23 articles from the Socialist, issue 450
27 July 2006
Invasion of Lebanon
Bush gives green light to the Israeli onslaught
THERE HAS been rage and revulsion worldwide at the barbaric treatment by Israeli forces of innocent families in Lebanon fleeing in terror, writes Kevin Simpson, CWI London.
Eyewitness account from socialist in Lebanon
"THE BOMBING has been continuous and and intensive – nobody is safe. You can hear warplanes overhead all the time…
Thousands march against Israel’s attacks on Lebanon
TWENTY THOUSAND people demonstrated on Saturday 22 July in London, against Israel’s onslaught on Lebanon. Smaller demonstrations also took place in many other towns and cities across Britain…
‘The politicians and generals are dragging us into the quagmire’
THE FOLLOWING leaflet (translated from Hebrew) against the Olmert government’s war plans, was issued by members of Maavak Sozialisti (Socialist Struggle) the Socialist Party’s counterpart in Israel…
When Israel occupied Lebanon (1982-2000)
THE JUNE 1982 invasion – "Peace in Galilee" – was the plan of the then Israeli defence minister Ariel Sharon, the ‘Butcher Of Sabra And Chatila’, (Sharon was later to become prime minister) and prime minister Menachem Begin…
No politics please, we’re anti-war
AT THE Stop the War Coalition (STWC) Steering Committee on 15 July a resolution was moved by a UNISON delegate on developments in Italy and, in particular, the left party Communist Refoundation (RC)…
Socialist Party NHS campaign
Resistance grows to NHS cuts and closures
THE EFFECTS of the financial ‘crisis’ in the National Health Service are meeting resistance nationwide. Campaigns are being built against closures of hospitals and wards, against job cuts and service reductions…
NHS workers must organise for action
UNISON stewards/activists meeting: EACH DAY the steady dismantling of the health service continues, up to now unchallenged by the national leaders of the health unions and the TUC, writes Lois Austin.
Physios protest at lack of jobs
LAST WEEK 600 Gloucestershire health campaigners, including a nine-month old baby and a grandma of 82, boarded the Save Our NHS special train heading for London, writes Chris Moore, Stroud.
Romsey says: "Save Our Birthing Centre"
AROUND FIFTY mothers, children and campaigners demonstrated in Romsey on 22 July against Southampton University Hospital’s Trust plans to close their local NHS birthing centre, along with birthing units in Hythe and Lymington, writes Toby Harris.
Strike ballot at NHS Logistics
THE UNISON national leadership has given the go-ahead for the five branches covering NHS Logistics (NHSL) to organise an industrial action ballot of its 700 members, writes Brian Loader, UNISON national staff side secretary, personal capacity.
Socialist Party youth and students
Three million on the streets of France, a million in Chile. 415 out of 456 colleges occupied in Greece. Mass student rallies and demonstrations in Germany. Young people are fighting for their future all around the world. Ben Robinson examines why these events are taking place and what links them.
Socialist Party campaigns
Class – a matter of life and death
"NINE YEAR gap between social groups. Why class dictates how long you live". This was the front page, not of the socialist but of the right-wing newspaper – the Daily Express!…
Schools victory scored in Bury
BURY’S SCHOOL Organisation Committee (SOC) has voted down the council’s decision to close Broad Oak High School by 3:1. This partial reprieve referred the issue to the Schools Adjudicator. Paul Gerrard of the Bury SOS campaign and SOS candidate Unsworth Ward, writes in a personal capacity.
Labour Representation conference: THE LABOUR Representation Committee (LRC) held its annual conference on 22 July. It was dominated by Labour MP John McDonnell’s announcement that he will be standing for the leadership of the Labour Party, writes Jim Horton.
John McDonnell’s leadership bid
THE SOCIALIST Party welcomes John McDonnell’s statement that his leadership campaign will be explicitly socialist and a serious challenge, writes Hannah Sell.
Ted Grant 1913-2006: TED GRANT, one of the founders of Militant, the forerunner of the Socialist Party, has died at the age of 93 in London, writes Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE First bus drivers have voted overwhelmingly in a postal ballot, by 4:1, in favour of taking strike action to secure a decent pay rise…
Socialist Party national trade union meeting
Saturday 2 September, 10.30am – 5pm, central London…
