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By www.handsoffvenezuela.org
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
 The University of Bristol hosted its second Latin American Forum organised by a coalition of solidarity campaigns. Around 120-150 people filled the lecture rooms to debate and discuss the revolutionary social movements that are currently sweeping across Latin America. Hands Off Venezuela was represented by Jorge Martin.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
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 As a new addition to the Socialist Appeal website we would like to introduce the outspoken Elmer Whitefeather column, which takes a light-hearted look at working-class life.
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By Ted Grant
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
 Towards the end of the Second World War the coalition government in Britain was pushing through the Town and Country Planning Bill in such a way that it guaranteed the property rights of the big landowners. In this article Ted Grant called on Labour to break the coalition and nationalise the land without compensation to the big landowners!
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By the Irish Republican Socialist Party
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
 The power-sharing executive involving Sinn Fein, the DUP and others, that should emerge from last week's elections to Stormont, will be called on to apply the anti-working class policies dictated from London. Socialist Republicans now face the task of offering a class alternative.
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By Mick Brooks
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
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 This is an updated version of an educational piece on Marxist economics that was produced in October 1974. It is an introduction to what often seems a complicated subject. It includes recommendations for further reading and should be read by all those interested in deepening their knowledge about Marxism.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 12 March 2007 |
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Here we publish a letter sent by a Socialist Appeal reader about the decision of Michael Meacher MP to run for the Labour Party leadership.
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By Terry Crow
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Friday, 09 March 2007 |
 Airbus workers throughout Europe
have reacted with anger to the announcement on 28 February of the axing of
10,000 jobs at its plants in Europe as part of
its "Power 8" plan. Following the announcement, Airbus workers responded with
walk-outs and stoppages in France and Germany.
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By Kenny McGuigan
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Thursday, 08 March 2007 |
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RMT signal workers in Scotland have been forced by intransigent Network Rail bosses to take strike action after management callously continued their
refusal to implement new working time arrangements agreed last July!
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By Daniel Morley
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 |
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Alan Woods’ stirring speech and coherent argument at a
meeting of about 150 people at the UEA massively boosted the interest of
students and youth in the Venezuelan Revolution, thus proving the huge
potential in this 21st century revolution for invigorating and giving hope to
the workers and youth of the world.
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By Matt Wells
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Tuesday, 06 March 2007 |
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The Public
Services Not Private Profit Campaign was launched last year by a number of
trade unions and John McDonnell MP as a response to the inability or perhaps
lack of will from the TUC to provide a robust response to New Labour's slash
and burn approach to public services.
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By Terry McPartlan
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Thursday, 01 March 2007 |
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The John McDonnell world tour of the North East takes place
on March the 17th, taking in venues in Newcastle, Sunderland and
Stockton, three areas that were devastated by the Tories in the 1980's and
where today workers and their families are still waiting for New Labour to
deliver.
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By Rob Sewell
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Tuesday, 27 February 2007 |
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As Blair prepares to hand over the leadership of the Labour
Party to Brown, opinion polls reveal how low support for Labour has fallen. We
face the real prospect of a return of the Tories at the next general election.
Blairism has failed abysmally and it is time to change course and adopt genuine
socialist policies.
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By Steve Jones
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Thursday, 22 February 2007 |
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Michael Meacher has announced that he is to put his name forward as a potential candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party when Blair steps down. It is another attempt to derail the growing groundswell of support for John McDonnell, whose growing popularity is seriously worrying the Blair/Brownites.
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By Kenny McGuigan
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
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After months of industrial action by COMMUNITY trade union members at the McKinnon Mills clothing factory at Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, workers have won their demand for a 2.5% pay increase.
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Last night an unholy alliance of Blair's New Labour and the Tories won a commons vote for the renewal of the Trident nuclear missile defense system. The rebellion of Labour backbenchers over the issue represents a serious political tremor however.
