuts for the NHS