Health & Safety (H&S) issues have come to the fore again at Total’s Shetland Gas Plant (SGB), with hundreds of engineering construction workers refusing to work due to safety concerns. A Unite member report on the latest action by workers at the SGB.
Saturday 26th July saw another wave of protests in Britain against the military aggression of the Israeli state, who have continued their criminal attacks on the innocent people of Gaza. We publish here brief reports of two of the demonstrations in the UK from Socialist Appeal supporters in London and Newcastle.
The death of almost 300 innocent men, women and children on a Malaysian airline flight has shocked the world. Flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was travelling over the conflict-hit region when it disappeared from radar. Alan Woods analyses the hypocrytical response of the media and the politicians to these events
Once again, the whole British Establishment is mired in deep scandal. Whilst the most vulnerable in society are under attack from this millionaire’s government, the Establishment has been able to get away with murder, safe from prying eyes. Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal looks at how, under capitalism, there is one law for the rich and another for working class people.
Michael Gove, the hated Tory MP, was demoted from his position as Minister for Education in a recent Cabinet reshuffle. Teachers across the country celebrated Gove’s removal. But whilst Gove may be gone, the Tory attacks on teachers will continue. The unions need to maintain the fight against the Coalition and their austerity programme.
The magnificent strike of public sector workers on July 10th was a wake-up call to the Labour and trade union movement and especially its leaders. Over one million workers came out on strike to defend services, jobs, pay, pensions, and terms and conditions. Darrall Cozens, President of the Coventry TUC, asks: what next for the trade unions?
Last week, the Israeli army embarked on a ground offensive into Gaza. Whilst hundreds of Palestinians die at the hands of the Israeli state’s criminal attacks, the imperialists continue to offer their support to Israeli’s “proportionate actions to defend itself”. Fred Weston analyses the cynicism and hypocrisy of the Israeli government and of the international bourgeois media and politicians.
On Saturday 19th July, tens of thousands gathered outside 10 Downing Street and marched to the Israeli embassy in London to protest against the Israeli government’s military attacks on Gaza, which escalated last week with a ground invasion by the Israeli military. The mood amongst demonstrators was one of emotion and militancy, reflecting the intense feelings of anger and injustice towards the criminal attacks of the Israeli army.
We publish here a draft document to be discussed at this year’s World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency. Written earlier this month, before the recent recapture of Slovyansk by the Kiev government, the document explains the origins and processes behind the current war and crisis in Ukraine, as well as outlining the tasks of the Marxists internationally.
In this recent talk at the Marxist Philosophy Day School, Socialist Appeal supporter Julian Sharpe discusses the “The Frankfurt School” of philosophy, providing a Marxist analysis and critique of the various ideas associated with the School, including those of Adorno and Marcuse.
The High Court this week ruled that proposed Tory cuts to legal aid are unlawful and discriminatory. The scale of austerity needed to keep capitalism afloat can barely be carried out within the framework of bourgeois democracy. Even bourgeois judges are being forced by the basic principles of bourgeois democracy to oppose the Tories’ attempts to make the poorest pay for the crisis of capitalism.
We publish here the latest updates from the Blacklist Support Group, who have rejected attempts by blacklisting firms to provide compensation and are instead taking the major construction companies to court. Blacklisted workers, supported by the trade unions, are demanding jobs and an end to all blacklisting, and that these firms be punished for their illegal activities.