Articles from the Socialist, issue 487
17 May 2007
Good riddance to Blair!
What we really think “Tony Blair’s legacy is Iraq which was implemented on a lie. He’s still lying and he doesn’t regret anything that he’s done which is quite sad…
Gillingham greets Gordon
Editorial: Blair’s departure: Curtain falls on disastrous reign
Socialist Party NHS campaign
Partial climbdown encourages Maudsley fight back
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Save our NHS: EXECUTIVES AT Maudsley Mental Health Hospital Trust have been forced into a partial climb-down over their plans to close the hospital’s emergency clinic (EC)
Picture: Lois Austin, secretary Southwark and Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public, speaking at the Campaign for a new workers’ party conference 2007. Photo Paul Mattsson
International Socialist Resistance
Protest against the G8 Rostock 2007
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ISR demonstrating at the G8 in Edinburgh 2005 |
One hypocrite will now replace another! Blair has been recounting his so-called achievements and includes among them his so-called triumph at the July…
Join ISR in a summer of protest!
Campaign for a New Workers Party
Conference for a working class political alternative
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Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP) conference 2007, photo Paul Mattsson |
Campaign for a New Workers’ Party: A highly successful second conference of the Campaign for a New Workers’ Party (CNWP) took place on Saturday 12 May…
Global Warming
Who pays to stop climate change?
GLOBAL WARMING and consequent climate change ‘can be solved’ according to the third part of the major 2007 study from the UN-sponsored committee of scientists (IPCC), issued in Bangkok early in May…
Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive: IT WAS all photo opportunities at Stormont on 8 May when the new Northern Ireland Executive was set up, with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley installed as First Minister and Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness as…
Irish election: An above average Joe
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Joe Higgins and the victorious Gama workers |
SOUTHERN IRELAND’S general election for the Dail, Ireland’s Parliament, on 24 May gives working-class people a chance to say what they think of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ economic boom that has made huge profits for big business …
International socialist news
Israel: Students battle against fees and cutbacks
ISRAELI STUDENTS have taken to the streets in a battle against the government over rises in tuition fees, education cuts of up to NIS 1.2 billion (Û215 million), and the privatisation of education…
7.30, Tuesday 22 May, Kings Cross, London
Socialist Party Black and Asian members’ meeting
7.30, Tuesday 22 May, Kings Cross, London
What life in Britain means for Black and Asian people today and how we can fight back. Email [email protected] or phone 020 8988 8777 for venue information
Socialist Party election campaign
No gains for the BNP in Lincoln
Boasting they could double their representation on local councils, the far-right British National Party (BNP) made a net gain of only two nationally in the 3 May council elections…
Socialists take on the hospital crisis in Bristol
Baguley: Socialists are left opposition to New Labour
Socialist Party workplace news
THE ELECTIONS for the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) demonstrate the support of the membership for our strategy to defend jobs and pay…
Postal workers: Vote ‘yes’ for strike action
