Britain
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By Ben Peck
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Friday, 08 July 2011 |
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The phone-hacking scandal that has rocked the British establishment in the past week is not only bad news for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World and its parents NewsCorp and News International,
who have now had to sacrifice their main paper, it is bad news for the
politicians, the police and the capitalist class as a whole.
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By Daniel Cooper, Cambridge
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Wednesday, 06 July 2011 |
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the recent period, splits and divisions have opened up within sections of the
ruling class, which reflect a deepening unease over the crisis and the effects it
is having on British society. The
outspoken attack in the New Statesmen on the Coalition government by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan
Williams, was an indication in some quarters of the effects of the austerity
programme.
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By Cambridge SA supporters
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Tuesday, 05 July 2011 |
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Cambridge saw all the four striking unions out in the city,
with PCS members on strike at the job centre and the local HMRC offices, the
UCU out at Anglia Ruskin University and the Cambridge Regional College, and NUT
and ATL members shutting down a number of schools in the area. Armed with our
solidarity chocolate, we visited a number of picket lines to chat to workers
and offer our support.
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By Andy Fenwick (Worcester CLP)
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Friday, 01 July 2011 |
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From Psychology to Hair & Beauty the response from
ATL & UCU lecturers to the strike call was overwhelming in all departments
at Worcester Technology College
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By Phil Sharpe
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Friday, 01 July 2011 |
 PORTSMOUTH: Guildhall Square
resounded to loud shouts against the Government’s attack on the pensions and
conditions of millions of Public Sector workers.
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By Alan Woods and Rob Sewell
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 |
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Thousands of trade unionists hit the
streets of London and other cities all over Britain today in a national
strike called by the Public and Civil Service Union (PCS), the National
Union of Teachers (NUT), the Lecturers' union (UCU) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers
(ATL) to protest the government’s plan to vandalise pension schemes.
This was an important turning-point for the British labour movement.
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By Niklas Albin Svensson
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 |
 JUNE 30th: Thousands march in London against the Tory attacks on public sector pensions.
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By Steve Jones/Steve Kelly (Report and Pics)
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 |
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June 30th: Around the country, in towns, villages and cities, marches
and rallies have been taking place in support of those public sector
workers striking to defense of their pensions. Members of the teaching
unions and civil servants on strike were joined in solidarity by members
of other unions, pensioners, school and students - all ready to make a
stand against what this bosses government is doing. The mood could be
summed up in two words: Angry, Determined. In Chelmsford, in deepest
Essex, several hundred trade unionists and others marched through the
town centre to a packed rally in a nearby centre.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011 |
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On Wednesday 22nd June, 700 activists
gathered in Friends' Meeting House, London, in opposition to the cuts
and to build for the June 30th strike. Under the banner of "Unite the
Resistance," activists from trade unions, student groups and others
gathered to discuss the cuts. The rally was a great success and shows
the depth of anger against the cuts and austerity.
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By Jon Pickard
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011 |
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Listeners to ‘File on 4’ on BBC Radio 4 last month would have got an
inkling of the vast river of money that is currently leaving the NHS and
going directly into the coffers of big business.
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By Darrall Cozens, UCU Chair of West Midlands Retired Members Branch
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011 |
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Pay more! Work longer! Get less! This is the stark and
uncompromising message on pensions that the Tory- dominated government is
sending to millions of working class people. In the public sector, six million
state employees will find that the expected reward of a half-decent pension in
exchange for low wages during their working life is now being taken away.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011 |
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Cameron and Osborne appear oblivious to the crisis unfolding in front of
their very noses. While standing on the edge of a precipice, they are
busy reassuring everyone that Britain has nothing to fear from the
European financial crisis. They are the modern equivalent of the emperor
Nero, who fiddled while Rome burnt. British banks, they say, are sound
and with enough capital to insulate themselves against a sovereign debt
crisis across the Channel.
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By Cambridge SA supporters
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Monday, 27 June 2011 |
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As the flames of economic crisis spread across Europe, it is essential
public services such as fire and rescue that are now being cut as a
result. All 49 fire services across Britain have seen their funding from
the government reduced by 25% as part of the Tory-led Coalition’s
programme of austerity. Despite already having one of the most efficient
and affordable fire services in the country, Cambridgeshire is seeing
huge attacks on its fire and rescue services.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 20 June 2011 |
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Socialist Appeal notes with sadness the untimely deaths of Andy Viner and Brian Haw at the weekend and sends condolences to their families and friends and the many people who knew them. Here we pay tribute to them and the role they played.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Friday, 17 June 2011 |
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June 30th is building up to be one massive day of action by public sector workers and others. UCU, PCS, NUT and ATL members have already voted to take strike action on the day. Many other workers and students will be joining them in participating in protests, marches and rallies up and down the country. Here are some details, compiled by PCS on their website, of events taking place on the day:
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