The Socialist 14 January 2009

Stop Israeli state terror

Stop the Israeli state terror

100,000+ on Gaza protests

British economy heads deeper into crisis

Stop job cuts

Fight for your future

Fight for free education

Building ISR and Socialist Students in 2009

Fight for your future: what ISR campaigns for

The 2012 Olympics legacy

Heathrow expansion protest

Defend threatened Saudi Arabian trade unionist

Wirral: Marching to stop the cuts

Fast News

The NHS today - can it meet everyone's health needs?

Conference: 'The crisis in working class political representation'

GlaxoSmithKline: The fightback starts here

Tube cleaners protest against victimisation

Job cuts announced at Nissan

Jobs meltdown hits Ireland

Debate and meeting in Dublin

Sri Lanka -: Vicious attacks on media and killing of newspaper editor

Bangladesh: Protesters denounce global mining corporation

Che

Why Manchester rejected the congestion charge

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Heathrow expansion protest

ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNERS staged a peaceful protest in Heathrow's Terminal One building on 12 January - part of ongoing opposition to the airport's proposed expansion.

The protest was in anticipation of an expected decision by government ministers on whether or not to approve a third runway and a sixth terminal.

Environmentalists such as Greenpeace say that expanding Heathrow will add to air and noise pollution as well as contributing to global warming through increased carbon emissions.

Lined up against them is an unholy alliance of big business - British Airways, CBI, BAA, etc - and the TUC and GMB and Unite unions who argue that failing to expand Heathrow will mean losing out to other airports as Europe's main transport hub. This will be bad for business and jobs in a recession-hit economy.

But opponents say that Heathrow's expansion is all about making corporate profits and that those who will benefit from a bigger airport spend little of their money in Britain.

In a future issue of The Socialist we will carry articles debating the arguments for and against Heathrow's expansion.

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