Articles from the Socialist, issue 489

31 May 2007

Protest against the G8 leaders

Opposition to war, poverty, climate change and a hatred of the system that puts profit before people will bring an estimated one hundred thousand people out in protest against the leaders of the G8 when they meet in Rostock o…

Campaign brings victory against cuts

Pot and Pans demonstration in Waltham Forest against cuts to school meals, photo Paul Mattsson

WALTHAM FOREST council announced their decision in March to remove the subsidy to school meals and get rid of the borough’s catering service, that not only finances and organises school meals but also provides ‘meals on whe…

National Shop Stewards Network founding conference

Southern Ireland general election: Smaller parties squeezed

Joe Higgins and Clare Daly

Southern Ireland general election: The outcome of the general election in Ireland was fundamentally affected by the economic boom, with people opting for the main incumbent party, Fianna Fail, over the official opposition of Fine Gael (the second traditional c…

Talking about the ‘real world’ at Wales TUC

A double bonanza for big businesss

Private Finance Initiative: A NEW industry buying and selling refinanced Private Finance Initiative (PFI) assets is proving to be enormously profitable for companies wanting to make a quick almost risk-free buck…

Lewisham demonstration against destructive school policies, photo Paul Mattsson

Lewisham demo: AROUND 300 parents, pupils and teachers marched on the Civic Suite on 23 May where Lewisham council was meeting…

Unhealthy surpluses on NHS underspend

Defend and expand public housing

Housing crisis deepens: Government minister Margaret Hodge created a furore in the press when she stated that ‘indigenous families’ should be given priority for social housing above ‘new migrants’…

Refugee camp siege compounds Lebanon’s deep political crisis

Protesters cleared

The Merthyr Rising 1831

The Merthyr Ruising of 1831

Pages from working-class history: Insurrection of the men of iron A PROTEST march attacked by the military turns into a generalised insurrection. Armed workers take over the town, and besiege the authorities in their headquarters. Barricades are set up on the roads into town and a military ‘relief force’ is surrounded and disarmed.

Repression of Gay Pride in Moscow

Homophobia: it’s not over

Socialist Party LGBT meeting: This year sees the fortieth anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of gay sex between men in England and Wales…

Hull UNISON takes historic step

“NEVER AGAIN will social-worker UNISON members in Hull be run by the council’s personnel department.” As I said these words, spontaneous applause broke out as a 100-strong meeting of childcare workers realised they had mad…