"We won’t be intimidated by Nazi thugs—we will step up our campaign to build a mass movement to drive back the fascists."
A series of racist attacks in areas where the fascist British National Party (BNP) has a presence has underlined how the BNP gives confidence to racist thugs—and leads to violent assaults.
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) supporters in the West Midlands are to join forces with local Muslims in Birmingham city centre on Saturday of this week to protest against racist thugs who are planning to hold an "anti-Muslim demonstration" on that day.
Vestas workers are continuing their inspirational struggle for jobs and justice.
The solidarity shown by workers and trade unionists across Britain and internationally has been a real source of strength for the Vestas workers.
In 2008 Vestas’s global profits increased by 51 percent to £575 million.
‘This experience has had a very positive effect on people.
‘I support what the workers are doing 100 percent. There are hardly any job vacancies on the whole island—what’s going to happen if over 600 people lose their jobs?
bosses and the Irish government have launched an appalling assault on workers fighting for their jobs.
Workers at the Vestas wind turbine factory in Newport, Isle of Wight, have now been occupying their plant for more than two weeks against closure. The company got a court order on Tuesday for their eviction, but a group of workers have vowed to defy it. Vestas worker and occupier Ian Terry spoke to Socialist Worker immediately after the court judgement:
Champagne corks are popping once more in the City of London as bankers celebrate their whopping bonuses.
The 30th anniversary of the Tories coming to power in 1979 has provided few consolations, except for the fact of Thatcher’s imminent demise.
