Last year a powerful movement erupted in
Iran that shook the hated
Islamic fundamentalist regime to its very foundations. All the
conditions were present for a successful revolutionary overthrow of the
regime. What was lacking, however, was the active participation of the
working class as an organised force and, most importantly, a conscious,
revolutionary leadership of the movement.

IRELAND: The
outcome of the ballots  among the ICTU affiliated unions over the Croke
Park deal will be finally clear by next week when the SIPTU and IMPACT
ballot results are counted. A huge amount of pro deal propaganda has
been brought to bear on the membership of the public sector unions,
backed up by the trade union leadership who have been desperate to
present the deal as the saviour of the Irish working class.  

Alan Docherty, a long standing Unison activist has been banned from holding office for two years by union officials in what is a clear attack on democracy in the union.

Next week’s conference of the public sector union Unison will be the most important for decades given the severity of the cuts being promised by the new government. Many of Unison’s members are low paid or part time and will be hit hard by a government keen to cut costs to bail out the bosses crisis.

Unison Conference Meeting:

"Which way forward for Unison?"

Thurs 17th June 5.30pm start

Royal Exeter Hotel, Bournemouth.