Socialist Appeal, Marxist voice in the labour and students' movement http://www.socialist.net Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:19:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.socialist.net/justice-for-the-shrewsbury-24.htm This Saturday July 4th trade unionists and labour movement activists will be converging in Shrewsbury to march for justice for the Shrewsbury 24. Speakers at the lunchtime rally outside the Shrewsbury Council Offices... Trade Unions - Trade Unions Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:33:29 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/request-for-adverts.htm LATEST: We are pleased to announce that in September we will be relaunching Socialist Appeal as a 16 page full-colour tabloid. More details will be posted here as we get them so... Publications - Publications Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:09:56 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/iran-picket-june.htm A number of IWSN activists took part in the picket called initially by the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation), EI (Education International), ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel,... International - International Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:34:53 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/usa-unemployment.htm Over the last few decades - first under the Tories then under New Labour - we have seen the official unemployment figures massaged and fiddled time and time again in order to... Economy - Economy Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:44:16 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/jorge-martin-on-iran.htm Jorge Martin speaking in London in June at a meeting of British Marxists on the unfolding events in Iran Audio/Video - Audio short version Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:46:19 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/fightback-ireland.htm We are delighted to announce that a new website operated by the International Marxist Tendency in Ireland has now been established. The new site will carries a Marxist analysis of events within the whole... Ireland - Ireland Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:16:51 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/an-bord-snip-nua.htm Ireland: What with stalled talks over the national wage agreement and the Pension Levy, an emergency budget worthy of Dracula and a huge hole in the government’s finances also, there’s no surprise... Ireland - Ireland Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:10:01 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/total-victory-at-lindsey.htm On Monday  29th June the workers at Lindsey agreed to return to work with heads held high.It was a magnificent result and all those involved deserve a great round of applause. Trade Unions - Trade Unions Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:37:27 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/honduras-coup-2009.htm The coup in Honduras highlights once again that even mild reforms within the capitalist system cannot be tolerated by the local oligarchies in Latin America and their imperialist masters. But Venezuela teaches that... International - International Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:25:44 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/olombia-uk-links.htm As workers and trade unionists continue to be attacked by the Colombian state, we look at the involvement of Britain in assisting in this murderous process. International - International Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:14:42 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/iran-terror-2009.htm Some on the left are questioning whether the movement in Iran is a progressive one. They have been taken in by propaganda that states that the movement is all an “imperialist plot” to... International - International Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:26:02 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/belfast-racist-attacks.htm We share the revulsion of the hundreds of Belfast workers who demonstrated on the Lisburn Road against these racist attacks in Belgravia Avenue and Wellesley Avenue over the last week. We applaud the... Ireland - Ireland Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:44:47 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/lonagannnet-workers-return.htm REPORT: Striking construction workers at Scottish Power's Longannet Power Sation in Fife decided at a mass meeting this morning to restart work to-day. Trade Unions - Trade Unions Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:33:39 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/lindsey-strikers-latest.htm FRIDAY LATEST:If the reports being posted in the national press websites are to be believed, it looks like the striking Lindsey workers have won a great victory. Trade Unions - Trade Unions Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:31:05 +0100 http://www.socialist.net/housing-crisis.htm The economic crash following the so-called ‘credit crunch’ has caused property prices to nose dive since their peak in 2007. This has led to property developers and house builders to “retard” their construction... Britain - Britain Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:53:43 +0100