19 articles from the Socialist, issue 456
28 September 2006
Socialist Party NHS campaign
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THERE HAS been yet another week of protest from health trade unionists and campaigners all over the country. Nottingham had 3,000 people on the streets opposing hospital closures and cuts while between 5,000 and 7,000 marched in Hastings, writes Lois Austin, Southwark Keep our NHS Public.
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AROUND 3,000 people marched through Nottingham on 23 September, voicing their anger at huge cuts being made to hospital services throughout the East Midlands, writes Jean Thorpe Nottingham.
Lewisham – Liberals save Labour’s blushes on NHS
AT THE Lewisham council meeting on 20 September, Labour’s mayor Steve Bullock was desperate for good news on the NHS. He put forward a resolution praising Lewisham Hospital for its award of an "excellent" grade for…
NHS Logistics: Workers strike against sell-off
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Workers from the NHS stores and distribution network – NHS Logistics – have been striking to prevent a takeover by a private consortium, DHL/Novation, writes Bill Mullins.
300 rally to oppose privatisation – prepare for strike action
Socialist Party campaigns
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TENS OF thousands of people demonstrated outside the Labour Party conference in Manchester last Saturday to tell Blair that he, and his fellow warmongers, should go now, writes Bob Severn.
Tommy Sheridan: Murdoch’s new offensive
THE NEWS of the World (NoW), which suffered a sensational defeat at the hands of Tommy Sheridan in his defamation case against them in August, has unleashed a massive new offensive against him…
Manchester’s hostile welcome to Blair
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"GO BACK, focus on the public, the public’s concerns and things that really worry people." That’s what Tony Blair said on TV, the morning after 60,000 people marched through Manchester against the wars and NHS cuts that Blair has enthusiastically promoted, writes Hugh Caffrey.
TONY BLAIR’S final speech to Labour Party conference was greeted with wild applause. Delegates hoisted ‘homemade’ placards declaring ‘TB 4 eva’ and ‘we love you Tony’. Outside the Labour Party conference his speech will have…
Socialist Students getting a fantastic response
All around the country, Socialist Students is meeting people disgusted with the policies of New Labour and looking for a socialist alternative, writes Matt Dobson Socialist Students national co-ordinator.
International socialist news and analysis
Socialism 2006: SOME OF the most important discussions at November’s Socialism 2006 will be about the mass movements that have swept Latin America – an entire continent in revolt – and to discuss the way ahead, writes Mike Garrett.
Fighting the neo-liberal offensive
Berlin election: SOCIALISTS FROM many parts of Europe helped in the Berlin election campaign of the WASG (Election Alternative for Work and Social Justice) that culminated on 17 September in over 52,000 constituency votes and over 40,000 votes in the list elections (for analysis and background see the socialist 455)…
Capitalism’s ruthless struggle for oil and gas
The geopolitics of oil: EVER SINCE oil became a crucial resource at the beginning of the 20th century, fuel for motor vehicles and modern warships, it has been at the heart of geopolitical struggle, writes Lynn Walsh.
Class unity is the only answer
NOTHING COULD more clearly demonstrate the toothless nature of the United Nations (UN) than its ineffectual posturing over the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Western Sudan, writes Keith Pattenden.
Mass protests over ‘lies speech’
HUNGARIAN POLICE used tear gas and water cannon against thousands of protesters in Budapest, on 18 September after a rally demanding Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany’s resignation, writes Niall Mulholland.
Cuba – before and after the revolution
PETER TAAFFE reviews The Mafia in Havana by Enriqe Cerules, which details the gangster capitalism of the era of the dictator Fulgencio Batista before the 1959 revolution, and Fidel Castro by Volker Skierka, an analysis of the revolution itself and the future for the regime…
