The Socialist issue 420
15 December 2005
NHS in crisis
 |
ANOTHER WEEK goes by and another set of revelations about the financial crisis in the NHS. This time The Observer quotes a leaked email from the Department of Health telling officials to ignore ministers’ promises on spending.
Huddersfield’s big demo
 |
NHS in Crisis: "WE’LL MAKE you listen" shouted the front page of the Huddersfield Examiner as it reported on Saturday’s ‘Big Demo’…
Campaign for a new workers’ party
The campaign is gaining support with signatures from workers, trade unionists, students and community activists…
Building a voice for Iraq’s workers
HASSAN JUMA’A AWAD – president of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (previously known as the General Union of Oil Employees) spoke to Zena Awad of the socialist…
Montreal conference – Little change on climate change
TONY BLAIR hailed the recent United Nations Montreal conference on climate change as a "vital next step in tackling climate." Green pressure group, Friends of the Earth said it was an "histori…
Ukraine’s Orange revolution – one year on
One year ago huge street demonstrations convulsed Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, for weeks in protest at rigged presidential elections…
Portuguese workers strike against Blairite cuts
COUNCIL AND local government workers in Portugal are striking on 13 and 14 December against the Blairite ‘socialist’ government’s vicious attacks on their rights, working conditions and living standards…
Massive support for Irish Ferries’ workers
OVER 100,000 workers marched across cities and towns in Southern Ireland on 9 December…
Stop the job cuts
THE DEPARTMENT for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a service in crisis. It is not alone – new figures have been released that show 120 million…
Confusion over pensions at NATFHE executive
NATFHE, THE college lecturers’ union, voted at its December national executive to reject the public-sector pensions framework agreement, which has been agreed by other unions including NUT, UNISON and PCS…
Media giants attack journalists
NATIONAL UNION of Journalists (NUJ) members are organising against devastating cuts and job losses…
Rail workers fight bosses’ offensive
THE RAIL industry remains, despite privatisation, a stronghold of trade unionism…
