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16 March 2011
On 11 February Scott Walker, US Republican state governor of Wisconsin, proposed the introduction of an anti-trade union bill...
11 March 2010
600 rally in support of 'sussex six' suspended students
Occupation of 150 demands Vice Chancellor receives petitions personally: Students at Sussex University have occupied a lecture hall to demand an audience with the Vice Chancellor, following his unilateral decision to suspend six peaceful protestors...
Thomas Cook occupation
11 August 2009
Thomas Cook occupation, Dublin: "A living lesson for workers everywhere"
Eyewitness account A FIVE-DAY occupation by workers at the Thomas Cook shop in Grafton Street, Dublin, over redundancies, was brutally ended by Garda (police) in a dawn raid.
Socialist Party (Ireland) councillor Matt Waine was arrested along with 28 workers in the early hours of Tuesday morning 4 August and locked up at Bridewell Garda station. Here is his eyewitness account.
21 July 2009
Vestas: Support the occupation
Faced with the closure of the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight, the workers have decided to occupy the factory immediately and step up the fight to save the factory and their jobs...
25 March 2009
Dundee Prisme occupation: Workers remain defiant
THE OCCUPATION of the Prisme packaging factory in Dundee has entered its third week and is still going strong, writes Philip Stott, Dundee.
12 March 2008
Five years of hell: The billions wasted on war and nuclear weapons should be spent on improving public services...
11 October 2007
Iraq occupation: Brown's token gesture
GORDON BROWN'S statement on Iraq, announcing a reduction of 1,000 serving British troops by Christmas (2,500 by spring 'depending on conditions'), will do little to appease anti-war campaigners and ordinary Iraqis.... By Simon Carter
9 August 2007
FOLLOWING A huge public demonstration last year, campaigners in Kendal were delighted when the Primary Care Trust decided not to go ahead with the discriminatory closure of the only local mental health in-patient unit...
7 December 2006
"The greatest strategic disaster in American history"
Review: FOR READERS who are familiar with Patrick Cockburn's incisive reports from Iraq in the Independent, they will appreciate his new book, The Occupation...
16 November 2006
Millions reject war and occupation
Bush & Blair's Iraq disaster: GEORGE BUSH'S Iraq policy received a massive thumbs down from disgruntled US voters in last week's elections....
27 March 2004
Millions Worldwide Say 'End The Occupation'
20 March protests: MILLIONS OF protesters worldwide took to the streets on 20 March, the first anniversary of the Iraq War. Members of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI - the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated)...
6 September 2003
Iraq: Can the occupation be stopped?
The biggest demonstrations in world history didn't stop the warmongers occupying Iraq. Inevitably, many people wonder whether this means we are powerless to change things...
19 May 2000
THE UNIVERSITY of Kent is implementing cuts for students by changing its examination policy. The changes mean that, for the first time ever, almost 300 students will have to sit three, three-hour exams...
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