Articles from the Socialist, issue 561
7 January 2009
Stop the Slaughter in Gaza
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London demonstration against Israel’s attack on Gaza, photo Paul Mattsson |
Mass struggle needed for liberation: Missiles from F-16 fighter planes screaming down on children sleeping or cowering in crowded homes and basements; this is state terrorism of the most brutal kind, raining terror onto a trapped population that doesn’t even have enough fuel, water and medicines to treat the injured…
Thousands protest against the Israeli onslaught
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
2009 – putting socialism back on the agenda
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London demonstration against Israel’s attack on Gaza, photo Alison Hill |
“GOODBYE AND good riddance to all that,” declared the Financial Times, the big business mouthpiece, as it said farewell to 2008, writes Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary.
Socialist Party youth and students
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Youth Fight for Jobs |
Fight for your future! Piles of cash so huge they’re barely comprehensible are thrown at the fat cat financiers and bankers to bail them out of a crisis of their own making, writes Sarah Sachs-Eldridge.
Socialist Party campaigns
PRIVATE RAIL operating companies in the UK have announced huge fares increases, way above the rate of inflation, for ‘peak’ and ‘off-peak’ journeys…
Madoff with the money!
No festive joy for shop workers
Labour ministers’ unsocial fund
Celebrity Big Brother
Tommy Sheridan in Celebrity Big Brother
The appearance of Tommy Sheridan in Celebrity Big Brother will have disappointed many people who know of his role as an uncompromising fighter for the interests of the working class over the past 25 years.
International socialist news and analysis
USA: Chicago factory workers occupation wins concessions
BY OCCUPYING their plant, and refusing to budge, workers at the Republic Windows & Doors factory in Chicago have provided an inspirational example to workers around the country of how workers can fight and win their demands, writes Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (CWI, USA).
Socialist Party workplace news
For a fighting Usdaw leadership
Vote Robbie for a fighting, campaigning Usdaw.: Socialist Party member Robbie Segal is standing for election as president of the shopworkers’ union Usdaw…
South Wales: Workers vow to fight job losses
BT: reluctant vote for pension cuts
Salford council: Equal pay, not pay cuts!
Environment and socialism
IN CONJUNCTION with Devon County Council, North Devon Council has approved in principle the plan to build a rubbish incinerator as part of the redevelopment of a stretch of land by the river Taw in Barnstaple, writes Jim Lowe, North Devon Socialist Party.
