The Socialist issue 391
6 May 2005
Labour gets a bloody nose
THE ELECTION result clearly shows that growing numbers have had enough of Tony Blair and this New Labour government.…
Galloway election victory shocks Blair
The high-profile victory of George Galloway, standing for Respect in Bethnal Green and Bow, will be welcomed by many around the country – as an antidote to an election campaign which, at national level, has…
Socialist ideas adopted by a new generation
The ‘most boring election’ in history ended with a far-from boring election night…
Stormclouds gather over Labour’s 3rd term
IT WOULDN’T have come as much of a surprise to most people when they woke up on Friday 6 May and found that New Labour had been elected for a third time…
Fight far-right parties
ONE OF the most worrying aspects of this election has been the high votes in some areas for far-right parties like the British National Party (BNP)…
Blair’s last election
New Labour celebrations after its election win were muted and short-lived…
Protest at the G8 summit
THIS JULY, the G8 – the bosses’ club – will meet in Scotland, under the presidency of the British government…
The Vietnam war still casts a long shadow over US today
30 years since the fall of Saigon: THIRTY YEARS ago, North Vietnamese tanks rolled into the US embassy in Saigon marking a humiliating defeat for US imperialism…
Strike ballot at the BBC
TRADE UNIONS at the BBC are balloting for strike action after Director General Mark Thompson refused to guarantee there will be no compulsory redundancies following the corporation’s recent announcement…
Defend education in Hackney
MORE THAN 120 people packed into a meeting in Hackney, east London, on 26 April to put their demands to election candidates…
