Articles from the Socialist, issue 597
13 October 2009
The main parties say: ‘Work until you drop’
Postal workers
Defend jobs, no to increased workloads: In a national ballot, 76% of postal workers have voted to strike. This is whilst hundreds of local strikes continue throughout Britain, from the Isle of Wight to the highlands of Scotland, writes Bill Mullins.
Socialist Party editorial
The economy: Green shoots or scorched earth?
Editorial: “WE ARE in the midst of the worst recession most people alive have ever experienced, or will probably ever experience. It is already worse than the 1980s and it isn’t over yet.”
What would a Tory government be like?
War and occupation
Afghan conflict: Stop the war now
LAST WEEK’S announcement that US president Obama has been awarded the Nobel peace prize is astonishing considering his intentions to continue the war in Afghanistan, writes Steve Score.
Youth fight for jobs
Apprenticeships? Yes, but not at any price!
Socialist Party news and analysis
Manchester mobilises against fascists
AROUND 200 thugs of the far right English Defence League (EDL) came to Manchester last Saturday to stir up racial conflict in the city…
RAP victory in Walthamstow
Housing workers in ‘sleep over’
Socialist Party workplace news
Firefighters across the country are facing a plethora of attacks on jobs, services, conditions and pay, writes Greg Maughan.
British Airways – What’s really going on?
University staff forced to strike
Unison – opening door to minority rule
Socialist stands for NUT vice-president
International socialist news and analysis
Sri Lanka: Shut down the camps!
The Sri Lankan government’s war on Tamil people’s basic rights continues. Around 300,000 men, women and children remain incarcerated in camps under the most horrific conditions, months after the official…
Greece: Hated ND government booted out in general election
Socialist Party review
A ‘dis-service’ to Leon Trotsky
PETER TAAFFE, Socialist Party general secretary, reviews Robert Service’s book Trotsky, a Biography.
THIS VERY thick book (600 pages) is very thin on honest political examination and analysis of the ideas of Leon Trotsky, the subject of Service’s tome…