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Issue - 2019
Dated - 23 Sep 2006
Tony Benn to join George Galloway on TalkSport after demonstration

Tony Benn will be joining George Galloway on his TalkSport radio show on Saturday 23 September straight after the mass anti-war protest in Manchester. Tony and George will be discussing the anti-war movement, the politics of protest and the future for the left in this special show broadcast from Manchester.

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Pictures: over 50,000 march in Manchester (2)
Features

Pictures: over 50,000 march in Manchester (2)

23 September 2006
Pictures: over 50,000 march in Manchester (1)
Features

Pictures: over 50,000 march in Manchester (1)

23 September 2006
Trade unionists join the protest outside the Labour Party Conference
Features

Trade unionists join the protest outside the Labour Party Conference

There were at least 80 union banners on the march, a very high number. They included:
23 September 2006
Manchester's history of rebellion
Features

Manchester’s history of rebellion

Abolitionists There is a myth that the abolition of the British slave trade came about because of pressure from enlightened liberal individuals such as William Wilberforce.
23 September 2006
Darfur: foreign intervention will mean more pain
Comment

Darfur: foreign intervention will mean more pain

A clamour is growing to send United Nations (UN) troops to Darfur in western Sudan - whether the Sudanese government agrees or not.
23 September 2006
Pope has joined the ‘war on terror’
Comment

Pope has joined the ‘war on terror’

The most striking aspect of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks on Islam at Regensburg on 12 September was the way they harmonised with George Bush and Tony Blair’s propaganda line on the Middle East.
23 September 2006
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Nestlé controversy at Labour Party conference

Nestlé, the chocolate maker and Labour Party donor, is sponsoring a Christian Socialist Movement meeting at Labour’s conference.
23 September 2006
John McDonnell: support for left wing leadership challenge
News

John McDonnell: support for left wing leadership challenge

John McDonnell MP has launched a left wing challenge for the Labour leadership.
23 September 2006
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News

Discontent and demoralisation dominates throughout the Labour Party

Clare Short’s move is not the only example of Labour’s crisis.
23 September 2006
Clare Short: Labour is collapsing on the ground
News

Clare Short: Labour is collapsing on the ground

Tony Blair's forced admission that he will go within a year has done nothing to stem the growing crisis in the Labour Party.
23 September 2006
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Features

Military families will defy peace camp ban

Families of British soldiers have told Socialist Worker they will set up a peace camp outside this week’s Labour Party conference in Manchester, despite attempts to ban them by the city’s council.
23 September 2006
The democratic convention: a step forward for democracy in Mexico
International

The democratic convention: a step forward for democracy in Mexico

Last Saturday the civil resistance movement in Mexico held a national democratic convention in the capital Mexico City.
23 September 2006