23 articles from the Socialist, issue 454
14 September 2006
Socialist Party NHS campaign
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Fighting NHS cuts and privatisation…: LAST WEEKEND was a weekend of protest to save the National Health Service. 400 marched in Sheffield, 2,000 in Plymouth, and the largest demonstration was in Grantham, where 9,000 came out to save their local hospital, writes Lois Austin.
NHS Logistics workers vote to strike against privatisation
UNISON MEMBERS at the NHS Logistics (NHSL) depot in Alfreton, Derbyshire, are delighted with the result of our strike ballot against the sell-off to DHL, writes Brian Loader, NHSL National Staff Side Secretary, personal capacity.
Our prescription – a socialist NHS!
Health Service condition critical: For all the Blair government’s talk of putting more money into the NHS, the main effect of their years in office has been an increase in cuts, closures and privatisation…
Opposition forces Trusts to retreat
Wiltshire: "PEOPLE POW-ER stalls closure plans" ran the headline in the Western Daily Press. They were announcing the news that West Wiltshire and Kennet & North Wiltshire PCTs were deferring decisions to close hospitals…
Bring the NHS into public ownership and rebuild it as a publicly funded service free at the point of use, with immediate cash to end the crisis of under-funding…
Socialist Party campaigns
No to Blair and Brown: Between Blair the warmonger and Brown the hypocrite there is a vicious squabble over who gets to lead New Labour, writes Matt Dobson.
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“TONY, TONY, Tony – out, out, out” was probably the first thing Tony Blair heard when he visited Quintin Kynaston school in London last week. His plans for a flattering ‘meet and greet’ fell through somewhat when news of his visit was leaked to the students and the NUT.
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RUTH KELLY, the minister for communities, was in Leytonstone Tesco to launch her new initiative on women and work which, she claims, will make it easier for women to combine part-time work with childcare…
AS WE go to press Tony Blair is answering questions at his last TUC conference. As he pointed out, in an aside which revealed his abhorrence of the trade union movement, it will probably “be a relief” for both Blair and the TUC delegates that they will not meet again.
Globalisation – what it is and how to fight it!
SOCIALISM 2006 is a weekend of discussion and debate hosted by the Socialist Party. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at the different sets of sessions taking place at the event in more detail; this week GREG MAUGHAN looks at ‘Globalisation’.
Campaigning against the far-right BNP
Lincoln: AS WE arrived at our usual spot for Lincoln’s Saturday Socialist party stall, around ten BNP members were there with their Union Jack flags, writes Nick Parker.
Don’t sign ‘good behaviour’ contracts
THOUSANDS OF university students are being forced to sign "good behaviour" contracts. At Oxford and Chester universities contracts have been introduced where a breach of regulations can result in expulsion…
Socialist Party workplace news and analysis
Blair’s last TUC conference – good riddance!
IT WAS Tony Blair’s last TUC conference but that didn’t lessen the visible anger shown by delegates to the arch-warmonger and privatiser…
Public sector workers’ anger gets a hearing
OUTSIDE THE TUC conference, a head of steam is building up amongst public-sector workers for action against this government. In a small way this found its way into the conference, writes Ken Smith.
Build the campaign to save Burberry
Treorchy: "BURBERRY IS going to make £170 million, this year", a Burberry worker told the socialist. "But that’s not enough for this company. We’re making (designer) polo shirts for £10 and they’re selling them for £80, writes Mariam Kamish.
THE URGENT need to organise migrant workers was one of the themes of the Burston rally on 3 September. It was also a celebration of 100 years of the agricultural workers’ union, now part of the TGWU…
Agency workers vote 100% for union recognition
AGENCY WORKERS in the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) in Workington, Cumbria have unanimously voted in favour of union recognition, writes Tracy Edwards.
International socialist news and analysis
Calderon confirmed as president but opposition protests continue
MEXICO’S HIGHEST electoral tribunal has, after more than two months of deliberation, decided that the presidential elections held on 2 July were won by the right-wing candidate Filipe Calderon of the PAN (Partido Accion Nacional), writes Karl Debbaut.
Brutal attack by company thugs on CWI members in Almata
Last Friday afternoon, members of the ‘Socialist Resistance’ in Almata city, Kazakhstan, organised a peaceful protest outside the Head Office of the giant construction and oil refinery company, Kuat Corporation…
