Decent jobs – not slave labour

Protest against bankers’ bonuses

Protest against bankers’ bonuses

City of London

20 January 5pm.

See www.youthfightforjobs.com for more details or call 020 8558 7947

Leeds City Council Future Jobs Fund is no solution

Launch of Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Editorial: After a series of discussions by participants in the ‘No2EU-Yes to Democracy’ European election coalition there will now be a general election challenge under the newly-registered electoral banner, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).

Labour’s leadership crisis – time for a new workers’ party

Last week’s crisis in the Labour leadership reveals how scared Labour MPs are of losing their positions in the general election. Two ex-cabinet ministers – Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt, called for a leadership contest to challenge Gordon Brown, writes Steve Score.

Global warming chills the north

WHAT WOULD we do without some comic relief during this big freeze? Fortunately, we have Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker, writes Pete Mason.

The real cost this winter

Iceland debt crisis: Make the ‘dirt bags’ pay!

No to County Council cuts in Warwickshire!

Fast news

Corruption scandal grips Northern Ireland

THE JAWDROPPING seq-uence of events surrounding Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Iris Robinson soliciting £50,000 from two millionaire property developers has opened a Pandora’s Box of corruption. Gary Mulcahy, Belfast Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), reports.

Fujitsu workers say: “Enough is enough”

I spoke to Trevor Palmer, the local workplace rep at Fujitsu Stevenage when I visited the picket line on 11 January, writes Mark Pickersgill, Stevenage Socialist Party.

Signallers’ strike spreads

Buses – privatisation means worse services

Teesside fight to save jobs

Twinings jobs meeting

Hospital workers battle on

Unison witch-hunt: Shock exposures at Employment Tribunal

Between 15 and 18 December 2009, the case of four Unison branch officers under threat of suspension from office reached its dramatic conclusion at an employment tribunal, a Unison member writes.

Call centres: Union campaign makes important gains

I was interested to read the recent article in The Socialist by John McInally about the work my union PCS is doing to improve working conditions in call centres in the civil service, writes Paul Newton, PCS rep.

Greece – on the edge of a volcano

Robert Bechert attended last December’s successful congress of Xekinima, the CWI in Greece. This article by him on the present political situation in Greece is based on discussions that took place at that congress.

Sri Lanka presidential elections: No to the two warmongers!

LAST WEEK Channel 4 TV news broadcast further video footage which appears to show Sri Lankan army soldiers perpetrating atrocities against the Tamil-speaking minority, writes Senan, Tamil Solidarity.

Israel: Instability, class polarisation and socialism

Chile – Freedom for Elena Varela

Hard chimes for Pompey

LESS THAN two years after winning the FA Cup, Portsmouth Football Club is a club in crisis. In unprecedented events for a club in English football’s top division, Pompey have, for the third time this…