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In this week's issue:
The Socialist 5 May 2009, issue Visteon workers show action gets results  Visteon workers show: Action gets results
Visteon workers, photo Paul Mattsson Sacked workers at the three closed Visteon UK plants in Enfield (London), Basildon (Essex), and Belfast (Northern Ireland) have won a momentous victory, a substantial financial package from their bosses...
Visteon UK struggle: the story of what happened Visteon workers outside the plant, photo Paul Mattsson April-May 2009: On 31 March Visteon went into administration and we were thrown out at six minutes notice without the redundancy money we had been guaranteed and without our pensions, writes Frank Jepson, Unite union convenor, Visteon Basildon.
Visteon: Editorial comment The hard-nosed Visteon bosses thought that they could just summarily close 'their' factories, throwing workers out on to the streets, with measly 'compensation'...
Defend victimised trade unionist
Rob Williams sacked by brutal bosses Rob Williams, Linamar convenor, addresses a lobby of Unite London headquarters over his sacking, photo Alison Hill Rob Williams, trade union Convenor of Linamar Swansea, was sacked by the Linamar management last week, and then temporarily re-instated following militant action by the Linamar workforce.
Disgracefully, however, Rob today had his sacking confirmed. Negotiations between Linamar management and Tony Woodley took place all day in London, but Linamar did not shift.
Editorial: Decisive action needed against victimisations
Defend victimised trade unionist
Defending a shop steward, in spite of the anti-union laws
National Shop Stewards Network national conference
No 2 EU - Yes to Democracy
How can the BNP really be defeated? In the 2004 European elections the far-right, racist British National Party (BNP) received 800,000 votes. This time there is a real danger that it will succeed in getting members elected to the European Parliament.
Hannah Sell examines the processes behind this development, and the role of the NO2EU - Yes to Democracy campaign in stopping the BNP.
Support for No2EU at Usdaw conference
Socialist Party news and analysis
Swine flu: The real issues behind the headlines MEXICO CITY, a vast, vibrant city of 20 million people, became quiet as schools closed, workers stayed at home and gatherings were cancelled, writes Judy Beishon.
May Day
Workers look for alternative to bankrupt capitalism May Day demonstration 2009, photo Paul Mattsson CWI May Day statement: THE COMMITTEE for a Workers' International (CWI - the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated) sent May Day greetings to workers, youth and the oppressed everywhere...
Widespread protests in Pakistan
Thousands demonstrate in Hong Kong
Bigger May Day demos in Sweden this year
CWI Germany calls for a one-day strike
International socialist news and analysis
ANC returned to power in election landslide ON 22 APRIL, in a record turnout that reversed falls in voter registration and polling in the two previous elections, 17.9 million voters - the highest number since the first democratic elections in 1994 - returned the African National Congress to power in a landslide, falling short of a two-thirds, writes Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM - CWI, South Africa).
Socialist Party campaigns
Save Lewisham Bridge Defend education Save Lewisham Bridge primary school protest, photo Lewisham Socialist Party LEWISHAM BRIDGE primary school is under threat of demolition. It is the latest in a series of school reorganisations that Lewisham's Labour council has been trying to push through - despite the local...
Youth fight for jobs: Launch conference
Youth fight for jobs website
Fight to save higher education
Save linguistics at Sussex!
Keep fighting for further education funding
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