Articles from the Socialist, issue 521

21 February 2008

Birmingham council workers strike on 5 February 2008. Photo S O’Neill

“No pay cuts!” “Equal pay for women, now!” That’s what Birmingham council workers will be saying as they strike for the second time on 26 February. Tens of thousands of members of GMB, Amicus, TGWU, UCATT and Unison struck on 5 February…

Troops out of Iraq now!

Five years since the invasion: 1,220,580 Iraqis killed since the invasion. Almost one in two households in Baghdad have lost a family member.

Five years since the invasion:

Troops out of Iraq now!

Demonstrate

Saturday 15 March, Assemble 12 noon, Trafalgar Square, London

Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND and BMI

Stop the witch-hunt: Defend the Sheridan 7

Tommy Sheridan, photo Paul Mattsson

The ongoing police investigation into possible perjury during the Tommy Sheridan defamation case against the News of the World has become an out-and out witch-hunt against not only Tommy Sheridan but anyone who supported him during the trial… By Philip Stott, Dundee

Prison Officers Association protest outside the Royal Court of Justice, joined by Brian Caton, POA general secretary, photo Keith Dickinson

THE PRISON Officers Association (POA) special delegate conference met on 19 February in emergency session… By Bill Mullins

Coventry protests at Widdecombe’s attacks

Football: Top of the League for greed

Northern Rock – Labour’s reluctant nationalisation

The Socialist Editorial
The nationalisation of Northern Rock was met with howls of outrage from some of its shareholders, who screamed about ‘theft’ and ‘immorality’. This was a major blow against the concept of an unfettered market-driven economy…

Record fall in home ownership

London’s health care under further attack

YOU CAN see what the growing gap between the rich and poor means in life and death terms by looking at health care in London… By Chris Newby

Hospitals “stacking” patients

Fighting back and building a demo

“Not making sufficient profit”

Universities in crisis: Fees favour the rich

Exeter Socialist Students organised a protest outside the office of the university vice-chancellor, photo Exeter Socialist Students

SURPRISE, SURPRISE! A new study by the Sutton Trust charity shows that the university fees system favours the rich and those who attend private school, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Students national organiser.

Nottingham defends democracy

Kosovan independence – a dangerous mirage?

AS ALBANIAN Kosovans celebrated in the streets of Pristina with fireworks, angry nationalist Serbs in Belgrade pelted the US embassy with rocks… By Dave Carr

CWI school in Latin America

Science, Marxism and the big bang

Science, Marxism and the Big Bang

Reviewed by Roy Farrar.

Science, Marxism and the Big Bang by Peter Mason is written in a style that may not be familiar to the modern reader – that is, of a polemical presentation.

In certain critical reviews this is necessary in order to follow the arguments as laid out by the authors being criticised and to more fully refute and correct them.

It’s official – Unison launches witch-hunt on Socialist Party

Socialist gains in Unison branch elections

Collection cuts and bullying equals bin strike!

Victory for council street wardens

Rail pension dispute

178 train drivers working for London Midland and based at Bletchley are to strike on 28 and 29 February in a dispute about pension payments… By Aslef member

Marching against single status

Solidarity with Pakistan workers