The Socialist issue 406
25 August 2005
Hurricane Katrina exposes Bush’s rotten capitalist system
THOUSANDS IN New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast have died of drowning, dehydration, starvation and lack of medical care…
Hurricane Katrina: A disaster made worse by capitalism
IN THE immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina BRYAN KOULOURIS of Socialist Alternative (the Socialist Party’s US counterpart) wrote the following article, which is an indictment of George Bush and the capitalist system he represents…
Bush lashed over hurricane catastrophe
THE EFFECTS of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi could be the US’s worst natural disaster, with a projected 10,000 or more people dead and its biggest refugee crisis since the American Civil War…
March against war and terrorism
THE DEVASTATION of Hurricane Katrina has exposed the impact of Bush’s imperialist adventures domestically…
Iraq ‘Constitution’ is no exit route for Bush and Blair
THE TRAGEDY of Baghdad – with almost 1,000 Shia pilgrims killed in Iraq’s bloodiest day on 31 August – competes with the catastrophe of New Orleans in a kind of “league of horrors”…
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TUC must turn defiant words into effective deeds
THE FINAL agenda for the TUC Congress reveals a number of cracks which could lead to sharper divisions on key issues, like the anti-union laws, than experienced in previous years…
ISR backs Gate Gourmet workers
MEMBERS OF International Socialist Resistance (ISR) have been protesting in many areas outside Burger King…
Poland 1980: The rise and fall of Solidarnosc
ON 31 August this year, anti-working class capitalist leaders from across Europe were celebrating the recognition 25 years ago of the mass trade union movement called Solidarnosc (Solidarity)…
China/EU dispute: Crazy logic of the profit system
THE MEDIA has been resounding to waves of denunciation and counter-denunciation over the banning of imports of clothes from China to the European Union (EU) – the so-called ‘bra wars’…
