Concern about humanity’s destruction of the environment is commonly seen as a recent worry. But for the 19th century socialist thinkers Karl Marx and Frederick Engels the environment was a major part of their theory.
SOCIALIST WORKER readers have raised a total of £64,357. That means you’ve raised over £11,000 in the last week alone towards our moving fund.
‘The strength of feeling, the unity of purpose, the confidence, the determination and the anger were in the air in every town and city across Britain on 5 November.
AROUND 300 people demonstrated in Liverpool city centre last Saturday in support of the social workers who have been on indefinite strike for the past 11 weeks.
You have recently carried out research talking to social workers about their working experience. What did you find? The study found dramatic results. Not a single social worker I spoke to said they would recommend the job to a friend or family member. Large numbers were actively looking to get out.
A HUGE groan went up around the world on Thursday of last week when it became clear that George Bush had won another term of office as US president. Even those who doubted whether John Kerry would have been much better were depressed at the thought of Bush and his gang winning another four years to pillage the planet and wage the global war they declared after 11 September 2001.
IN 1989 mass demonstrations, strikes and confrontations brought lightning-fast transformation to the Stalinist states that most people thought would never change.
In 1989 you helped organise the Monday demonstrations. What were the goals?
Workers IN the PCS civil service workers’ union at the British Library in London and Boston Spa have reached the end of their tether.
Paul Williams, Driving Standards Agency, Nottingham
RESPECTS’S FIRST national conference saw some 300 delegates and 100 observers gather in London last weekend.
