Fighting the cuts means fighting for socialism
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in
Manchester, around 70 people gathered in the Friends’ Meeting House to debate
how best to fight the onslaught of cuts this Tory government is about to
unleash.
Made In Dagenham: History Revised
The release of the movie “Made in Dagenham” was eagerly
anticipated by many trade unionists only to disappoint. The light hearted
interpretation of this major piece of working class history has the same style
and approach as adopted for the “Billy Elliott” interpretation of the Miners Strike
or “The Full Monty” to the hardships of unemployment under Thatcher.
1917: Lessons from the past
We conclude our series of articles on the Russian revolution of 1917
with an item first published online in 2007 to mark the 90th anniversary
itself. It is being reproduced here and in the current issue of
Socialist Appeal in a revised form.
The October Days (Part Two)
As part of our build up to the 93rd anniversary of the Russian
Revolution of Nov 1917, we reproduce the second of two extracts from
Lenin’s widow Krupskaya’s book ‘Reminiscences of Lenin." Dealing wth the
October events and the build up to the revolution itself, this account
provides a marvelous picture of the unfolding struggle.
Coalition’s “Winter Of Discontent”
Whenever any serious strike action took place during the
tenure of the last Labour government, not least if it involved public sector
workers, the bosses’ press and the TV news channels would start going on about
a new “winter of discontent.” Almost invariably the same 1978/9 footage of
rubbish pilling up in Leicester Square would be shown and assorted Tory MPs
would rattle on about how Labour couldn’t control the unions and how different
things would be if they were in power.
Well they are in power now and what are we seeing?
The October Days (Part One)
As part of our build up to the 93rd anniversary of the Russian
Revolution of Nov 1917, we reproduce the first of two extracts from Lenin’s widow Krupskaya’s book
‘Reminiscences of Lenin." Dealing wth the October events and the build
up to the revolution itself, this account provides a marvelous picture
of the unfolding struggle.
1917: From July to October
As part of the build-up to the 93rd anniversary of the Russian
Revolution of November 1917, we reproduce here chapter 26 of Leon
Trotsky’s My Life, headed From July to October.
Where is the Venezuelan revolution going?
A contribution to the discussion on property and the tasks of the revolution.
The September elections in Venezuela have posed some
serious questions before the Bolivarian Revolution. The opposition has
organized a noisy campaign in the media to present themselves as
"winners", despite the fact that they lost. What is the purpose of this
campaign?
Fighting The Cuts
As the scale of the cuts start to sink in, we look at the background to this crisis and ask – why has this happened?
Notes of a traveller in France: “here we go, here we go”
Comrades on holiday in France get a taste of the protests taking place there!
Support NUJ members fighting for fair pensions at BBC
NUJ members at the BBC have voted by 70% to reject the latest offer
from the management on pension changes and are intending to take action
by striking for 48 hours on 5 and 6 November and again on 15 and 16
November with further dates to be named in the coming days. Here is the
text of an appeal now being circulated.
Here we go…
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE JERRY HICKS CAMPAIGN. Up and down the country, hundreds of workplaces
have already been leafleted, but the next two weeks are
crucial even though we will be doing stuff until the final
day of balloting [19th November] Unite
member or not, everyone will be affected by the result and
who becomes the General Secretary of Unite.