16 articles from the Socialist, issue 431
16 March 2006
Iraq: for the immediate withdrawal of all troops
Iraq
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for the immediate withdrawal of all troopsDEMONSTRATIONS AROUND the world on 18 March will be demanding that imperialist forces get out of Iraq. But opposition to any US attack on Iran will be an urgent theme in this year’s third-anniversary protests. LYNN WALSH looks…
Is there a way out of the Iraq quagmire?
THE STATEMENT by the US ambassador to Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad that the Iraq invasion had opened up a ‘Pandora’s Box of sectarian conflict’, has focused attention on the prospect of a slide towards open civil war in Iraq…
HUNDREDS OF thousands of students, workers, the unemployed and young people have taken to the streets all over France. They are protesting against a law (CPE) which will allow bosses to sack young people under the age of 26…
The case for a new workers’ party
THREE YEARS on from the start of the war in Iraq, thousands are once again taking to the streets to oppose the occupation. Today opposition is at its highest ever level. But the 18 March demonstration, important as it is, will…
Campaign for a New Workers’ Party – come to conference!
OVER 400 trade union unionists, youth student activists and community campaigners are expected to attend the Campaign for a New Workers’ Party conference in London…
Socialist Party discusses with Respect
LAST YEAR the Socialist Party wrote to Respect, asking for a meeting to discuss how our two organisations could best collaborate in the task of overcoming the lack of political representation for the working class…
‘We reject New Labour’s policies and philosophy’
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Socialist Party trade union organiser, Bill Mullins, recently spoke to BRIAN CATON, general secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association…
Sticking to socialist principles, looking after the community
LOCAL STOKE-on-Trent councillors, Paul and Dave Sutton have opted out of the Labour Party and taken a socialist stance…
Save our health service!: THE NHS SOS campaign in Kendal, led by local Socialist Party members Andrew Billson-Page and Colin Henderson, has achieved tremendous success in saving some vital local services…
Jean Charles de Menezes: No more cover-ups!
METROPOLITAN POLICE chief Ian Blair still needs to answer questions on the police cover-up of the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes last July, writes Rob MacDonald.
Action to defend our pensions!
THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the result of the strike ballots amongst members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has been postponed for last-minute negotiations to take place…
THE OVERWHELMING feeling coming out of the TUC Women’s Conference was that women trade unionists are fed up with the lack of progress being made on women’s rights and equality, writes Katrine Williams, PCS.
CIVIL SERVICE union PCS members have been fighting the government’s plans to make massive staff cuts, particularly in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
Parents back striking teachers
Mayville school: AROUND 90 people, including about 35 parents and 40 kids from Mayville school in east London, crowded into a local community hall for a lively meeting convened by the National Union of Teachers on 8 March, writes Linda Taaffe, Waltham Forest NUT.
NUT executive – vote for Linda Taaffe
SOCIALIST PARTY member Linda Taaffe is standing for re-election to the national executive of the National Union of Teachers (NUT)…
