Explosion of Stop the War activity on campus
Students from Sussex University went to the fantastic Stop the War demonstration in London on Monday of last week.
Campaign for Khaled Mudallal
The Israeli Supreme Court last week turned down a petition put forward by Israeli human rights organisations in defence of Palestinian student Khaled Mudallal.
Pakistani state jails democracy activists
The recent announcement that General Musharraf will be allowed to seek election while remaining head of the military should dispel any doubts about the tyrannical nature of the Pakistani regime.
Making links at grassroots level
The wave of neoliberalism driving cuts in the NHS is the same force imposing fees and marketisation in our universities and other public services.
No applause for Brown
I attended the TUC conference in Brighton last week and was present for Gordon Brown’s speech. I feel compelled to comment on Brown’s attitude towards public sector pay.
Prison officers and the fight for decent pay
The recent unofficial walk out by prison officers, which forced an unwilling government into negotiations over pay, is a useful reminder of the power of organised workers.
We pay for the crisis
It’s quite possible that some of your readers may have missed the significance of the hundreds of billions of pounds recently injected into the economy by the world’s central banks to rescue the US sub-prime market.
