York march About 200 people attended a lively rally and demo for peace and justice in the Middle East last Saturday organised by York Against the War and York Palestine Solidarity Campaign, writes James Cussens. Speakers included Suzy Wighton who recently returned her MBE in protest at Blair’s support for illegal wars, and Mohamed El Gomati, representing the city’s mosque.
The furore created by the alleged terror bomb plot last week has generated an intense and bitter row between the airline bosses and the airport operator, BAA, about the handling of the crisis and the ongoing restrictions imposed on air travellers which have made travelling from Heathrow and Gatwick an absolute nightmare for many.
Vehicle handlers who are employed by the French-owned firm STVA struck on Wednesday of last week over pay.
Holidays. Yes, it’s time to get away from it all. I know what to do - just grab some time to do something trivial. Rest the brain cells. Focus on something restful, like walking in the woods with the kids. Read railway timetables. Study spiders. Kill flies.
Tabloid headlines, broadsheet comment pages and ministers’ speeches are once again full of lurid claims about Muslims and "integration" in the wake of the decision on Monday of this week to charge 11 suspects over the alleged "terror plot" to blow up planes with liquid explosives.
Police officers tried to block a meeting in an Oxford church hall because it featured Aki Nawaz of radical Muslim hip-hop act Fun-Da-Mental, according to the organisers.
‘We really kicked off our preparations with our own demonstration in Preston a couple of weeks ago.
Socialist Worker rounds up some highlights from internet coverage and analysis of events this week.
The great powers, and politicians such as George Bush and Tony Blair bear the heaviest responsibility for the death toll of Aids.
HOW MUCH does it cost to change a light switch? £333, if you’re an NHS hospital locked into a private finance initiative (PFI) contract.
A GROUP of workers who could bring the NHS to a halt in three days have begun balloting for strikes to oppose privatisation.
The department of health has warned that more hospitals across England will close in order to claw back NHS deficits.
