Articles from the Socialist, issue 522
27 February 2008
Rich get richer – We pay the bills
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TGWU cleaners demonstrating against low pay, photo Molly Cooper |
THE GROWING chasm in wealth between the super-rich and the rest of us is causing seething anger amongst workers who struggle with rising fuel bills, huge mortgages and additional charges, writes Rob Windsor, Coventry Socialist Party councillor
Unison witch-hunt
Editorial: Stop witch-hunts in Unison – defend those attacked!
As The Socialist reported last week, the witch-hunt against the left in public-sector trade union Unison has reached a new level…
Trade union activist fights intimidation
Members protest at Unison witch-hunt
Socialist Students
Student feature: Fighting fees
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Students and trade unionists marched through Newcaste on the Campaign to Defeat Fees day of action, photo Northumbria Socialist Students |
On 21 February Socialist Students and supporters of the Campaign to Defeat Fees (CDF) organised protests and stunts around the country to draw attention to the need for a national campaign against university fees and for free, writes Mark Walmsley and Frankie Langeland
Campaign for a New Workers Party
Building the Campaign for a New Workers’ Party
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Campaign for a new workers’ party conference 2007, photo Paul Mattsson |
Debate: Pete McLaren, national secretary of the Socialist Alliance and press officer of the Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP), has written this contribution to The Socialist …
Workplace news
Union members at the housing charity Shelter have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action over sweeping cuts to pay and conditions…
Acas staff ballot for strike
Journalists battle for union rights
International socialist news and analysis
Scotland – Vendetta against Tommy Sheridan condemned
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Tommy Sheridan in 2007 |
A total of seven people including Tommy Sheridan and his wife Gail have now been charged with perjury by Lothian and Borders Police, writes Philip Stott, Dundee
Feature: Fidel Castro’s resignation opens up new chapter
Pakistan elections: Crushing defeat for Musharraf, landslide for opposition parties
Miliband’s extraordinary apology on rendition
Sleaze in Northern Ireland: Keeping it in the family
Socialist Party campaigns
Don’t let our hospital pay the price for PFI
HUNDREDS OF people from south east London will march through Sidcup on Saturday 1 March to save vital services at Queen Mary’s Hospital (QMH)…
Explosive mood on gas profits
Fight Devon and Somerset fire cuts
Marching against single status pay cuts
