Articles from the Socialist, issue 475
22 February 2007

Anti-War demonstration 19 March 2005, photo Paul Mattsson |
A group of Iraqi teachers visiting Britain have described how their normal life in Baghdad includes seeing ‘corpses and flying body parts’ as they travel to work…

Stop the War Coalition/CND demo
Troops out of Iraq.
No Trident.
Saturday 24 February. Assemble 12 noon, Speakers Corner, Hyde Park. March to Trafalgar Square, London.

Italy: Thousands march against US military base
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
RIDING PILLION behind Bush, Blair has embroiled Britain in disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan…

Anti-war, anti-nuclear, anti-capitalist? Read the socialist!
Socialist Students
THE LIES go on! Blair maintains that the introduction of top-up fees has been vindicated and that his critics have been proved wrong. As usual his claims are based on dodgy evidence.

Living in debt – with no advice
Socialist Party Congress
Socialist Party national congress: CHRIS BAUGH, assistant general secretary of the PCS civil service union, launched the Socialist Party’s 2007 congress with a rousing speech…
Socialist Party news and analysis
Justice for the Shrewsbury pickets
WELL KNOWN actor and former industrial militant, Ricky Tomlinson, spoke at the highly successful Campaign for a New Workers’ Party meeting in Liverpool on 12 February…

Drug companies squeeze profits out of health
Environment
Climate change – we have to act now
Why is climate change a problem?: The major capitalist countries (G8) are planning to meet in June in Germany to discuss climate change, among other issues…
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
CWI world congress: How will new workers’ parties be built?
CWI world congress report (3): ROGER BANNISTER Socialist Party visitor and national secretary of the Campaign for a New Workers’ Party reports….
Workplace news and analysis
Southampton: “YOU TAKE the pay cuts!” were the angry chants that greeted councillors as they arrived to set their budget in Southampton on St Valentine’s day last week…
