Articles from the Socialist, issue 499
24 August 2007
Stop climate change
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Heathrow airport runway protest, photo Marc Vallée |
HURRICANES HAVE hit the Caribbean, large areas of the UK and Asia are recovering from floods, southern Europe suffers drought; so how can we save the environment?… By Ben Robinson, International Socialist Resistance
Heathrow expansion protests
THOUSANDS OF flood victims in Tewkesbury, the epicentre of Gloucestershire’s mini-Katrina, joined last week’s march called by the town council… By Chris Moore
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
STATEMENTS SUCH as “the working class has disappeared” or “the barriers between the classes no longer exist” have been repeated for many years…
Socialist Party review
Review: John Pilger’s first cinema-released documentary is a damning indictment of US policy in Latin America, past and present. … By Edd Mustill
Workplace news
Glasgow council workers’ victory: United strike action wins
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Glasgow Social Workers on strike , photo Duncan Brown |
After 20 days of all-out, indefinite strike action, over 600 Glasgow social care workers won a clear victory… By Brian Smith, UNISON secretary Glasgow social work services, personal capacity
Postal dispute: If talks don’t deliver – escalate the action
National Shop Stewards Network
TUC conference fringe meeting
Tuesday 11 September
5.30pm, the Quality Hotel, West Street, Brighton.
Speakers include: Bob Crow, general secretary RMT, Chris Baugh, assistant general secretary PCS, Glenn Kelly, UNISON national executive, personal capacity, Rob Williams, convenor, Visteon car plant, Dave Chapple, CWU postal sector.
For more information see: www.shopstewards.net
Belfast airport workers’ victory
Socialist Party editorial
World economy fundamentally unsound
Editorial: Over the last week, billions of pounds have been wiped off share values worldwide as stock markets plunged…
Socialist Party NHS campaign
NGH hospital Sheffield: Pay cuts “the thin end of the wedge”
TO USE New Labour Health Secretary Alan Johnson’s own words, staff working in bulk stores at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital are definitely “not happy bunnies”… By Alistair Tice
Socialist Party news
Boris Johnson – buffoon or bonus for Tories?
TORY LEADER David Cameron believes he scored a coup by convincing Boris Johnson to stand for London mayor… By Paula Mitchell
Potty about Potter
