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IRELAND: Draft Bill is a threat to the Trade Union Movement in the North

IRELAND: Draft Bill is a threat to the Trade Union Movement in the North

BELFAST: The
Draft Public Assemblies, Parades and Protests Bill which is ostensibly
designed to create a  framework for resolving the question of
controversial parades and demonstrations, especially during the
marching season is generating opposition from workers in the North
because of its implications for Trade union and political
demonstrations organised by the Trade Union Movement and protests
against the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as community protests
such as anti racist demonstrations like those that took place last year
on the Lisburn Road after the racist attacks in  Belgravia Avenue and Wellesley Avenue.

Inequality: End Of Term Report

Inequality: End Of Term Report

In 1999, the government set a target of eradicating child poverty
within a generation and of halving child poverty by 2010. Progress has
been made and (according to a government report ‘Ending child poverty:
everybody’s business’) 600,000 children have been taken out of relative
poverty, and absolute poverty has fallen by 1.8 million to less than
half the 1998-99 level. But many children still live in poverty and
this is unacceptable. (Photo – flckr)

After the election: the crisis and the tasks of the labour movement

After the election: the crisis and the tasks of the labour movement

Who has won the election? Everybody has lost. The ruling class was
quite clear what it wanted and needed. There is a crisis. They need to
unload the burden of the crisis on to the backs of the working class.
To achieve that they needed a strong majority Conservative government
ready and willing to put the boot in to jobs and public services. The
election hasn’t delivered it. Here is the editorial from the new issue of Socialist Appeal.

May 6th: Election Day!

May 6th: Election Day!

Thursday 6th May. Election Day. After weeks of campaigning the opinion
polls suggest that the result is still too close to call. Of course,
the polls could be wrong as they were in 1970 and more recently in
1992. But one thing is clear – no one is looking forward to whoever
forms the next government with much optimism.

Blair Peach Report: The truth confirmed at last

Blair Peach Report: The truth confirmed at last

Who killed Blair Peach? This is a question
which has been asked many times over the last 31
years, not only by the family and friends of Blair Peach, but the by the
thousands who joined a demonstration to protest against a so-called public
meeting  held by the far right National Front as a provocation in predominantly
Asian Southall, on April 23rd,
during the election campaign of 1979.

HOV National Conference 22 May

HOV National Conference 22 May

Come to the 2010 national conference of Hands Off Venezuela, taking place in London on May 22nd. Hear speakers from Venezeula updating you on what is happening and how you can support the revolution.

 

A Whole New World

A Whole New World

Leaving the home you grew up in, the people you will love forever and
experiences to look upon from afar, being an international student is no
easy task, perhaps, even more so, when you come from a small island..

Greece: a radical turn in the situation is being prepared

Greece: a radical turn in the situation is being prepared

The downgrading of Greece’s credit
ratings by Standard & Poor’s
has sent shockwaves around the world’s financial markets, with stock
exchanges seeing significant falls over the last few days. The fear is
that Greece
could default and drag the rest of the eurozone into a severe crisis,
putting immense pressure on the euro. The problem the bourgeois face is
the Greek working class, which is not taking this lying down.

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