Articles from the Socialist, issue 581
27 May 2009
Protest at MPs’ sleaze: Vote No2EU – Yes to Democracy
No2EU – yes to Democracy: Who’s standing and why you should vote for them
Hear No2EU – Yes to Democracy speakers
Fiddling Tory MP Mackay resigns
UKIP – yet another establishment party
BNP fail to win Salford election
Youth fight for jobs
Youth Fight for Jobs: Fortnight of action 27 June to 10 July
The economic crisis continues to decimate young people’s hope of a decent future. Whether looking for work, or applying for education, opportunities are drying up everywhere, writes Sean Figg, YFJ national organiser.
School students organised strikes
Construction workers feature
Construction workers: battle won but war not over
Construction workers at the South Hook LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) terminal construction site near Milford Haven in South Wales have won a big victory over employers by taking unofficial action in defiance of anti-union laws, writes Dave Reid, Socialist Party Wales.
Strike success at Lindsey Oil Refinery and Conoco
An action plan for all construction sites
Diary of a Lindsey Oil Refinery shop steward
International socialist news and analysis
Southampton protest: Stop the slaughter of Tamils
A SMALL but militant group of Southampton University students took their protest against the genocide of the Tamil people in the north of Sri Lanka to the local civic centre and regional BBC building on Monday 18 May, writes Rosie Isaac, Southampton Socialist Students.
Latvia: ‘A capitalist inferno’
Kashmir health workers’ victory
Nanjing college students in clashes with police
PCS conference and workplace news
PCS conference: Preparing for future battles
In a really excellent conference, the civil service union PCS, under its socialist leadership which was re-elected for the seventh time in succession, mapped out its strategy for the next 12 months, writes Bill Mullins.
Delegates’ anger at Public and Commercial Services union conference
Young members’ voices heard at PCS conference
Wales TUC conference – no good news for New Labour
National Shop Stewards Network conference
Socialist Party campaigning news
Anger at council school closures
PARENTS FIGHTING to save Charlotte Turner School reacted angrily to Greenwich council’s decision to close their school, writes Onay Kasab, Greenwich Unison secretary (pc).
Lewisham Bridge primary school