Uncategorised articles from The Communist archives.
The 36-year struggle for justice by the famous Shrewsbury pickets brought about 50 supporters, construction workers and trade unionists outside Westminster to protest against convictions brought against the pickets in 1973 for their role in the historic national construction workers’ strike.
As we know there are indeed 40 shades of green in Ireland, but as the comrades of Labour Youth and the Connolly Youth Movement have explained in their open letter to the Green Party there is another one. The shade of green, that is, which justifies the Green Party’s ongoing support for the Fianna Fáil – which allows the latter to continue to hold a majority in the Dáil.
“The threat of privatisation is the biggest issue that members are talking about in the canteen- bigger than the April pay award – bigger than Man United win in Europe.” It is with this background that Brendon Allen CWU Branch Secretary Worcester told of how postal workers in Worcester are preparing to go the National CWU Demo in Wolverhampton.
On February 21 some 200,000 workers and their families took to the streets in Dublin, to demonstrate their opposition to the government’s decision to impose a pension levy (€ 2 billion) on 300,000 Public sector workers. The huge success of the march however, resulted from various factors such as the deepening economic crisis, rising unemployment, the ditching of the social contract by the employers and the government and savage government budget cuts. But what most concerns the majority of workers is that the situation is likely to worsen.
2009 has seen the largest wave of student activism in the UK for a generation. This activism has taken the form of student occupations in 25 universities (and counting) across the country, including Oxford, Sussex, London School of Economics, Kings College London, Manchester, Cambridge, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow.
As school students, our future is
increasingly placed at risk by economic crisis. Education cannot be where our
government goes to for cutting corners; it must be a priority especially during
these times. It
was with this in mind that on Wednesday 25th February, a modest yet
energetic group from London School Students’ Union joined the national
demonstration against tuition fees in marching through London to protest
against the government’s plans to lift the cap on tuition fees, and to demand free education!
At the end of January 2009 a meeting of Socialist Appeal, the British
section of the International Marxist Tendency, met to discuss the
latest developments in the international situation. Alan Woods
introduced the discussion, highlighting the conflict in Gaza; the
effects of the economic crisis; Obama and the change in administration
in the US; the situation in Iran; the developing crisis in Russia; the
riots in Greece; Latin America, Cuba and the Venezuelan revolution; and
even Iceland, where the economic crisis has led to the fall of the
government.
The second edition of the Marxist International Review is now available. The
present issue deals exclusively with the issue of the Black struggle in
the United States and the question of Self-determination. This issue
came to the fore during the 1960s with the Civil Rights movement and
the emergence of radical Black nationalism.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, 1PM
51 Lime St., London, EC3M 7DQ
In front of Willis Insurance Brokers building
Liverpool St.Tube
As the marvellous but short-lived campaign Justice for Cleaners has ended, it is
now Cleaners for Justice! Cleaners from all over London are beginning to come together again to continue the fight for their rights.
See this fascinating video of hundreds of
Oxford BMW Mini plant workers getting the sack with just one hour’s notice and how they clash with union officials.
Student protest in London
– what next?
At midday on Wednesday 25th February over 1,000 students from over 20
universities, schools, and colleges, along with recent graduates and young
workers, gathered outside the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) to
protest (nominally at least) over the issue of top-up fees for university
tuition.