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The Socialist issue 613

24 February 2010

NHS: not safe in their hands!

2010 Back issues


spotNHS: Not safe in their hands!

NHS demonstration, photo Paul Mattsson

NHS demonstration, photo Paul Mattsson


spotPrivate ‘vultures’ to run NHS hospital

PRIVATE ‘VULTURE’ companies are licking their lips at the prospect of taking over and running a NHS hospital for the first time…

spotHow to stop cuts and defend public services

spotDemo opposes £29m Notts county cuts

Youth fight for jobs

spotYoung people deserve a future: Join the Manchester march for jobs on 13 March

“Hundreds queue for 56 jobs at Selfridges”, reported the Manchester Evening News before Christmas, when 600 job-seekers waited for hours in a queue stretching two blocks for a handful of temporary posts, writes Poppy Hamilton, Manchester YFJ.

Leeds Youth Fight For Jobs demo February 2010, photo Leeds Socialist Party

Leeds Youth Fight For Jobs demo February 2010, photo Leeds Socialist Party


spotYouth Fight for Jobs Demonstrations

Details of demos in Barking, East London, Manchester, Yorkshire (Rotherham, Bradford and Hull); Gig in Newcastle

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)

spotRMT branch supports challenge to Denham

A meeting of the Rail Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) local branch held in Eastleigh near Southampton was attended by a candidate for TUSC, Tim Cutter, who will be standing in Southampton Itchen in the general election, writes Kevin Hayes.

spotSupport the TUSC election challenge

spotTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition General Election launch rally

Thursday 25 March, 7.30 pm
Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ
Speakers include: Bob Crow, Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary; Brian Caton, Prison Officers Association general secretary;
Chris Baugh, Public and Commercial Services union assistant general secretary; Dave Nellist, Socialist Party councillor; Michael Lavalette, Socialist Workers Party councillor

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotBritish Airways cabin crew v management: Round two

THE UNITE union announced on Monday that British Airways (BA) cabin crew voted overwhelmingly for strike action, writes Neil Cafferky.

spotAnger on Teesside over Corus closure

spotID cards – an expensive threat to civil liberties

spotTories attack community café…

spotYarl’s Wood hunger strike

spotFast news

Comment

spotThe Eton co-op won’t work

Comment: HAS DAVID Cameron swapped his top hat for a cloth cap by calling for public sector workers to set up their own co-operatives?, writes Nancy Taaffe.

Unison witch-hunt

spotNominate Roger Bannister: Unison’s leadership battle

Roger Bannister, who is seeking nominations to stand in the Unison general secretary election, commented on the latest round of job cuts announced by councils across the country…

Swansea Unison workers protest against cuts and privatisation in Wales, photo Swansea Socialist Party

Swansea Unison workers protest against cuts and privatisation in Wales, photo Swansea Socialist Party


spotUnison witch-hunt continues

Workplace news and analysis

spotSouth Wales: Demo against council cuts

Approximately 300 people attended a demonstration and rally in Port Talbot, South Wales on 20 February, writes A Welsh Unison member.

spotStaythorpe: the fight for workplace safety

spotPort workers battle bosses… and high court

spotJobcentre staff fight cuts

spotLeeds university: Support lecturers striking to save jobs

spotFighting leadership needed for UCU

spotCWU women vote for political review

International socialist news and analysis

spotCWI Latin America school: A continent on the brink

Members and supporters of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) in Latin America met for a very enthusiastic and successful political education school in Brazil between 3 and 7 February…

CWI Latin America school, photo CWI

CWI Latin America school, photo CWI


spotIraq: All eyes on the oil prize

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotCampaigning rights victory: But questions remain on new Waltham Forest policy

Anti-racism

spotHow can the racist BNP be defeated?

UAF conference shows debate needed: Thousands of pounds of trade union members’ money is given to campaigns such as Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and Hope Not Hate every year to help combat the rise of far-right, racist groups like the British National Party (BNP), writes A GMB member.

spotScottish Defence League defeated: Working class political alternative urgently needed

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