Articles from the Socialist, issue 580
20 May 2009
We need workers’ MPs on a worker’s wage
House of Thieves: WORKING CLASS people are furious about MPs’ huge ‘expenses’. On Thursday 4 June, elections take place for the European Union, which for many members of the European Parliament (MEPs) is an an even bigger gravy train than Westminster.
Socialist Party editorial
Swindling MPs are detached from reality
Editorial: In The Great Stink of 1858 the Houses of Parliament hung lime-soaked sheets at the windows to disguise the stench of untreated sewage rising from the Thames. In the Great Stink of 2009 no such solution is available – for the stink comes from inside.
Socialist Party workplace news
Defending trade union rights: On 13 May, Swansea trades council and the Linamar shop stewards’ committee, held a marvellous meeting in support of sacked Linamar convenor Rob Williams, writes Dave Reid, Socialist Party Wales.
Thousands march for jobs in Birmingham
Visteon workers’ victory march
No2EU
THE RMT-led coalition for the European elections, ‘No2EU-Yes to Democracy’, is receiving a very favourable response as a workers’ alternative to the rotten establishment parties…
No2EU – yes to democracy
International socialist news and analysis
Sri Lanka: The guns fall silent but the tragedy continues
“THIS BATTLE has reached its bitter end… We have decided to silence our guns”. The dramatic announcement on the website of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on 17 May seemed to…
End Gaza blockade
Socialist Party feature
Tiananmen 1989: Seven weeks that shook the world
ON 15 APRIL 1989 Hu Yaobang, the former general secretary of the Communist Party of China, died of a heart attack, writes Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info.
Youth fight for jobs
Youth Fight for Jobs fortnight of action
Jobs not dole: “We are determined to prevent a new generation becoming a lost generation”. That’s what chancellor Alistair Darling said in April, writes Sarah Sachs-Eldridge.
Enthusiastic reception for Youth Fight for jobs
Education
Education feature: OVER 200 parents and children held a very loud, colourful protest outside Medway council cabinet meeting against the closure of three local schools, St John’s Infants, Ridge Meadow Primary and St Peter’s Infants, writes Jacqui Berry and Dave Berrie.
Charlotte Turner
Lewisham Bridge rooftop protest
Socialist Party news and analysis
BT’s chief executive has apologised to shareholders for the £134 million loss suffered by the company in 2008-2009…
Welsh-speaking worker bullied by boss
