Articles from the Socialist, issue 574

7 April 2009

Many have been inspired by the stand taken by the workers in the ex-Ford plants in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon…

National Union of Teachers Conference: Call national action on workload

Youth march for jobs: This is only the beginning!

The G20 meeting, hosted by Gordon Brown, in London was met with an outpouring of anger. However, of all the many protests against the summit, the ‘youth march for jobs’ on 2 April stood out a mile.

No solution at London G20 summit

“THEY ARE not talking about us. They don’t care about people like us.” This is the verdict on the London capitalist G20 summit of a worker occupying, together with others, the Visteon car parts firm…

The battle to defeat the Poll Tax

A landmark in working class struggle TWENTY YEARS ago the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher introduced the hated poll tax, first in Scotland to be followed one year later in England and Wales…

EU presses for cuts in public spending

LAST WEEK’S summit of European Union (EU) finance ministers gave the British government six months to come up with plans to cut public spending…

Stop the slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka

The ghastly slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka continues daily and an official ‘end’ to the war will not mean an end to this nightmare, writes Elizabeth Clarke, Committee for a Workers’ International.

Egyptian regime: ‘Scared that independent unions will succeed; scared a revolution will happen’

Solidarity with Kazakhstan oil workers

Conned by John Lewis

Unite convenor Rob Williams makes the point that the Visteon workers’ struggle is important for all workers…

No cuts to further education in Wales!

Campaign forces suspension of Wirral library closures

Unison elections

Rail workers fight job cuts