Articles from the Socialist, issue 575
15 April 2009
MPs’ snouts in the expenses trough
Stop the slaughter of Tamils
Sri Lanka: Stop the war – fight for democratic rights
AFTER A week of escalating protests worldwide against the mounting slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka, the Rajapakse government announced a two-day halt to the fighting with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, writes Elizabeth Clarke, Committee for a Workers’ International.
Stop the war in Sri Lanka: Protest at India House
Socialist Party election campaign
European elections: Why No2EU?
The Socialist Party is backing the RMT transport union-led No2EU-Yes to Democracy coalition in June’s European elections. Clive Heemskerk explains why we need an alternative to the bosses’ EU…
Socialist Party workplace news
Visteon workers angry and determined
Basildon: THE STRUGGLE of workers at Visteon plants has inspired many other workers whose jobs are threatened. The occupations and mass pickets at the Belfast, Basildon and Enfield plants have forced the management…
National Union of Teachers conference: Battle on workload begins
London Underground: Set a new strike date
Preparing to fight probation meltdown
Youth fight for jobs
Youth Fight for Jobs: What next to build the campaign?
Support for ‘Youth Fight for Jobs’ (YFJ) continues to grow. John McDonnell MP has now given his support. The national launch conference of YFJ, on Saturday 9 May at University College London, is the next big event for this important campaign.
Marxist analysis: history
The Spanish Civil War: Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory
THE SPANISH civil war (1936-39) was the bloodiest stage in the ten year-long Spanish revolution that began in 1931. As Hannah Sell explains, Spain was a further confirmation of Leon Trotsky’s theory of ‘permanent revolution’, which was earlier borne out in the Russian workers’ socialist revolution of 1917.
Socialist Party editorial
Deceptive denigration of Lindsey strike
The strike by the Lindsey oil refinery construction workers at the end of January and beginning of February was an inspirational struggle against the ‘race to the bottom’…
Socialist Party campaigns
G20 Summit death: Bring the cops to account
THE DEATH of Ian Tomlinson, a bystander at the G20 summit protests, at the hands of a baton wielding officer of the London Metropolitan police is a scandal…
Council manoeuvres in Lewisham hit school children
Parents occupy schools in Glasgow to stop closures
International socialist news and analysis
Thailand: Battles erupt on the streets of Bangkok
A TEMPORARY calm has returned to the streets of Bangkok and other cities of Thailand. On 14 April, protest leader Prateep Ungsongtham Hata said: “We held talks among the leaders since last night and have…
Moldova: Thousands storm parliament buildings as economic crisis worsens
Sport
Rugby league: In League with big business?
AS TOP-flight football becomes more and more under the control of ridiculously wealthy individuals and businesses, we can learn from the creation of another of England’s most played and supported sports…
