Articles from the Socialist, issue 595
30 September 2009
Fight all council cuts
Socialism 2009
Socialism 2009: ideas to change the world
Socialism 2009 should prove to be a stimulating experience encouraging you to learn more, develop your understanding and to meet more likeminded people, however much you know already…
International socialist news and analysis
New right wing government, but success for the Left Party in Germany
The general election in Germany on 27 September has seen the end of the conservative ‘grand coalition’ of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democrat Party (SDP), writes Sascha Stanicic SAV (CWI in Germany) Berlin.
Kazakhstan: Socialist activist attacked by thugs
Socialist Party news and analysis
THE BBC has announced that Nick Griffin, leader of the far-right racist BNP, will be invited to take part in Question Time, taking place in London on 22 October…
Socialist Party workplace feature
London postal workers: Big majority to stop funding Labour
An overwhelming 98% of postal workers in London have voted to withdraw their union’s (CWU) funding from the Labour Party, writes Naomi Byron.
Unison witch-hunt – Defend the Four!
Socialist Students
University freshers fairs: This year’s university freshers fairs take place against a background of proposals that would make education even more expensive for students and even less of a right for all, writes David Berrie.
Marxist analysis: history
IT IS an especially nervous Communist Party (CCP) regime that presides over the 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October…
International socialist news and analysis
Honduras: Coup leaders step up repression
The right-wing leader of the 28 June coup in Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, has announced that the police have been given full powers to break up the ‘unauthorised’ meetings that have mushroomed since the elected and deposed president, Mel Zelaya, unexpectedly returned to Honduras’ capital, Teguci…
Nepal – mass rallies back Prachandra
Socialist Party workplace news
On 22 September, dozens of police from Southampton and Portsmouth descended on the protest camp outside the Vestas factory on the Isle of Wight (IOW), writes Nick Chaffey.
Leeds council workers’ strike solid
