A BROAD campaign in Basildon, Essex, has shown how the BNP can be held back.
MARVIN GAYE’S seminal album What’s Going On is one of the most popular albums of all time. Recorded in 1971, its multi-track vocals, complex musical score, and fusion of soul and jazz create a wonderful soundscape. Over the top Marvin sings a series of gut-wrenching songs that are laments for the Vietnam War, pollution, drug addiction, corrupt governments and the miseries of ghetto life.
What lay behind the union of Scotland and England in 1707?
SOME 34 people joined the delegation to Palestine, united around the common theme of action against war and for peace. We came together from mosques, trade unions, universities, schools and the voluntary sector to see the conditions in the Palestinian refugee camps for ourselves.
‘Palestinian firefighters face extraordinary dangers every single day.
The year is 1819, and the working class of Britain is in revolt. The year is to end with the bloody Peterloo massacre of unarmed radical demonstrators in Manchester by sabre-wielding guardsmen.
SOCIALIST WORKER was warmly recieved by steel erectors during their fight for reinstatement at Wembley Stadium, reports Simon from north west London:
THERE’S ONLY three weeks to go before the European Social Forum (ESF) hits London. Tens of thousands will come to Alexandra Palace to discuss alternatives to capitalism and debate the way forward for the movement.
STEVE GREGG has been a firefighter for 26 years. He is north east regional secretary for the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and a Labour Party member.
LYNTON BENNETT, a county councillor for Buxton South in Derbyshire, has resigned from Labour to join Respect. Below is a message from Lynton to a Respect meeting held in Glossop on 8 September.
From Baghdad to Basra, secular to religious, Shia to Sunni, the resistance is growing, reports Simon Assaf
"Life in Baghdad is unnatural—it is not routine," says Samira. "Students are supposed to go to school and workers to their offices, but the streets are always blocked by US tanks—even the main streets and the main bridges.