Articles from the Socialist, issue 571
19 March 2009
Fight tuition fees: fight for jobs: fight for a future!
Campaign to defeat fees: Last month Wes Streeting, president of the National Union of Students, claimed that “moving to the right on tuition fees makes sense”, writes Stephen Burrell, Birmingham Socialist Students.
Youth march for jobs
Unison witch-hunt
International socialist news and analysis
Worldwide protests at killings of Tamils
THERE IS ferment among Tamil-speaking people worldwide over the slaughter taking place in the north of Sri Lanka, writes Senan.
Rosa Luxemburg – still relevant today
Socialist Party campaigns
JUST WHAT planet does the media live on? Its coverage of the 25th anniversary of the miners’ strike tried to say it was all about Arthur Scargill versus Margaret Thatcher, writes Dave Griffiths.
End the ‘benefits trap’
Liverpool University: Stop the cuts!
Crisis in the legal aid system
Socialist Party congress
Socialist Party congress reports
‘Marx was right’ – even Stephen King, HSBC Banking Group’s Chief Economist, doesn’t deny that now, writes Steve Score, Secretary East Midlands Socialist Party.
Videos of Socialist Party Congress 2009
Perspectives for Britain and the world 2009
Socialist Party election campaign
The European elections and working-class representation
Socialist Party statement: IN AN important move, the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) has announced its support for an electoral alliance to contest the forthcoming European elections in June…
Lessons of the 2004 election
Campaign for a New Workers’ Party
Socialist Party workplace news
I was given a job by the Shaws group at Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) as a rigger nine months ago. But when I reported for work I was not allowed on site by the client Total, the owners of LOR. No reason…
Isle of Grain – Low-paying contractor exposed
£2.5 bn profit, but BT still announces pay freeze
Rhyl: One-day teachers’ strike
Rooftop protest wins apology from Royal Mail