The Socialist issue 370
13 November 2004
Withdraw The Troops
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AS SOON as the US elections were out of the way, the bloody assault on Fallujah began…
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…
How Could Bush Win?
Democrats’ Failure Shows Need for New Party: Tens of millions are deeply dismayed at the victory of George W. Bush and the Republicans, and are asking, “How could Bush have won?”…
A balance sheet on Nader’s campaign
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE members participated in the Nader/Camejo 2004 election campaign, giving critical support to Nader’s anti-war, anti-corporate, pro-health care, pro-worker agenda…
Socialist Party campaigns
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Birmingham: WE RECEIVED so many reports from PCS picket lines that we were unable to carry them all in the socialist. Below is a round-up of the inspiring story of the 5 November strike to defend jobs and services…
Civil servants show Blair they mean business
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OVER 200,000 civil servants went on strike on 5 November, against the government’s threat to 104,000 jobs and attacks on pensions, pay and sick leave…
Great display of solidarity
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Civil servants: OVER 200,000 civil servants, members of the PCS union, were on strike on 5 November, against cuts in jobs, services and attacks on working conditions…
Defend Pension Rights
THE FUTURE of our pensions is one of the most worrying questions for workers in Britain. People are living longer and both government and private employers want to shift the cost on to working-class people’s backs…
We won’t work till we drop
ISR/Socialist Students conference: With only days to go, the ISR and Socialist Student conference looks set to be the biggest yet! Our opening ‘Fight for your future’ rally will have speakers talking about campaigning in their workplaces, schools and colleges…
Why the North East said ‘no’
THE NORTH East of England gave a crushing ‘No’ vote to New Labour’s plans for a Regional Assembly. The referendum’s turnout was over 47%, with a massive 78% voting against. The government has since been forced to shelve plans for…
Organising against low pay
THE NATIONAL Union of Journalists (NUJ) organised a very successful conference on 6 November on how the union could organise a national fightback against low pay…
Support Jag workers’ fight for jobs
TRADE UNIONS fighting the ending of Jaguar production in Coventry have organised a mass demonstration. It will start from Coventry’s Millennium Square, by the city’s motor museum at 10.30am on Saturday 27 November…
International socialist news and analysis
Massive vote for social change in Uruguay
OVERSHADOWED BY the US elections, voters in Uruguay ousted the country’s traditional capitalist parties and voted in Tabare Vazquez of Frente Amplio (Broad Front) as President…
Slovakia solidarity appeal:
THE MANAGEMENT of the Austrian based multinational Neusiedler in Ruzomberok, a town in central Slovakia, has handed out redundancy notices to workers involved in organising a new trade union…
Film director’s Murder sparks racist backlash
A SPATE of anti-Muslim and racist attacks across the Netherlands has shocked Dutch workers and youth. The attacks follow the killing, on 2 November, of the controversial film director and journalist, Theo van Gogh, allegedly by…
