Articles from the Socialist, issue 490
7 June 2007
Labour cheats NHS
NHS demonstration March 3rd 2007, photo Paul Mattsson |
Stop cuts and closures: NHS WORKERS were outraged when they heard that there had been a £500 million under-spend in the NHS in England…
PFI – a licence to print money
Petition on NHS: Stop cuts and privatisations (word)
War and terrorism
Fight Brown’s agenda of war, cuts & privatisation
Gordon Brown, on the cover of Socialism Today, cartoon by Suz |
Join the 24 June demo : GORDON BROWN is visiting Manchester for a special Labour conference as part of his “coronation” as prime minister. His cheerleaders claim: “Brown won’t be like Blair”. One such apologist recently said: “What shade of Brown we get depends on us”.
We say any shade of New Labour’s wars, cuts and privatisations is unacceptable!
Socialist Party workplace news
As postal workers nationally voted overwhelmingly for national strike action, The Socialist received this report of strike action in Derbyshire.
Coventry says ‘keep our Post Office open’
CWU delegates attack link with Labour
Come to the Shop Stewards’ Network conference
THE FOUNDING conference of the Shop Stewards Network (NSSN), to be held in London on 7 July, is gathering widespread support wherever it is raised….
National Shop Stewards Network Founding conference
National Shop Stewards Network Founding conference
Saturday 7 July, 11am – 5pm
South Camden Community School, Charrington Street,
London NW1. (near Kings Cross/Euston stations)
Ritzy – low-paid workers strike again
Campaign For A New Workers’ Party Public meeting
Thursday 28th June, 7.00pm
Sandringham Hotel
St. Mary Street, Cardiff
Speakers:
Dave Nellist Leader of Socialist Group on Coventry City Council
Katrine Williams Chair, PCS (Public and Commercial Services union) Wales
Mark Evans Assistant Secretary, Carmarthenshire County UNISON
Chair:
Ramon Corria Secretary, Cardiff TUC
All in a personal capacity
G8 Summit protests
80,000 demonstrate against the G8 summit
G8 demonstration in Rostock, Germany, photo SAV |
Rostock, Germany: For people watching the television news, the coverage of the anti-G8 protests has been dominated by reports of violent clashes between police and some protesters…
Activists with ideas
What we think
IT IS a telling sign of the scale of debt-related stress, when some people who have ‘opted’ for bankruptcy say they are relieved…
Socialist Party feature
Young people: a bright future… or different shades of grey
What’s facing young people today?: YOUNG PEOPLE today are more likely to be regarded by the government and the bosses’ press as a threat and a nuisance, rather than the next generation that needs encouragement and development…
International socialist news and analysis
Bolivia: Release Adam Ziemkowski
South Africa: Public sector workers in mass fightback
IN WHAT independent television channel, ETv, described as the biggest strike since 1994 (the year the ANC government came to power), the overwhelming majority of South Africa’s one million public sector workers started an in…
The Arab-Israel 1967 war: repression and bloodshed continues
Socialist Party news and analysis
Don’t trust the Trust schools – organise!
Tony Blair “brings church into school”
Weekly bin collections AND recycling schemes
Black and Asian group: Socialist ideas to unite all workers
Take part in the 22-28 June Fighting Fund week of action
The fat cat and the ‘cleaning lady’
Workplace news and analysis
Remploy management squander opportunities
REMPLOY HAVE announced the closure of 43 factories. If this goes ahead, around 2,500 disabled people will lose their jobs. The danger will be that many…
Tesco strikes show new mood