The Socialist issue 340
27 March 2004
Stop The Jobs Slaughter
Defend Public Services. GORDON BROWN dropped a budget bombshell. Over 40,000 civil service jobs are to be axed. Thousands more could go through ‘efficiency’ savings.
Angry Workers Vote For Action
"I had taken the day off on leave on budget day. But when I heard the news of the cuts I felt I had to come into work and contact other union activists…
Job Cuts – Now Is The Time To Act
GORDON BROWN’S message to public sector workers this week couldn’t have been any clearer: "You will pay for New Labour’s public finance crisis by losing your jobs"…
Socialist Students
IN 2006, students whose parents earn the average income will have to pay 70% of their fees, instead of the 25% they pay now – according to a recent study by the House of Commons Library.
Build A Campaigning NUS
National Union of Students conference: THE 21ST century has seen a new generation of students become radicalised. First in the anti-capitalist movement and then on a far larger scale, in the anti-war movement, it has been young people – predominately school, college and university students…
Defending Teachers, Defending Education
Martin Powell-Davies: SOCIALIST PARTY member Martin Powell-Davies has now secured enough nominations in the general secretary election of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) to proceed to the next stage of the election…
Marxist analysis: history
Liverpool city council: The Council That Took On Thatcher
TWENTY YEARS ago Liverpool city council took on Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government and won a famous victory against cuts and privatisation…
Millions Worldwide Say ‘End The Occupation’
20 March protests: MILLIONS OF protesters worldwide took to the streets on 20 March, the first anniversary of the Iraq War. Members of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI – the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated)…
International socialist news and analysis
Sharon Opens The "Gates Of Hell"
THE BRUTAL assassination of the spiritual leader of Palestinian Islamic organisation Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, was met with outrage from Palestinians…
Clarke Exposes Bush’s Iraq Agenda
OVER A million anti-war protesters marched worldwide last Saturday to mark the 12-month anniversary of the US-led war on Iraq…
Venezuela: Opposition In Dirty Tricks Campaign
TWO PREVIOUS attempts by Venezuela’s right-wing opposition to overthrow the twice elected radical national government of President Hugo Chavez have failed…
