Articles from the Socialist, issue 589

29 July 2009

Vestas – build mass action for victory

Unison witch-hunt: Defend the Unison Four!

Scandalously a Unison disciplinary committee has banned four Socialist Party members from holding office for periods from three to five years…

Afghanistan – Withdraw the troops

THE BRITISH government is cynically exploiting the tragic deaths of British soldiers to justify the continuing war in Afghanistan, writes Paula Mitchell.

Swine flu: Profit system puts people at risk

SWINE ‘FLU is rapidly spreading. A vaccine to prevent infection is urgently needed but it will be next year before there are sufficient supplies to protect everyone in Britain. Eventually half the population…

Building support for world socialism

Committee for a Workers’ International: The annual summer school of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) took place in Belgium during the week 12 to 17 July…

No to the Future Jobs Fraud

YFJ steering committee report: With the number of unemployed young people rapidly approaching one million, building Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) is more urgent than ever, writes Ben Robinson, YFJ national chair.

Kilmarnock: Anger over Diageo’s jobs massacre

ON 26 JULY, 20,000 people took to the streets of Kilmarnock, west Scotland, to defend the 900 whisky jobs due to be cut by multinational drinks company Diageo, writes Leah Ganley, Youth Fight for Jobs, Scotland.

Cardiff cuts protest

Street cleaners lobby council

National meeting for: Socialist Party trade union members

Futurism

Exhibition review: Brash, bold and belligerent, the artistic movement known as futurism hit the scene in early 1909. Later, it would give expression to political polar opposites: Italian fascist reaction and Russian socialist…

When workers shut down Minneapolis

75th anniversary of the “Teamster Rebellion”: TODAY, FACED with the worst economic crisis since the 1930s Great Depression, it is crucial we learn how workers successfully defended themselves in the past…

Success for Stop the Strip campaign

California’s Budget crisis: Huge cuts spark workers’ anger

Milburn goes to top of class

Protest against BNP’s ‘festival of hate’