The Socialist issue 412
20 October 2005
Take over the drug companies
THE SPREADING of the bird ‘flu virus has shown up the complacency of governments and the big pharmaceutical firms’ hard-faced profiteering…
Health service… condition critical!
EVIDENCE IS piling up about the damage which Labour’s policies are doing to the health service…
Government climbs down but questions still remain
FACING THE possible threat of the biggest strike movement since 1926 it appears that the New Labour government has partially retreated from some of its plans on public-sector pensions – such as increasing the retirement age…
Courts fail to tackle rail dangers
PRIVATISATION OF public transport has consistently put profits before safety and the courts say they can do very little about it…
Come to Socialism 2005 – defend democratic rights
Ejecting Walter Wolfgang from Labour Party conference for daring to heckle Jack Straw is one thing but then to subject him to a search under the Terrorism Act Section 44 does more than just add insult to injury.
Go to Socialism 2005 webpages…
Students are searching for a socialist alternative
University Freshers’ fairs: The response to our stalls at Manchester University, Manchester Metropolitan University and Salford University was brilliant…
Sleepwalking to segregation?
IS BRITAIN "sleepwalking its way to segregation" and US-style ghettos, as claimed by Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality?…
Poorest areas of towns and villages suffer most
Asian Earthquake disaster: I HAVE been in Bagh, a city in Jammu and Kashmir. I arrived with a truckload of aid from workers and trade unionists in Lahore. This is just one of five…
Iraq: Women’s rights pushed back
THE INVASION and occupation of Iraq has resulted in the deaths and suffering of millions of ordinary Iraqis…
Strong solidarity action against Connex union-busting
ON 6 OCTOBER, a five hour unofficial strike almost completely stopped the underground system in Stockholm…
Challenging ‘partnership’
DVLA Swansea: SOCIALIST PARTY members and other Left Unity supporters in civil service union PCS at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea, have laid down a marker for the future by challenging the current right-wing le…
London bus workers reject pay offer
SEVENTY PERCENT of TGWU drivers at London General buses voted for industrial action in a ballot on 14 October…
