The Socialist issue 369
6 November 2004
PCS Striking To Save Jobs And Services
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ALMOST 300,000 civil service workers in the PCS union are taking strike action on 5 November against the government’s attacks on their jobs, pensions and sick pay…
For A One-Day Public-Sector Strike
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ON 5 November, 300,000 civil servants, members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), are striking in defence of their jobs and working conditions…
"Why I Am On Strike"
The "Pensions Crisis" – The crisis for me is that I will have to work till 65 or 70 instead of 60, possibly without those extra years’ contributions being added to my benefit…
Understaffed, Stressed And Under Threat
I WORK on an understaffed, stressed, Income Support processing section in Cardiff. Under the cuts plans there will be no benefit processors in the capital city of Wales…
They Can’t Bury Our Voices
AS AN active PCS representative within the Land Registry I’m personally disgusted with the way this Labour government has treated my colleagues across the civil service…
Socialist Party news and analysis
THE SOCIALIST Party in Walthamstow, east London, is standing in a council by-election in Hoe Street ward on 18 November. Socialist Party candidate Louise Thompson spoke to the socialist…
Unite Against Homophobia
DAVID MORLEY, a gay man, was kicked and beaten to death in the early hours of Sunday morning. A mixed gang of six young people attacked three sets of people during 30 violent minutes. In at least two of the three incidents, the victims were gay…
Is there an alternative to global warming?
NEW RESEARCH has shown that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, as a result of burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil, has risen dramatically in the past two years…
International socialist news and analysis
Big events will shake Bush win
There is deep disappointment in Britain and worldwide at the victory of Bush in the US elections. This, however, does not justify drawing pessimistic conclusions for the future or insulting the US people, as did the Daily Mirror: "How…
End This Bloody Occupation
THE US has had a policy of not even bothering to count the number of Iraqis killed during their war in Iraq. So an independent team of researchers risked their lives to survey 1,000 Iraqi households. They discovered that the death toll throughout…
Arafat And The Palestinian Struggle
WHEN PALESTINIAN leader Yassar Arafat fell dangerously ill, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was worried enough about being blamed for his death to release him from the Israeli blockade in Ramallah to be flown to France for treatment…
Fourth general strike in ten months in Nigeria
FACED WITH the Nigerian government’s refusal to reverse September’s 25% jump in fuel prices Nigeria’s trades unions and radical opposition have called another general strike on 16 November – the seventh since June 2000…
Volkswagen: Workers Stage Warning Strikes
HOT ON the heels of General Motors-Opel and Daimler-Chrysler, bosses at car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) in Germany are demanding that their workforce accept a 30% cost-cutting programme to restore the company’s profits…
Ministers Paper Over Growing EU Crises
ON 29 October leaders from the 25 member states of the European Union (EU), meeting in Rome, signed a new European Constitution…
Musharraf’s Hypocrisy Won’t End Violence Against Women
THE NATIONAL Assembly in Pakistan has passed a Bill on ‘honour killings’. It declares that anyone committing such a crime will be guilty of "intentional murder". The government says that this Bill is an historic step forward in eliminating…
