ESF: Where next?
After the Florence European Social Forum, Michaela Collins continues her analysis of the Social Forums, by asking: where do we go from here? At the centre of the ESF was the million- person march...
View ArticleDon't let Blair smash the firefighters!
A victory for the FBU will be a victory for all workers.An appeal to serving soldiers: Refuse orders to scab!Solidarity can win! reports from firefirighter' support groups Don't help the Government...
View ArticleNo to war! European Day of Action 15 February
By Colin FosterThe European Social Forum in Florence made a call from its concluding session for anti-war demonstrations in all the capital cities of Europe on 15 February. "We believe", its statement...
View ArticleFighting poverty pay in London
"The question was posed: why should we pay firefighters more than nurses, teachers, or other public sector workers? My answer to that would be: rather than keep firefighters on low rates of pay, give...
View ArticleMyra Hindley and justice
By Gerry BatesSomeone once said that free speech is for the person whose views you despise. The question of whether you are for or against free speech only arises acutely when you loathe the "speech"...
View ArticleTop up fees furore
Tax the rich to fund education By Faz VelmiAfter a long period of quiet, the battle over higher education funding is once again raging in the open. As an unholy alliance of Downing Street, big business...
View ArticleSolidarity with Iranian students
By Workers Left Unity IranSince 9 November Iranian students have been demonstrating for the release of all political prisoners and against a death sentence passed on a reformist Islamist academic,...
View ArticleTwenty Italian activists arrested
Mass protests against jailingsBy Olivier DelbekeRome, Florence and Naples saw large demonstrations on Saturday 16 November against the police swoop which arrested 20 activists after the European Social...
View ArticleTube workers make a stand for safety and solidarity
The Tube workers' union RMT has called a strike ballot after London Underground management said that Tube workers who refused to work in conditions which they judged unsafe without a proper fire...
View ArticleChina: New faces, same path
By Paul HamptonChina's Stalinist rulers have appointed a new leadership to continue the turn to capitalism begun in 1978. President Jiang Zemin handed the leadership of the Communist Party to his...
View ArticleThe power of solidarity 1913-14: how Dublin's workers built their union
During the 1980s and 90s Margaret Thatcher's government introduced legislation to shackle the trade unions. New Labour has kept most of these anti-union laws. One of the central aims of these attacks...
View ArticleStop sell off in Royal Mail!
By a postal workerRoyal Mail still want to sell off its Cash Handling & Distribution section. In a ballot of postal workers affected by their union, The Communication Workers Union, there was a 95%...
View ArticleLabour movement news in brief
Felixstowe wage deal Rails strikesAirport strike the global picture: Bermuda teachers' strikeBush use 'anti-terrorism' to break strikesAround the world: USA/CanadaThe AmericasPublications: Solidarity...
View ArticleArt and the market
This year's obligatory row over the Turner prize for art has been kicked off by culture minister Kim Howells, who thinks the whole lot, exhibited at the Tate, "cold, mechanical, conceptual bullshit."...
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