Britain
Editorial: Brown - Sitting on a Credit Crunch Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Thursday, 04 October 2007
brown-cuts.jpgSpeculation has reached fever pitch in the press over whether or not Brown will call a snap General Election after only three months as prime minister. With the Tories languishing in the polls, one giving Labour an eleven percentage lead, and the government surviving the different crises of foot and mouth, floods and the run on Northern Rock, the young Turks of New Labour's front bench are keen to launch an election. However there is little enthusiasm amongst traditional Labour supporters and there are dangers of an economic crisis.
 
A socialist programme for housing Print E-mail
By Mick Brooks   
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
housekeys.jpgNew Labour's record on housing policy is a disgrace. Reports say we face a 'housing time bomb'. There are 1.6 million on council house waiting lists. Their numbers are growing by 7.6% a year. Repossessions were up by 65% last year to 17,000 losing their homes, and official homelessness went up by 14.4% between 2000 and 2005. Last year we built less houses than any year since the 1920s. And because so few new homes are being built, prices go up so as to be completely unaffordable for the poorer in our society.
 
This land is our land! The story of the Kinder Scout mass trespass in 1932 Print E-mail
By Mick Brooks   
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
kinder_scout.jpgKinder Scout in the Derbyshire peak District is one of the most beautiful areas in Britain. The high moorland has no farming value, yet working people were denied all access. The area was reserved for grouse shooting, a hobby of the rich. In the Great Depression after 1929, walking and cycling were two of the only leisure activities young workers could afford. On April 24th Benny Rothman led the mass trespass that eventually gave chunks of ‘our' country back to us.

 
Tube strike, postal workers, prison officers and police – Gordon Brown’s autumn of discontent Print E-mail
By Fred Weston   
Thursday, 06 September 2007
bwt-strike.gifThe tube workers' strike, the strike of prison officers in August, the call by rank and file police to be granted the right to strike, and other similar disputes mark an important change in Britain. The workers of this country have had enough and they are starting to fight back.
 
Metronet: A bad case of Begging bowl capitalism Print E-mail
By Mick Brooks and Dan Morley   
Tuesday, 04 September 2007
tube-strike.jpgThe collapse of Metronet , the consortium entrusted with upgrading the tube, spells the collapse of the whole notion of 'Public Private Partnership', otherwise known as the Private Finance Initiative.
 
Diana, the Monarchy and the Crisis in Britain Print E-mail
By Alan Woods, 10 September 1997   
Tuesday, 04 September 2007
diana.jpg Ten years ago in Britain, at the time of the sudden death of Diana, we witnessed an outburst of popular feeling without precedent in recent British history. It was an entirely new phenomenon, reflecting an entirely new situation in Britain. Here we republish Alan Woods' article written in 1997 which looked at the serious crisis the monarchy and the British establishment were facing at the time.
 
Socialist Appeal 155 out now! Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Friday, 31 August 2007
cover155small.jpgIssue 154 of Socialist Appeal now out!
 
Editorial: Iraq and Afghanistan: "Horror without end" Print E-mail
By Rob Sewell   
Friday, 31 August 2007
enw30war1.jpgEveryday our television screens are filled with images of horrific bloodshed and carnage in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hundreds die, men, women and children, in a single day. Some estimate that one million people have perished since the invasion of 2003. This is the reality after more than four years of foreign occupation.
 
Marxist World School Success Print E-mail
By Ben Peck   
Thursday, 30 August 2007
internationale2.jpgFrom July 29 until August 3 the International Marxist Tendency held its World School in Barcelona. Present were 300 comrades from 26 countries, including Russia, Pakistan, Venezuela, Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina and most European countries. Over half of the 40-strong British delegation was youth, most attending for the first time.
 
Scotland's Worst Workplace Disaster: £405 would have saved lives Print E-mail
By Kenny McGuigan, Glasgow   
Thursday, 30 August 2007

stockline-plastics-factory.jpg In May 2004, we reported Scotland's worst ever industrial disaster when the Stockline plastics factory in Glasgow exploded leaving 9 dead and 40 injured. It was another searing indictment of breaches in Health & Safety legislation, now a matter of course in Britain. Ex-employees told journalists they had been sacked after raising concerns about safety. The 2 companies jointly responsible, ICL Tech and ICL Plastics, faced only charges relating to Health & Safety, for which they have now been fined a measly £400,000.

 
Pilger's 'The War on Democracy' showing 11pm tonight, ITV1 Print E-mail
By Maggie McGinley   
Monday, 20 August 2007
pilger-war-on-democracy.jpgShowing tonight on ITV1 is  The War on Democracy , John Pilger's documentary that analyses the relationship between Latin America and the US, focusing on Washington's attitude to countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger pays special attention to the developing situation in Venezuela, including an interview with President Hugo Chavez.
 
The City Academy Scandal Print E-mail
By Ed Doveton (Oldham NUT personal capacity)   
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
city-academies-small.jpgA recently published book by Francis Beckett, The Great City Academy Fraud, is a clear exposé of the City Academies programme of the New Labour government. Launched by David Blunkett in March 2000, the Academies programme is both an attack on state education and, in educational terms, a disaster. The programme is also an example of the spin and deceit methods that are the hallmark of New Labour.
 
The City Academy Scandal Print E-mail
By Ed Doveton (Oldham NUT personal capacity)   
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
city-academies-small.jpgA recently published book by Francis Beckett, The Great City Academy Fraud, is a clear exposé of the City Academies programme of the New Labour government. Launched by David Blunkett in March 2000, the Academies programme is both an attack on state education and, in educational terms, a disaster. The programme is also an example of the spin and deceit methods that are the hallmark of New Labour.
 
Brown: Blair Mark Two Print E-mail
By Steve Jones   
Thursday, 26 July 2007
gordon-blair.jpg Brown has replaced Blair as leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, but has anything fundamental changed? Absolutely not! And yet behind this seemingly uneventful change lies the manoeuvre to stop John McDonnell to stand for the leadership. All the indications were that John would have made a good showing. Something is stirring in the British labour movement.
 
In solidarity with the Peoples Youth Block Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Monday, 23 July 2007
el-salv-pick-mel.jpgOn Thursday 18th July comrades of the British section of the International Marxist Tendency, Socialist Appeal, showed their solidarity with the Peoples Youth Block (BJP) by protesting outside the embassy of El Savador against the repressive measures employed by the government. A letter of protest was received, signed by leading trade unionists from the NUJ, PCS, CWU, ASLEF, UNISON and the TGWU.
 
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