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Issue - 2108
Dated - 05 Jul 2008
Gordon Brown is in freefall

Gordon Brown and New Labour are in freefall.

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Socialist Worker arrangements for strike on 16 & 17 July

Socialist Worker will be printing a day later on the week of the local government strikes to carry your reports and pictures from the picket lines.
01 July 2008
Alain Krivine on the French LCR's initiative for an anti-capitalist party
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Alain Krivine on the French LCR’s initiative for an anti-capitalist party

The LCR has initiated the formation of a new broader party that it hopes will become a home for wide layers of people opposed to neoliberalism. The initiative grew out of rising struggle in France.
01 July 2008
Why we should defend migrant workers
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Why we should defend migrant workers

Anyone reading the press or listening to politicians’ speeches will notice periodic attempts to whip up fears about immigration "running out of control" and to blame immigrants for creating all manner of social problems.
01 July 2008
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EU attacks on migrants

The European Parliament has adopted a new law known as the Returns Directive which is aimed at fast tracking mass deportations.
01 July 2008
Migrant workers in unions: ‘We are on strike for respect’
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Migrant workers in unions: ‘We are on strike for respect’

The current dispute by cleaners on London Underground shows the reality of a migrant workforce that keeps Britain running and that is fighting for decent pay and working conditions.
01 July 2008
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What We Think

Don’t forget Iran

The threat of George Bush authorising an attack on Iran remains a live one.
01 July 2008
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Trade union rights under threat

The right of trade unions to take action to defend their members is under constant attack from the Labour government and the neoliberal agenda of the European Union (EU).
01 July 2008
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Gordon Brown faces a new crisis in Scotland

Following the Labour Party losing its deposit and coming fifth in last week’s Henley by-election, senior Scottish Labour officials now fear that they will lose the Glasgow East by-election, which will be called later this month.
01 July 2008
Michael Rosen selects his favourite children’s books
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Michael Rosen selects his favourite children’s books

Adults become attached to children’s books in three overlapping ways – as memories of when they were children, as moments when reading books with children in their care and as pleasurable reads in themselves.
01 July 2008
Thousands of workers to fight the public sector pay freeze
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Thousands of workers to fight the public sector pay freeze

Street sweepers, school cooks, refuse workers, teaching assistants and the hundreds of thousands of other people doing vital jobs in local councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are gearing up to take on Gordon Brown’s pay curbs with two days of strike action on 16 and 17 July.
01 July 2008
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40,000 Unite members to join strike

Some 40,000 local government workers in the Unite union have voted by three to one to join the strike on July 16 and 17.
01 July 2008
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PCS union refuses to tighten its belt

Up to a 100,000 job centre workers, coastguards, driving examiners and other government workers are set to strike alongside council workers.
01 July 2008