22 October 2008
We can't afford private rail. Nationalise the railways now!
Comment: With above-inflation price rises for tickets being announced for next year, only the rich will be able to afford to travel by train, writes Andrew Walton, Leicester.
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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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23 July 2008
Car taxes add to inflation misery
CHANCELLOR ALISTAIR Darling is postponing his proposed 2p in the pound fuel tax rise scheduled for October, writes Mark Pickersgill.
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18 June 2008
Shell drivers strike
According to press reports, the strike by tanker drivers at multinational giant Shell's depots has concluded with a deal. It was 100% solid at the Shell Haven site in Coryton, Essex. Drivers were angry about their treatment from Shell and the contractor Hoyer. A driver on the picket line, Gary, spoke to The Socialist.
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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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3 June 2008
Belfast Airport workers: The long battle for justice
The Socialist has carried regular articles about the battle being waged by three shop stewards, sacked from their security jobs at Belfast Airport...
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29 May 2008
Sacked airport shop steward, Gordon McNeill, calls off hunger strike
Doctors threaten court action to have him force fed
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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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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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22 April 2008
Zimbabwe: Workers' strength stops arms shipment
WITH SOUTH Africa's ANC (African National Congress) government split over its attitude towards the Mugabe regime in neighbouring Zimbabwe, South African trade unionists used their strength decisively to act against the regim, writes Keith Dickinson.
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