The Socialist issue 336
28 February 2004
Global Warning
A NEW secret report warns that climate change could kill millions of people worldwide through violent storms, searing heat, flooding, famine and drought.…
"We’ll protect our homes"
Lewisham: COUNCIL LEASEHOLDERS (home owners) on the Sector J area of Honor Oak estate in Lewisham feel angry and conned by the Labour-controlled council…
EU Enlargement Brings Benefits For The Bosses
THE NEW Labour government says it will be ‘regulating’ the number of migrant workers who are allowed to come to Britain from the ten countries, mainly in Eastern Europe, which will be joining the European Union on 1 May…
Workers Must Fight Attacks On Democratic Rights
End The Occupation Of Iraq – Troops Out Now! |
Liar Blair Must Go!
DemonstrateMarch 20th, Assemble at 12 Noon Hyde Park, Central London National Demonstration Called By Stop The War Coalition |
University strike: Why Cardiff closed down
ASSOCIATION OF University Teachers (AUT) members went on strike in Wales on 23 February as part of the rolling programme of strike action against the university employers’ pay offer…
Back To The Future
Education proposals: : MANY COMMENTATORS have welcomed the Tomlinson proposals to review the curriculum for 14-19 year olds. These will lead to a final report later in the year. Tomlinson advocates replacing GCSE and ‘A’ levels with a system of four diplomas – entry, foundation,…
Socialist Party workplace news and analysis
Fighting The Bosses And The BNP
Manchester electricians: FOR NEARLY 40 weeks, electricians (members of EPIU-TGWU) in Manchester, illegally sacked by cowboy construction company DAF Electrical, have been on strike demanding reinstatement…
When Workers Beat The Heath Government
Working class history: THIRTY YEARS ago, Tory Prime Minister Ted Heath called a snap general election on the issue of "Who runs the country – the government or the trade unions?" Heath lost! …
Gershon’s "Cunning Plan" For The Public Sector
SIR PETER Gershon, the head honcho of ‘government commerce’ and Britain’s most highly paid civil servant, has come up with a cunning plan. He wants to sack tens of thousands of public-sector workers, particularly civil servants…
International socialist news and analysis
World Currencies – Turbulent Times Ahead?
ECONOMISTS WORLDWIDE are grasping at any sign of a revival in the US and world capitalist economies…
Netherlands: Government Scapegoats Asylum Seekers
THE DUTCH parliament’s lower house voted on 17 February to expel up to 26,000 “failed asylum seekers” over the next three years. This cruel and inhumane policy has shocked and angered Dutch working people and also many people across Europe.
Pakistan: Workers Fight Musharraf’s Regime
WHILE GENERAL Musharraf has received praise from Western governments for his participation in the US-led ‘war on terrorism’, there has been no criticism of his vicious anti-working class policies. …
