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Issue - 2129
Dated - 29 Nov 2008
Time to bury the free market

Gordon Brown’s pre-budget report this week has been heralded by the media as marking the end of three decades of Thatcherism.

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Statement on Mumbai attacks

Socialist Worker is appalled at yesterday’s gun and grenade attacks in the centre of Mumbai and offers its condolences to the families of all those who have been killed or injured.
27 November 2008
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Scottish Water workers strike

Some 3,500 workers at Scottish Water are set to strike for 24 hours from Thursday over pay. The workers, members of the Unison and GMB unions, are angry that management has imposed a below-inflation pay deal of 3 percent over 15 months.
25 November 2008
People Before Profit Charter rallies support in Hackney
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People Before Profit Charter rallies support in Hackney

More than 40 supporters of the People Before Profit Charter demonstrated outside the Halifax bank in Hackney, east London, last Saturday.
25 November 2008
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Manchester remembers all those killed in Afghanistan

Over 100 people from all walks of life came together in Manchester on Thursday of last week to mark the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan.
25 November 2008
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Court victory for asbestos victims

Asbestos cancer victims and their families have won an important test case over compensation for their illness.
25 November 2008
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Unite to fight to reopen health pay deal

NHS trade union activists in the Unite union are gearing up for a day of action over pay on Wednesday 3 December.
25 November 2008
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Critical stage in London bus campaign

The Unite union’s pay campaign on the London buses is reaching a critical moment.
25 November 2008
Stagecoach bus strike bites hard
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Stagecoach bus strike bites hard

Hundreds of bus drivers at Stagecoach Bluebird in north east Scotland struck for 24 hours on Friday of last week over pay.
25 November 2008
Anger as Unison expels Yunus Bakhsh
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Anger as Unison expels Yunus Bakhsh

Britain’s biggest public sector union has expelled one of its best-known activists following a campaign against him that has lasted for nearly two years.
25 November 2008
Glimpse of mood for a workplace fightback
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Glimpse of mood for a workplace fightback

As attacks on jobs, pensions and working conditions grow, the question of whether workers can fight back against them is a crucial debate.
25 November 2008
Time to bury the free market
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Time to bury the free market

Gordon Brown’s pre-budget report this week has been heralded by the media as marking the end of three decades of Thatcherism.
25 November 2008
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International

Venezuelan election reveals growing tensions

Venezuela went to the polls last Sunday supposedly to elect new state governors and mayors. In reality the election was a confidence vote in left wing president Hugo Chavez.
25 November 2008