Articles from the Socialist, issue 501
13 September 2007
Fighting Unions Need a New party
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RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson |
Smash the pay freeze: Insisting that public sector workers must accept below inflation pay rises – in reality, pay cuts – Gordon Brown showed how little difference there is between the Blair and Brown governments… By Councillor Dave Nellist Chair, Campaign for a New Workers’ Party.
Postal workers: “We have the power!”
TUC conference: Standing up to Brown’s attacks
Needed: a combative trade union movement
War and terrorism
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International Socialist Resistance demonstrate against war |
“Generals lie, Soldiers die,” chanted pro-testers when general David Petraeus appeared before a Congressional committee in Washington on 10 September…
Workplace news and events
Tube workers’ strike scores victory
A strike by 2,300 RMT rail union members who work for the failed Metronet consortium brought the London tube network to a virtual standstill last week… By an RMT Metronet maintenance worker
Bosses get away with murder
Socialist Party NHS campaign
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A protest in Leeds against Health cuts |
TWO HUNDRED health-workers and supporters rallied on 9 September against Manchester Community and Mental Health Trust management… By Hugh Caffrey, Manchester
Manchester cuts maternity services
HALF A million objections, millions of £s in “consultation”, an “independent” review and a few months for Health Secretary Johnson to think it over….. By Hugh Caffrey and Lynn Worthington
Leeds – no more deficits and cuts
APEC summit
APEC summit: Thousands defy police crackdown
AS THE Asia Pacific Economic Co-Operation (APEC) forum wound up in Sydney last weekend, Australian prime minister John Howard was trying to spruik (champion) its success… By Socialist Party reporters in Sydney and Melbourne
Socialist Party news and analysis
Overcrowded prisons, overworked staff
BRITAIN’S PRISON officers held their first-ever national strike, mainly on pay, in August… By Iain Dalton
Keeping tabs on the millions?
Socialist Party feature
Tory party struggles to recapture territory taken by New Labour
A FEW months ago there seemed to be a Tory revival. Yet now, senior Tories are carrying out a public spat and Cameron seems unable to contain it…
International news and analysis
Socialist Party member Ron Groves gives a first-hand report on the glaring social contradictions in modern-day China….
Socialist Party review
Robert Blincoe – a life that illuminates an age
THE REAL OLIVER TWIST : Was the real life story of a parish orphan ‘Robert Blincoe’ the inspiration for Charles Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’…
