Articles from the Socialist, issue 576
22 April 2009
Fight the cuts!
Big business parties attack our services: Whether a Labour or a Tory government is elected at the next general election, either will try to make extensive public spending cuts, writes Judy Beishon.
Environment and socialism
New Labour’s environmental ploy: How green are electric cars?
DESPERATE TO arrest his precipitous decline in the opinion polls, Gordon Brown has announced an incentive scheme to give people up to £5,000 towards the cost of trading in their old car for an electric one, writes Ken Douglas.
Visteon
Visteon workers stand up to bosses
The struggle of the Visteon workers at the Basildon, Enfield and Belfast plants continues into its fourth week as the workers remain determined to force the employers to honour their contracts…
Taking the Visteon struggle forward
Basildon workers picket Ford showrooms
Solidarity with the Visteon Workers
Socialist Party public meeting
Solidarity with the Visteon Workers
Thursday 23 April, 7.30pm
Room 101, University London Union,
Malet Street, London WC1
Speakers from Enfield and Basildon
Enfield workers say: “Do a Visteon!”
Disbelief at Visteon bosses’ offer
Socialist Party election campaign
European elections: a workers’ alternative to New Labour takes shape
THE No2EU-Yes to Democracy electoral coalition, led by the RMT rail workers’ union, took a big step forward last week when the national steering committee met to discuss the campaign’s candidates for June’s European elections…
No2EU – yes to democracy
Socialist Party youth and students
Launch conference: For more info and updates see:…
Socialist Party campaigns
G20 Summit death: Independent inquiry into police violence, now!
AS REVELATIONS continue, surrounding the policing of the G20 and in particular the tragic killing of Ian Tomlinson at the hands of the police, questions about the role of officers and the specific tactics of ‘kettling’ (containing demonstrators for hours inside police cordons) increase, writes Greg Maughan.
Tesco: Every billion helps
International socialist news and analysis
Tamil action to stop the war continues
STOP THE Slaughter of Tamils (SST) campaign followed up on the massive national demonstration against the war in Sri Lanka on 11 April with a public meeting in central London, writes Manny Thain.
Ireland: Budget savages workers
Feature: The Central Bank of Ireland says the Irish economy contracted by 3% last year and will contract by 7% this year and another 3% next year…
Marxist analysis: history
Betrayals that led to Thatcher’s victory
Britain in the 1970s: 30 years ago, the Tory Party leader Margaret Thatcher won a general election which was to prove a sea change in British politics…
Hillsborough – 20 years on
Socialist Party workplace news
Stead McAlpin: Protesting in London
Last week The Socialist reported on the sacking of Stead McAlpin workers in Carlisle. Stead McAlpin’s parent company Apex recently bought the firm from John Lewis Partnership, who had assured workers…
Unison: a fighting and democratic union needed
Postal workers’ solidarity action
Wales FE funding: Victory, but keep the champagne on ice
National Shop Stewards Network conference
