The Socialist issue 359
21 August 2004
Warning: Public Sector Under Attack
THE NEW Labour government has declared war on the public sector. Tens of thousands of jobs are in jeopardy in the civil service…
Action needed across the public sector
DESPITE TONY Blair taking it easy in the holiday homes of his rich friends in Italy and the Bahamas, there’s been no let up in the government’s assault on the public sector…
New Labour at war with firefighters
OUR MEMBERS are furious at the way our agreed deal has been sabotaged by local government minister Nick Raynsford and his New Labour government. They want to wreck our pay settlement and smash our union…
The fighting spirit that saved a pit
Tower colliery: Mariam Kamish, long-standing Socialist Party Wales member, has just been elected to the Lodge committee of Tower Colliery National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)…
Know your rights
MILLIONS OF young people are working in low-paid jobs, often with bullying bosses and unsafe working conditions. Young workers are often denied their basic rights in work and many are scared of losing their jobs if they try to argue…
Europride Manchester: Stop bullying and discrimination
TENS OF thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people from across Britain and internationally will come to Europride in Manchester…
International socialist news and analysis
THE HANDOVER of ‘sovereignty’ to the interim government of Allawi in Iraq (28 June) was meant to be a step towards ‘democracy’ and accelerated reconstruction…
Oil prices set to rock world economy
WORLD LEADERS are showing considerable worry about the continued rise in oil prices. On 10 August, US light crude broke the $45 a barrel mark, the highest price ever in New York. Oil prices have risen 30% this year alone…
Armed intervention in Sudan must be opposed
THE CRISIS gripping Darfur, in western Sudan, has been prominently in the news for weeks now. Media reports claim that up to a million people have been displaced and up to 50,000 killed as a result of reported attacks by the Janjaweed…
Venezuela referendum – corrupt elite lose again
ACROSS VENEZUELA hundreds of thousands have celebrated the defeat of the attempt to ‘recall’ the radical President Hugo Chávez…
Boston: Hundreds pack Ralph Nader meeting
WHILE THE last preparations were being put in place for the corporate-sponsored, stage-managed Democratic Party Convention in the USA, independent radical presidential candidate Ralph Nader spoke in Boston about why he’s determined to challenge the two-party status quo…
Building for a socialist world
A SOCIALIST World is Possible is a new book by Peter Taaffe (Socialist Party general secretary), to mark 30 years since the founding of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI)…
Workplace news and analysis
Swansea staff fight outsourcing
OVER 100 Swansea Council ICT (computer) staff have started indefinite strike action in order to prevent the council outsourcing their jobs to a private company. This is a threat to their terms, conditions and pensions…
Yorkshire bus drivers: Determination pays off
AFTER THREE weeks of indefinite strike action, South Yorkshire First bus drivers have won a significant victory in their pay dispute. This was one of the longest continuous strike actions in the UK bus industry for 30 years…
