Chris Flood, a Socialist Party member from Lewisham won a council
by-election in his area yesterday winning a stunning 32% of the vote. He
joins Ian Page, the other Socialist Party councillor on the local
council. The Socialist Party now has the same number of councillors as
the Tories on the local council!
THE BATTLE against the bin tax in the last two months has raised ominous
signs for all workers. The capitalist establishment in all its guises -
political parties, media, courts and the Gardai has demonstrated its
ruthlessness in dealing with this challenge to their rule.
On 9 December, strike action against the bosses’ federation attacks on
wages and conditions and national bargaining will take place in Kassel
and the Northhessen region. The strikes will also be directed against
the social cuts imposed by the hated Christian Democrat led regional
state government.
“We are witnesses and protagonists of a newly- now unstoppable- broad
social protest movement in Germany. The mood…amongst the population, and
even more in the workplaces and councils, has turned in the past weeks”.
(From a special issue of the ver.di (united public sector and services
union) paper, 4...
On Sunday 30 November, hundreds demonstrated in Maastricht against the
visit of US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is in the Dutch town
for the summit of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation
in Europe).
SINCE THE collapse of negotiations in late August, over 1,000 have died
in clashes between Nepal’s military and Maoist rebels. A weak ruling
monarchy represses the masses in this impoverished and largely rural
country of 25 million people. As HUGH CAFFREY explains, under
capitalism, this beautiful part of the...
Öcalan’a ve Bütün Siyasi Mültecilere Siginma Hakki! Kürdistan’a Kendi
Kaderini Tayin Hakki! Yasasin Isçilerin Birligi ve Sosyalizm! Kürdistan
Isçi Partisi PKK’nin lideri Abdullah Öcalan’in Türk gizli servisi
tarafindan kaçirilmasi Kürtlerin...
