Articles from the Socialist, issue 504

4 October 2007

Postal workers on strike in June 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

Royal Mail’s unrelenting attacks on postal workers’ conditions have forced the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to re-start strike action… By Jane James

Protests make bosses ditch closure plan

Iraq: end the occupation nightmare

THE LIVING nightmare of occupation and sectarian bloodshed continues without relent for the people in Iraq… By Greg Maughan

Stop the War Coalition (STWC) national demonstration

Monday 8 October

Assemble 1pm in Trafalgar Square

Although the demonstration route has not been agreed by the police, the STWC is planning to go ahead with it. See www.stopwar.org.uk for details.

Tory party fears an autumn election

Editorial: The Tories were beaten 10-0 on the eve of their conference in a football match with the press…

Corporate Labour

Come to the NHS demo!

Demonstration against cuts in the NHS, 1 November 2006, photo Paul Mattsson

WHEN LABOUR ministers show themselves only to be concerned with glad-handing private-sector bosses and potential privatisers, it is clearly time for the trade unions to start organising against their plans to decimate our public services.

Swansea meeting

SWANSEA TRADE Union Council public meeting.

Stop the bed closures, Stop the job cuts, Defend the NHS.

Dolphin Hotel, Swansea city centre.

Wednesday 10 October, 7.30pm.

Classroom assistants on strike

Brown dashed from the TUC to meet the hated Margaret Thatcher

Northern Ireland: OVER 2,000 classroom assistants took part in a solid one-day strike across Northern Ireland on 26 September against a pay cut and attacks on working conditions… By Gary Mulcahy Socialist Party Belfast

Success! Double whammy for nursery campaign

EU’s anti-working class ‘reforms’

BITTER DIVISIONS over the European Union (EU) continue to gnaw at the mainstream political parties… By Manny Thain

Students want to fight back

University is becoming an absolute rip off! £3,000 a year for top-up fees. £100 a week rent in many student halls. Brighton University is charging students…

Che Guevara – revolutionary fighter

Forty years after his death, flags, banners, portraits and the slogans of Che Guevara are carried on the mass demonstrations in the new revolt that is sweeping Latin America…

Socialism 2007: Ideas for our future

For young people new to the ideas of socialism, Socialism 2007 will be an indispensable opportunity for you to gather new knowledge, new ideas and new hope that a socialist world is possible…. By Richie Clesham, Somerset Socialist Students

Burma: Dictatorship under threat

BURMA’S MILITARY junta, through shootings, beatings and mass arrests has, for now, managed to quell weeks of pro-democracy protests…

QPR buy-out – Reclaim the game!

AT LONG last Formula 1 moguls Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone have revealed what Queen’s Park Rangers fans can expect from their takeover… By Jacqui Berry

Anno 1701 – Dawn of Discovery

Local government pay offer: It’s time for action

Once more workers in the public sector are finding themselves being forced to take action to hold back the rising tide of New Labour attacks… By Marc Glasscoe, branch secretary, Lincoln City Unison, personal capacity

Care workers on strike

National Shop Stewards Network makes plans