Articles from the Socialist, issue 507
25 October 2007
Public health not private wealth
NHS demonstration March 3rd 2007, photo Paul Mattsson |
THE PRESS are saying that the government is having a lousy time over the cuts-ridden national health service… By Dave Griffiths, Coventry Socialist Party
Join the 3 November NHS demonstration
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3 NOVEMBER
NHS
DEMONSTRATION
Assemble 11am, Temple Place,
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NHS: What the Socialist Party says
Michael Moore’s latest film ‘Sicko’ reviewed
Huddersfield SOS: Class fighters’ bold initiative
Postal dispute
Reject Royal Mail deal: Vote ‘No’ and reinstate the action
Postman Pat joins the CWU picket line in East London, photo Naomi Byron |
Postal workers up and down the country have taken part in a courageous fight against a vicious management intent on destroying jobs and postal workers’ conditions while preparing the industry for privatisation … By Gary Clark , Sub area rep, Scotland No.2 CWU
Striking Liverpool postal workers return to work
Campaign for a New Workers Party
Trade Union Rights and Freedoms Bill: THE DAY before John McDonnell MP’s “watered-down” trade union freedom bill got its reading in Parliament, hundreds of trade unionists from across Britain came to lobby their MPs… By Andrew Walton, Unison shop steward, personal capacity
Respect in crisis – what lessons for socialists?
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There is now less than a month to go until Socialism 2007, so if you haven’t booked your ticket yet then go to www.socialism2007.net By Greg Maughan, Socialism coordinator
Socialist Party feature
Pakistan: Suicide bombings at Bhutto rally
UP TO 150 people were killed and 600 injured when suicide bombers attacked Benazir Bhutto’s procession, following her return to Pakistan from eight years of self-imposed exile on 18 October…
International socialist news and analysis
Turkey’s invasion threat increases regional instability
Release Saburi Akande Akinola, Taiwo Hassan Soweto and Olatunde Dairo now
France: Biggest public transport strike action since 1995
Socialist Party women
Do women still have the ‘right to choose’?
Forty years after the 1967 Abortion Act: This month marks the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act. The reform was won by women who, increasingly confident as they became active in the workplace,…
Socialist Party news and analysis
Liberal Democrat leadership: Two candidates, one background, no answers
Classroom assistants challenge the Stormont Assembly
Who’s to blame for teenage obesity?
Workplace news and analysis
Glasgow: On strike for a fair deal
Workers in Glasgow’s Learning Disability and Physical Disability day care services have been on indefinite strike action from 16 October… By Brian Smith, Unison social work services secretary
Train drivers prepare for action
Fight Cadbury’s factory closure