The Socialist 21 June 2003
'President' Blair Fails Again
Wales further education colleges: Lecturers Fight For A Living Wage
Kick Poverty Pay Out Of The NHS
France: Workers Still Angry At Bosses' Plans
Tameside Day Centre Users Protest Against Cuts
Anti-discrimination regulations: Fight Concessions To The Religious Right
Israeli / Palestinian conflict Socialism - The Only Road To Peace
Firefighters dispute: It Didn't Have To Be Like This
What can we do about the 'fat cats?'
East Germany 1953: When the Workers rose Up Against Stalinism
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The Socialist 21 June 2003, 'President' Blair Fails Again
Build a new workers' party: TONY BLAIR'S government is in trouble. His attempts to implement a hurried and botched 'constitutional reform' and hide it behind a government reshuffle without even consulting his own Cabinet have...
THE NEWS that Wedgwood has decided to close two factories is a body blow for the workers of Stoke-on-Trent, writes Disgruntled Wedgwoods worker.
Wales further education colleges: Lecturers Fight For A Living Wage
LAST NOVEMBER the Welsh Assembly, through its education minister Jane Davidson, intervened in the long-running dispute over Further Education (FE) college lecturers' pay, writes Andrew Price, NATFHE NEC member FE Wales and a Wales pay negotiator.
Kick Poverty Pay Out Of The NHS
Public Services Not Private Profit: LOW-PAID health workers at Whipps Cross hospital in east London are striking for three days from 18 June, in their battle for a living wage...
France: Workers Still Angry At Bosses' Plans
TRADE UNION organisers say 1.5 million workers struck in France against government attacks on state pensions on 10 June, when the plans were presented to the National Assembly (parliament)...
WHEN I started working for the Post Office 12 years ago, they were making £ millions in profit, most of which went to the government, writes A Northwich Communication Workers' Union (CWU) member.
Tameside Day Centre Users Protest Against Cuts
Carers, Friends (including Tony Booth!) and users of Gorse Hall day centre, Stalybridge, demonstrated at the Tameside town hall on 11 June against proposed cuts at their centre, writes Elaine Healey Manchester.
Anti-discrimination regulations: Fight Concessions To The Religious Right
LESBIAN, GAY, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have long been campaigning for equal treatment at work, writes Lionel Wright, MSF-AMICUS and convenor, Socialist Party LGBT Group.
"THE CLERICAL regime is nearing its end. Vigilantes commit crimes, the leader supports them," chanted defiant student protesters at Tehran university, Iran...
Israeli / Palestinian conflict Socialism - The Only Road To Peace
THE ROAD map to 'peace' in the Middle East is becoming soaked in blood. Since the Israeli army attempted to assassinate the deputy leader of the Islamic Palestinian organisation, Hamas, on 10 June, the...
Firefighters dispute: It Didn't Have To Be Like This
"THE FIREFIGHTERS' decision yesterday to call off their long-running dispute marks a signal victory for ministers, writes Bill Mullins, Socialist Party trade union organiser.
What can we do about the 'fat cats?'
THE WEALTH gap in Britain is widening rapidly. The most noticeable gainers have been the owners of big companies and their 'fat cat' top executives (themselves usually top shareholders), who are getting...
East Germany 1953: When the Workers rose Up Against Stalinism
ON 15 June 1953, about 60 building workers on the Friedrichshaim hospital building site in East Berlin stopped work to draw up a letter protesting at a 10% increase in the work norms imposed by East Germany's Stalin-ist government...