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The Socialist issue 626

26 May 2010

Millionaire ministers butcher public services

2010 Back issues


spotMillionaire ministers butcher public services

Axe


spotCon-Dem cuts – ‘only the beginning’

National Shop Stewards Network

spotNational Shop Stewards Network conference: Time to organise against con/dem attacks

The fourth conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is now less than a month away. It comes at a time when trade unionists in workplaces throughout the country are facing many threats to…

RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson

RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson


spotSupport BA Cabin Crew

On Monday 24 May strikers’ red flags could be seen flying around Heathrow, but the same could not be said for a lot of BA planes as cabin crew began their latest strike action…

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotRoyal Mail not for sale

The CWU protest February 2009 against Post Office privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson

The CWU protest February 2009 against Post Office privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson


spotNHS cuts: The Con-Dem sting in the tail

spotFast News

A GOVERNMENT for the rich, of the rich. Nothing new in that of course, but the Cabinet in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition with its 18 millionaires weighs in at least £15 million richer than it was in the previous…

spotSri Lanka: One year after the war

spotSocialist Party national committee discusses building the fightback

Socialist Party workplace news

spotPCS conference: Preparing for action

Meeting barely a week after the horsetrading between the establishment parliamentary parties had finished, the 2010 conference of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) was an important event, writes Greg Maughan.

National Gallery workers, members of the PCS, walk out against low pay, photo Paul Mattsson

National Gallery workers, members of the PCS, walk out against low pay, photo Paul Mattsson


spotLocal government: Where’s our pay award for 2010?

spotFighting university cuts

spotWorkplace news in brief

Youth

spotYoung people: organise to fight the cuts

The first slice of cuts under the ‘Con-Dem’ coalition government makes it clear that young people face a bleak future under its stewardship…

Youth Fight for Jobs protest outsid the Houses of Shame, photo Alex Ivanov

Youth Fight for Jobs protest outsid the Houses of Shame, photo Alex Ivanov


spotSocialist Party National Youth meeting

spotSchool student socialist

spot‘Sussex Six’ result

spotStudents must pay, say the rich

spotPamphlet: Our Education Under Attack: why a mass campaign is needed

Socialist Party feature

spotLondon 2012 Olympics: A big business spectacle

IN 2012 the Olympics and Paralympics come to east London. On show will be the world’s elite sportsmen and women, flexing their muscles and straining their sinews in state-of-the-art stadia. The possibility…

International socialist news and analysis

spotGreece: 2,500 hear Socialist MEP Joe Higgins declare week of action

THE SOCIALIST Party (CWI Ireland) MEP Joe Higgins spoke at a recent meeting in Athens, which was attended by up to 2,500 members and friends of the left coalition group Syriza, writes Harris Sideris, Xekinima (CWI Greece).

spotRomania: Mass protests against EU/IMF deal

spotPuerto Rico: Students and workers fight austerity cuts

Education

spotEducation under attack: Con-Dem government prepares for battle

HAS ANYBODY got any lingering doubts of the government’s intentions? The Financial Times – a house journal of the capitalist class – let the cat out of the bag in an article on 20 May, writes Derek McMillan, teacher, Sussex.

spotUnions must defend public services

spotTory government says rich must pay less

Comment

spotDiane Abbott and the Labour Party leadership battle

Reader’s Comment: Diane Abbott’s entry into the race for the Labour Party leadership has thrown a banana skin under the feet of the ‘Labour Left’ in their quest to secure the 33 nominations needed to get John McDonnell’s name on the ballot paper, writes Mick Cotter, Hackney Socialist Party.

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