The Socialist issue 350

5 June 2004

THE CHAIRMAN of South West Oxfordshire NHS primary care trust (PCT), Martin Avis, has lost his job…

IN THE past 20 months, nine apprentices, all aged under 23, have died on vocational courses backed by the government…

Education: Labour’s failed all the tests

School students, parents and teachers are being failed by New Labour’s education policies. …

THE BRITISH National Party (BNP) is out again campaigning for votes. But do they really offer an alternative to the main parties? NAOMI BYRON investigates…

If you are voting socialist on 10 June, if you are a trade unionist, community campaigner, anti-war activist or just incredibly angry at the injustices of this system – you need to read the socialist…

Bush’s Oil Gamble Slips Up

Iraq/Saudi Arabia: ONE REASON for the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq was to reduce the West’s dependency on Saudi Arabian oil. With the world’s second largest oil reserves on tap, imperialism viewed Iraq as a more secure fuel energy source then that provided…

SINCE THE Thatcher era it has been common for Britain’s trade union leaders to uphold the European "social market" economy against the American deregulated economy, (abandoning any concept of socialism, even as an ideal, at the same time)…

The social and political turmoil that has rocked Venezuela since the election of the radical left-populist former army officer, Hugo Chávez, as President, in 1999, has now entered a new and critical phase…

Wanted – young union activists!

WITHIN THE last two years, there has been a big increase in new members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) under the age of 27. The union’s Left Unity-led Executive has made improving the participation of young members a priority…

FIREFIGHTERS ARE being consulted on a proposed ‘deal’ recommended by their national executive (NEC), which union leaders hope will end the dispute over last year’s pay deal…