Articles from the Socialist, issue 555
4 November 2008
Striking against low pay
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PCS workers on strike with Mark Serwotka (top cente), photo Paul Mattsson |
On 10 November, tens of thousands of government workers will be on strike. This is the next stage of the campaign by civil service union PCS members to defend their jobs, their standard of living and the…
US election
Obama wins, neo-cons routed in US presidential elections
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US president Barack Obama supporters, photo Paul Mattsson |
The overwhelming victory for Barack Obama in the US Presidential elections and the major gains scored by the Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives represent a turning point for the USA.
George Bush’s toxic legacy
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Bush – the angel of death, cartoon by Alan Hardman |
Editorial: As George Bush’s last term as US president draws to a close he leaves behind a nightmare legacy that includes an economy in recession, a huge public deficit, a wider gap between rich and poor and the quagmire of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan…
If Obama wins – Looking beyond the hope bubble
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US president Barack Obama supporters, photo Paul Mattsson |
BARACK OBAMA’S candidature and campaign for the US presidency has become a global phenomenon, not just in America and Europe but also in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, writes Taiwo Hassan Soweto, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria).
Socialist Party campaigns
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Lone parents need decent wages and benefits, photo by Paul Mattsson |
FROM 24 November lone parents claiming benefits for the first time, whose youngest or only child is 12 or over will no longer be able to claim income support, writes Eleanor Donne.
Canary Wharf: Low paid workers welcome socialist campaigners
Sri Lanka: Acting out oppression
Marxist analysis: history
1918 revolution: When German workers entered the stage of history
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German revolutionary socialist Karl Liebknecht addresses a mass workers’ demonstration |
The 90th anniversary of the November 1918 German revolution comes at a significant time. The current economic convulsions of world capitalism are recognised by some as “the greatest loss of wealth in history”.
PETER TAAFFE, in the first of two articles written for The Socialist, comments on the momentous events of 1918 in Germany.
Socialist Students
New Labour retreats on promises to students
When Gordon Brown took over as prime minister in July 2007 his promises to help students were met with a fanfare, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Students national organiser.
Victory over Tory school closure plan
Austria: Socialist players suspended from football club for anti-fascist activities
Year 9 SATs abolished: Now get rid of the rest!
Republic of Ireland: Student fightback
Socialist Party workplace news
Liverpool City Council: Housing maintenance workers fight for jobs
Since being privatised in 2000, Liverpool’s housing maintenance workforce has been transferred to three different employers and has been reduced from 800 to just 300, writes Dave Walsh, TGWU/Unite branch secretary and Liverpool city council worker, personal capacity.
Fighting for a socialist solution to the crisis in the car industry
