Jorge Martin talks at a meeting of the Socialist
Appeal at the end of June on the recent Nationalisations that have been
taking place in Venezuela since the begining of the year. Also talked
about is the general acceleration of the revolutionary process since
the elections in December of last year, which saw Hugo Chavez returned
to government with 63% of the vote. As Chavez said the vote was not for
Chavez or the government, but for Socialism. This file may take a while to download.
Members of Prospect union in the Science Museum group have been on strike over wages, with minimum hourly rates falling significantly below the real living wage whilst directors’ salaries have grown substantially. Socialist Appeal pledges solidarity!
Are the terms ‘socialism’ and ‘communism’ interchangeable? Thomas Soud from the Warwick Marxists sets out to answer this question.
Running simultaneously and arguably as crucial as the election for
Unite’s General Secretary itself is the BA dispute and a proposal to
‘settle’ it. 12 months ago British Airways cabin crew on an 80% turn
out, voted by a brilliant 92% to take strike action to defend their hard
won terms and conditions. The dispute started as a result of the
imposition and erosion of ‘Terms and Conditions’ but has been diverted
by British Airways and is now being defined by staff travel and the
disciplinary process. But with scores of cabin crew suspended and a
dozen sacked, the proposed ‘deal’ is already unravelling.