The Socialist issue 469
11 January 2007
Sri Lankan government blamed for violent attack on ant-war rally organiers
Exposed: A LEAKED document from the Department of Health reveals that New Labour is considering more savage cuts to the NHS that go way beyond anything most anti-cuts campaigners anticipated…
Union action can defend the NHS
Manchester NHS: “Making it better” means making it worse
Socialist Students
Students fight for free education
SO RUTH Kelly, former education minister, sends her child to a £15,000 a year private school…
How to become a fees fighter
ISR and Socialist Students’ conference – a political voice for young people
Socialist Party news and analysis
Iraq: AS WE go to press, President Bush is due to tell the US Congress his plans for Iraq…
Murderous raid on anti-war meeting
Violence against women
Ipswich murders lift lid on violence against women
THE brutal murders of five young women in Ipswich shocked and touched people all over the country…
Socialist Party review
International socialist news and analysis
Ethiopia invasion throws Somalia further into crisis
THE LONG-suffering Somali people, after enjoying six months of relative stability, have once again seen their country thrown into chaos…
The Lagos oil pipeline tragedy was avoidable
Northern Ireland: New governing executive looks in doubt
Socialist Party workplace news
Local government pensions: WHILST EVERYONE else was preparing for Christmas, in true scrooge-like manner, the new local government pensions regulations were being laid before parliament…
Vote ‘yes’ in PCS ballot