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Economy in crisis
Profits, crisis and credit crunch: can 1929 happen again?
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By Paul Gillon, Coatbridge
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007 |
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After a 2 month strike by Glasgow City Council
Day Care workers, the City's grave diggers are the latest group of workers who
have been forced to strike following the Council's refusal to have meaningful
talks with the GMB union who represent the workers.
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By Kenny McGuigan, Glagow
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 |
The Electoral Commission
has launched an investigation into an illegal donation to Wendy Alexander MSP's
campaign to take over from Jack McConnell as Labour leader in the Scottish
Parliament. The crisis
unfolded when the Sunday Herald learned that every donation to the Wendy
campaign was under £1,000. Many were for £950. Under the Elections Act 2000,
all donations of £1,000 or more must be declared to the Electoral
Commission.
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By Mick Brooks
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 |
 The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle. That is all written history. For the majority of human history man did not live in a class society. But with the development of technique came the production of a surplus of wealth over and above the means of subsistence. This produced a flourish of art, science and philosophy as part of the population was freed for the first time from the toil of everyday labour. Mick Brooks talks on the application of Marxist philosophy to the development of society.
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By Karl Kautsky
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Monday, 17 December 2007 |
 In the build up to Christmas, Socialist Appeal is contributing to the festive spirit by issuing some articles by Marxists on the origins and significance of Christianity, which in its early period was a revolutionary movement of the oppressed. This article deals with the person of Christ and the historical evidence for his existence, which is taken from the first chapter of the 'Foundations of Christianity' by Karl Kautsky.
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By Paul Gillon, Coatbridge
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Monday, 17 December 2007 |
 The two month strike by staff across Glasgow day care centres
ended on December 6th with a slim majority vote of 11 in favour of a return to
work. Unison leaders are being heavily criticised by the strikers, many
of whom feel they were 'bounced' into accepting the union's advice to call off
the action.
At the same time they claim union leaders did not tell them of developments.
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By Steve Kelly, UNITE, AMICUS Construction
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Friday, 14 December 2007 |
 Seventy-seven workers were killed in the year 2006-7, with thousands more injured, some seriously. The ragged trousered philanthropist is alive and well in 2007. If you are a building worker and have not read this book by Robert Tressell, then you must. You will find the story is re-lived on many of today's UK building sites.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Friday, 14 December 2007 |
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Three electricians in Manchester were picked out, victimised and sacked
by the use of the blacklist on May 12th 2006 from the eight year
project at Bovis' Manchester Royal Infirmary site. They are still
bravely fighting on to try to get their jobs back and for the right to
work. They are also fighting for what should be a basic human right to
join a trade union.
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By John McDonnell MP
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
 John McDonnell reports on a rally held on Tuesday night in the House of Commons for Unison members who are being victimised for campaigning against privatisation.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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On Wednesday 21st November we heard the news that Michael Gavan, Chair
of Newham Unison, had been sacked by the Council.
The grounds for Michael's dismissal are as bizarre as those for Karen
Reissmann. Michael was told he was
representing the views of Unison members, not those of the Council. But
that is what he was elected as Chair of the Branch to do!
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
 On Friday, December 7th, Al Jazeera's programme The Listening Post
analysed the world's media biased coverage of the constitutional reform
referendum. Amongst those interviewed was Alan Woods, founder of Hands
Off Venezuela.
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By Harry Whittaker
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Tuesday, 11 December 2007 |
Over 150 years ago Ireland lost a staggering 13% of
its population to death by disease and starvation. How could it be that Britain, which
was still the richest and most powerful country in the world, could not prevent
this horrific death toll? The answer is simple ‑ the British ruling-classes did
not want to minimize the death toll, on the contrary, they welcomed it!
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By Rob Sewell
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
 At the University of East Anglia recently Rob Sewell of the Socialist Appeal gave a talk on the Miners strike in Britain 1984-5. The strike was a culmination of the inevitable build up of tension between the ruling and working class. In the post-war period the decline of British imperialism had occured. The Tories of the 1980s were a rabid reaction to that phenomenon, determined to destroy the organised labour movement by taking on its most militant section, the National Union of Miners.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
 For the past sixty years, Remploy has offered skilled work to
disabled workers who otherwise would, frankly, have been dumped in a
corner and forgotten about by capitalist employers. Now the
government plans to close half the 83 factories that offer their unique
contribution from Aberdare to York. Remploy currently employs about
5,000 in its factories.
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By Rachel Heemskerk, Chair of PCS DWP East of England personal capacity
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
 Management in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are imposing a
three year pay deal on staff in their November pay-cheque. This is
because they believe that staff want money for Christmas, which is
true, but we must not be fooled into thinking short-term. The pay deal
is being hailed as a great offer by management who, in an unprecedented
move, have been putting pressure on local managers to promote the deal
and sell it to staff.
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By Josef Falkinger in Vienna
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
The present Pope, Ratzinger or Benedict XVI as he has chosen to
call himself, far from being a "transitional" Pope is not only following in the
footsteps of John Paul II, he is putting his foot on the accelerator of
Christian fundamentalism. While talking of reconciliation he promotes conflict,
backs reactionary politicians of the Bush type and condemns anyone who wants to
really change the material conditions of millions of poor and working class
people.
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