The Hands Off Venezuela campaign has sought
to take the message of the Venezuelan Revolution to as many trade
unionists as possible. As a result of our work, resolutions supporting
the revolution have been passed at a large number of trade union
national conferences, the bulk of which have affiliated to
the national campaign. All in all, this means that trade unions numbering nearly six million members have shown support in one form or other for HOV.

Rob Walsh reviews Iran on the Brink, a book by Andreas Malm and Shora Esmailian, that tells the story of the struggles that have shaped Iran since 1906. It
shows how workers’ independent organisations have formed an important
component of every struggle for democracy, including the revolution that overthrew the
dictatorship of the Shah in 1979.

The world’s stock markets having been hitting all-time
highs in their prices, especially the markets of India and China,
where there seems no end to the upward spiral of the burgeoning capitalists
economies and their accompanying stock markets. Only the US economy is slowing as its
housing market collapses. 

Gordon Brown and senior Labour Party officials
have greeted the defection to Labour’s parliamentary ranks of Tory MP Quentin
Davies with joy. But what sort of person are they actually getting?

Issue 154 of Socialist Appeal now out!

The fight is on. Postal workers organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are staging a series of national strikes
following a 77% yes vote to defend jobs and conditions – in fact the very service
itself. Post office management have spent the last few years running the post
service down and down and then complaining about lost income!

This audio file, recorded on the 11th June at the Socialist Appeal London aggregate, hears Rob Lyon talk on the National Question in relation to the current and historical situation in Quebec.