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The Socialist 21 January 2009

No more bailouts for bosses!

Fast news: My Lords, Ladies and cash dispenser

Gaza war paves way for further conflict

Protesting against Gaza attacks

Egypt: Gaza conflict fuels anti-Mubarak opposition

Readers' comment: media reporting on Gaza

Hands off Royal Mail

Wirral anti-cuts campaign

Save jobs - nationalise JCB

Fighting the cuts in Greenwich

Shop workers need a fighting trade union leadership

Campaigning in Exeter

Hoover workers march in protest at job losses

Amicus election

Glasgow Unison

Obama takes power: What change will the Democrats bring?

Refugees and repression in war ravaged Sri Lanka

Exiled Zimbabweans demand Brown acts

Capitalism kills, concludes study of privatisation era

Lawyer assassinated

Opposing the expansion of Heathrow

Waltham Forest anti-incinerator campaign: Residents get results

Campaigners fight attacks on education and the environment

Students fight academy status

What's going on? The meanderings of a comic mind in confusion, by Mark Steel

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Campaigning in Exeter

On 15 January, Exeter Socialist Students took to the high street to campaign on behalf of Robbie Segal, Socialist Party activist and shop workers' union Usdaw presidential candidate.

Mixed responses were received from the staff we spoke to.

Generally, younger workers were impressed to hear that a fighting alternative existed, but as expected many knew very little about trade unionism.

What was also striking was the genuine fear among staff in certain workplaces, where unionising clearly had tight restrictions.

On the whole however, our patient and open approach was well received by shop floor staff, and impressed the few shop stewards available for discussion.

Exeter Socialist Students is presently building for a public meeting on unemployment, linked to the Youth Fight for Jobs campaign.