17 September 2008
Socialist candidate gains 40% of vote, stuns Usdaw leaders
SOCIALIST PARTY member Robbie Segal shook the entire shopworkers' union Usdaw by gaining 40% of the vote for general secretary, in the ballot result announced on 15 September, writes Alex Gounelas.
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31 July 2008
Glasgow East by-election: New Labour's support evaporates
LABOUR'S CAMPAIGN was a series of mistakes and blunders. The preferred Labour candidate pulled out at the last minute and their campaign launch was delayed for three days until they found a replacement...
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23 July 2008
Usdaw election
Socialist Party member Robbie Segal is standing as a candidate for shopworkers' union Usdaw general secretary...
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11 June 2008
Usdaw needs a fighting leadership
Socialist Party member Robbie Segal is standing for general secretary of the shop and distribution workers' union USDAW. The Socialist recently interviewed her...
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11 June 2008
Will Obama win?
AFTER THE final state primaries, Barack Obama has effectively secured the Democratic nomination for the presidential election in November. The fact that the contest was between an African-American and a woman symbolises deep social changes in the US...
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4 June 2008
Lebanon - civil war or rule by sectarian landlords
AFTER THE last two weeks of street conflict between pro-government and opposition armed militias, workers in Lebanon are now facing two 'choices': either a sectarian civil war or 'civil peace' with a ruling 'coalition', writes Tamir Mahdi, Beirut.
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28 May 2008
Crewe and Nantwich 'no-win' by-election: Why New Labour lost
New Labour sunk to a new low in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election last week, writes Jim Cessford, former Crewe socialist activist.
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20 May 2008
Force more u-turns out of this weak government
Editorial from The Socialist 21 May 2008: A YouGov opinion poll has put New Labour on 23%, their lowest share of support since polling began in the 1930s...
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14 May 2008
What will Boris Johnson mean for London?
After the 1 May elections: BORIS JOHNSON'S election as Mayor of London capped a string of successes for the Conservatives in the 1 May local elections, indicating that a Tory victory in the next general election is a serious possibility, writes Neil Cafferky.
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14 May 2008
Opposing cutbacks in Lincolnshire
AFTER A hard-fought election campaign, Socialist Party members in Lincoln celebrated a first-time showing of 127 votes (6.2%) in the 1 May elections in Carholme ward, writes Nick Parker.
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