Socialist Appeal 162 out now!

162-coversmall.jpg A new issue of Socialist Appeal is out. Read more about it or get your copy now before it is too late.
 

Economy in crisis

Profits, crisis and credit crunch: can 1929 happen again?

Caledonia calling... Caledonia calling... Direct from the desk of Elmer Whitefeather Print E-mail
By Elmer Whitefeather   
Monday, 16 April 2007

thumb_elmerOur regular columnist Elmer Whitefeather is back  and keeping us up-to-date with the broad, and the particular, political developments north of the border.

 
Britain's first socialist Prime Minister? Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Monday, 16 April 2007
Video Interview with John McDonnell MP, who talks about his campaign for the leadership of the Labour Party and how his policies differ from that of New Labour. John talks about Socialism of the 21st century, and the role of the Labour Party in workers' struggle.
 
Quality, inequality and opportunity Print E-mail
By Michael Roberts   
Friday, 13 April 2007
thumb_stock_marketMichael Roberts takes a look at the role played by the US Federal Reserve Bank and what its chairman, Ben Bernanke, has had to say about the inequality of income in capitalist society.
 
The Passion of the Christ - Directed by Mel Gibson Print E-mail
By Rob Sewell   
Thursday, 12 April 2007
thumb_passion_of_the_christOver the Easter period Channel 4 showed the film 'The Passion of the Christ' documenting the life of Jesus Christ. Here we re-publish the original review and critique of the film by Rob Sewell, which showed the revolutionary origins of Christianity.
 
Private equity - a new capitalist mutation Print E-mail
By Mick Brooks   
Wednesday, 04 April 2007
thumb_corpcrimeBehind the term "private equity" hides good old "asset stripping". It is not about making things. It's about making money from money, buying up companies, stripping them and selling them off with a mountain of debt. Or to use a simpler term, it's capitalism.
 
Marxist International Review Volume 2 Issue 1 on sale! Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Tuesday, 03 April 2007
thumb_dscn0949Marxist International Review - Special Edition on China, now available!
 
The Falklands Crisis - A socialist answer Print E-mail
By Ted Grant in 1982   
Tuesday, 03 April 2007

thumb_thatcher225 years ago Thatcher exploited the crisis of the Falkland Islands to the Tory government's advantage. What position should the Marxists have taken? Here we provide an analysis by Ted Grant published at the time that answered this question. 

 
Victory: sacked Amicus worker wins tribunal Print E-mail
By our industrial correspondent   
Monday, 02 April 2007
Sacked Amicus Press Officer and deposed former editor of the Amicus Unity Gazette, Des Heemskerk, has won his tribunal case for unfair dismissal from his job in the union.
 
Blairism responsible for growth of Nationalism Print E-mail
By Tam Burke. Edinburgh South West Labour Party and John4Leader Campaign (personal capacity)   
Monday, 02 April 2007
The mood for change in Scotland, the discontent Scottish people have for Westminster and Holyrood, is finding its expression in the rise in support for the Scottish Nationalist Party. However, the supplantation of bourgeois rule from London by a capitalist class closer to home will do nothing to change the fundamental conditions of ordinary working people.
 
Grampian Country Food Group Provoke Strike Print E-mail
By Kenny McGuigan   
Friday, 30 March 2007

After the continual undermining of working conditions, and now a break-down in employer-union negotiations, the 2,000 workforce of GCFG will take strike action next Thursday, 5th April.thumb_cgfg

 
London Underground Safety: Your lives at risk Print E-mail
By a RMT activist   
Friday, 30 March 2007
thumb_kings_cross_fireThe RMT is campaigning hard to defend Section 12 of the fire precautions act that was recommended following the Kings Cross Fire of 1985. The government is determined to water down the legislation, which the efforts by RMT-sponsored MP's has thus far prevented. 
 
How to sack hundreds of workers and avoid your responsibilities in Britain today Print E-mail
By Kenny McGuigan   
Friday, 30 March 2007
Earlier this year workers at SIMCLAR of Irving, Ayrshire, were told that the electronics plant would be closed with immediate effect. Despite orders being on the books the bosses showed no shame in dismissing the entire workforce. Members of the COMMUNITY trade union responded with a campaign to save their jobs, including occupation of the plant.
 
Socialist Appeal issue 151 out now! Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Thursday, 29 March 2007

thumb_socialist_appeal_aprilIssue 151 of Socialist Appeal is out now!             

 
Seizure of British sailors by Iran – who is provoking who? Print E-mail
By Yossi Schwartz   
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
thumb_sailors_captured_imageThe real question to be asked is not whether the British sailors were in Iranian or Iraqi waters. The real question is who benefits from this "provocation". The incident would seem to fit in well with the plans that imperialism has to strike at Iran's nuclear development plan.
 
Egyptian workers strike against reaction Print E-mail
By Ian Aylett   
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
thumb_egyptA strike wave erupted in Egypt in the early months of this year, a nation whose government is a key US ally in the middle eastern region.
 
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miners-strikesmalll.jpgThe Miners strike 1984-5

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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