£180m – the ‘efficiency savings’ universities will have to make by 2011.500,000 – number of students waiting for outcome of university applications30,000 – number of people unable to go to university this year because of a lack of places1.3m – number of young people not in education, employment or training in Britain today (almost one in five)£260m – Government has pledged to help young people acquire skills and training
The origin of the human species is still a subject of fierce political debate. The question of whether modern day humans evolved together or are in fact separate races has social as well as historical significance.
Ford-Visteon workers in Belfast have been occupying their plant for over five weeks after they were sacked with no notice and no redundancy pay at the end of March.
Capitalism is in crisis, destroying jobs around the world, leaving millions hungry and taking people’s homes. And capitalism is threatening to destroy the globe by creating irreversible climate change.
The Hydra in Greek mythology was a beast with nine heads. When one was cut off another two would grow in its place. This is an apt description of the West’s dilemma in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Nothing illustrates the problems of the occupation more than the hapless misadventure of British troops in the Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
Japan is currently in its worst economic slump for 35 years.
‘We set out to give Ford a bloody nose – and we did it.
Many of the workers fighting against Ford and Visteon were taking part in action for the first time. The experience has transformed them.
Workers at Visteon have won a major victory in spite of their national union, Unite.
The offer that Visteon workers have wrenched from Ford marks a turning point for class struggle in Britain. It shows that workers can take on multinational corporations – even in the midst of a recession – and win.
