The Socialist issue 347
15 May 2004
Get The Troops Out
THAT’S WHAT the majority of people in Britain are saying – according to an NOP poll taken this week. …
Sinking Deeper Into The Iraq Quagmire
“THE PHOTOS that lost Bush the war”. That was how one US commentator referred to the images of torture and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops. Beamed across the globe, these appalling photos have provoked international outrage.
Torture Revelations: Shock Turns To Anger
NEW REVELATIONS hit the headlines daily about the brutal treatment of prisoners in Iraq by occupying forces. To listen to Bush, Rumsfeld and Labour ministers speaking, you’d think these barbaric acts were just some kind of blip on the part of…
Socialist Party election campaign
Seven years ago, when New Labour was elected, there was widespread hope that working-class people’s lives would improve…
Electoral agreement in Greenwich and Lewisham
Greater London Authority elections 10 June: THE SOCIALIST PARTY has reached an electoral agreement for the 10 June Greater London Assembly elections with the Respect – Unity Coalition, headed by the anti-war MP, George Galloway…
Joint meeting inspires election fighters
LEEDS SOCIALIST Party held a successful election launch meeting with Coventry Socialist councillor Rob Windsor speaking. This was a joint launch meeting with the Alliance for Green Socialism (AGS), for whom Garth Frankland, an ex-councillor,…
Workplace news and analysis
WHAT WE need is a non-payment campaign," said one of the scores of people signing our petition against water charge rises in Coventry. "Why should we pay fifty quid more for what’s falling out the sky now?" asked another…
Scotland: Nursery Nurses Fight On
AFTER TEN weeks of all-out action there are still 2,500 nursery nurses on strike in Scotland. Nursery nurses who are organised in UNISON have put up a magnificent fight to achieve their demands: a wage that recognises the increased responsibilities…
Defending Our Union
WOMEN UNISON members at Avenue primary school in Newham, east London, were an inspiration on the morning of their second strike day…
Hospital staff back sacked steward
KOLA SHOKUNBI’s appeal against his dismissal from his job at Whipps Cross hospital in east London has been adjourned for the management to consider representations from UNISON…
Stop press: FBU conference
THE Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has voted to suspend its conference after the employers’ refusal to pay the 3.5% increase still outstanding from last November…
