Articles from the Socialist, issue 517
23 January 2008
Why should we pay for capitalist crisis?
Workplace news
Strike against poverty deals in PCS
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PCS on strike in February 2007, photo Paul Mattsson |
Public and Commercial Services union members, in the Department for Work and Pensions and in Revenue and Customs, are gearing up for possible strike action, writes Mark Baker, civil service union PCS national executive (NEC), (in personal capacity).
Marching behind the Burslem 12
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Demonstration in support of the Burslem 12 victimised postal workers, photo Stoke Socialist Party |
THE CAMPAIGN to reinstate the victimised Burslem 12 escalated last weekend as working-class solidarity flooded the streets of Stoke-on-Trent… By Glen Watson, Stoke Socialist Party
Socialist Party women
New threats to abortion rights
THIS APRIL marks the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the 1967 Abortion Act. That law change introducing safe, legal abortion in Britain has saved lives and given women more control over their lives… By Sarah Sachs-Eldridge
Scotland
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Tommy Sheridan, photo Paul Mattsson |
ON 16 December, former Scottish Socialist Party MSP Tommy Sheridan was charged by Lothian and Borders police after the most expensive perjury investigation ever in Scotland… By Philip Stott
SNP ‘trusts’ are PFI in disguise
Socialist Party campaign news
Tower Colliery closes: A brave attempt
Miners will march out of Tower Colliery for the last time on Friday 25 January. This will be an emotional end for the last deep coal mine in South Wales. By Dave Reid, Socialist Party Wales
Post office campaign: Changes in the law to break the poor
International socialist news and analysis
IN NOVEMBER and December last year Bolivia was on the brink of civil war. The right-wing opposition of the gas-rich eastern provinces had declared autonomy… By Karl Debbaut, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI)
Workplace analysis
NUT national executive: Left fighter stopped from standing
A concentrated effort to prevent left militant fighters from occupying influential positions within the labour movement – usually by bureaucratic means – has traditionally been used by the right wing of the trade unions…
More work for less pay
Socialist Party workplace news
Shelter staff under attack from management
Senior management at housing charity Shelter are attempting to implement the most serious attack on staff pay and conditions in Shelter’s 41 year history… By A Shelter worker
Cadburys close Keynsham factory
