8 October 2008
Keep the Metro public!
The Keep the Metro Public campaign, including trade union activists and members of the Socialist Party have handed out thousands of leaflets opposing the privatisation of the Newcastle Metro, writes Paul Phillips and Ian Patterson, Newcastle Socialist Party.
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10 September 2008
Can we have 'the right to travel' - without adding to climate change?
Transport and the environment: The recent collapse of Metronet, which was responsible for maintenance on some London Underground lines, was just the latest disaster in the saga of public transport privatisation, this one leaving public finances to foot a bill of over a billion pounds, Pete Dickinson writes.
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3 June 2008
Editorial: Target 'ecological' taxes at the biggest polluters
Across Europe, farmers, fishermen, lorry drivers and others have been protesting against increased fuel costs...
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28 May 2008
Johnson's Prince of Darkness
LONDON'S NEW Tory mayor Boris Johnson has appointed a ruthless private equity businessman as his "first deputy mayor" in charge of transport, writes Roger Shrives.
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12 March 2008
New period of workers' militancy in Germany
A WAVE of industrial unrest has swept across Germany in recent weeks - affecting hospitals, local councils, airports, childcare facilities and public transport...
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7 December 2007
For decent public transport!
Our Planet, not Private Profit: Public transport, such as buses and trains, has been privatised. Costs have gone up and services are worse. But public transport could play a key role...
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25 October 2007
France: Biggest public transport strike action since 1995
"REMEMBER THIS date: October 18, 2007. On this day, Nicolas Sarkozy's five year term will really begin", the conservative newspaper Le Figaro wrote... By Karl Debbaut, Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)
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17 May 2007
Who pays to stop climate change?
GLOBAL WARMING and consequent climate change 'can be solved' according to the third part of the major 2007 study from the UN-sponsored committee of scientists (IPCC), issued in Bangkok early in May...
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11 January 2007
Public transport and private ownership don't mix
NEW LABOUR claims to defend both the environment and public services. Their claims look hollow following the large rises recently announced in rail prices.
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6 July 2006
Bus campaign prepares support for striking drivers
SHEFFIELD'S "WE Want Our Buses Back" campaign is preparing to support bus drivers as they are get ready to strike over a 1.8% pay offer from a company (First) that increased fares by nearly 50% last year, writes Calvin Payne, Sheffield.
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