Like a criminal returning to the scene of the crime, George Bush is on a tour of the Middle East – dropping in on all the despots, butchers, dictators and stooges that make up his "moderate" allies in the region.
Like a criminal returning to the scene of the crime, George Bush is on a tour of the Middle East – dropping in on all the despots, butchers, dictators and stooges that make up his "moderate" allies in the region.
Gordon Brown’s government confirmed an earlier U-turn last week when it backed plans for a new generation of building of new privately built and run nuclear power stations in Britain.
Refuse workers in Glasgow took strike action last week over their single status deal. Nine mechanics on the backshift at the Polmadie refuse depot are in dispute over the council’s controversial review of staff’s pay and conditions.
Respect supporters in Waltham Forest, east London, have voted to back Carole Vincent in the Leyton ward council by-election scheduled for Thursday 14 February.
Thursday 31 January is set to be a major day of action with potentially over 150,000 civil service workers in the PCS union set to take action against low pay and job cuts.
Royal Mail bosses are talking peace while making war. Behind the warm words of a "new era in industrial relations", they are trying to break the postal workers’ CWU union by harassing and victimising reps with charges relating to last year’s national postal strike.
Respect is organising a selection meeting for its candidates for the London Assembly elections that are set for 1 May. The meeting is at 7.30pm, Thursday 31 January, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square (nearest tube Holborn).
Socialist Worker spoke to Ben and Edgar, two Burslem strikers in the CWU postal workers’ union who between them have over 30 years’ experience in Royal Mail.
"Fatherland, socialism, or death." With these words, Hugo Chavez just over a year ago took the oath as president of Venezuela following a triumphant re-election campaign.
