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PCS members were striking on International Women's Day, photo Paul Mattsson 10 March 2010 Last week I addressed an International Women's Day anniversary meeting in the European Parliament. The meeting was called by the United Left group, of which Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins (CWI Ireland)... 17 December 2009 The following letter was sent to the BASSA national office in support of the cabin crew strike against the attacks of British Airways management... 3 December 2009 Heavily-armed navy commandos surround Tamil-speaking refugees on the boat in Merak, Indonesia 2 December 2009 ON 24 NOVEMBER over 250,000 public service workers in the Irish Republic took part in a one-day strike, writes Michael O'Brien, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland). Socialism 2009, photo Rob Emery 18 November 2009 Scourge of mass youth unemployment: Youth unemployment is at a record high and what does the government do? It plans to slash funding for youth training schemes. 11 November 2009 The RMT transport union hosted an open-to-all conference on the crisis in working class political representation on Saturday 7 November. This followed the overwhelming backing given at the RMT's annual general meeting in July to the union's participation in the 'No2EU, Yes to Democracy' European election coalition, and a decision at that meeting to continue the discussion on the lack of working class political representation. Reading the Socialist Party's leaflet during the 2008 referendum in Ireland, photo Paul Mattsson 7 October 2009 A SIGNIFICANT two-to-one majority in the Irish republic, on a higher turnout, passed the Lisbon Treaty on 20 October, overturning the decision of the Irish electorate in June 2008, writes Kevin McLoughlin, Dublin. Joe Higgins MEP, Socialist Party Ireland, photo Bob Severn 22 September 2009 Speaking in the European Parliament, Irish Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins opposed the nomination of Jose Manuel Barroso for re-election as President of the EU commission and discussed the debate on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland... 18 September 2009 Socialism 2009: a weekend to inspire: Socialism 2009, on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, is shaping up to be another excellent weekend of discussion and debate, writes Tom Baldwin. 14 September 2009 14 September 2009, 12:30, writes Featuring speakers: Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MEP and Bob Crow, RMT general secretary. 1 - 10 of 35 records Search entire database: | |||||||||
