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8 May 2012
Bristol Central Socialist Party: Will there be War with Iran?
US and Israeli politicians are showing increasing signs that Iran may be the next object of Western imperial interests in the Middle East, writes For more info, call/text 07814 377198 or email johnyeandle@live.co.uk.
18 April 2012
Trop cher: Britain's privatised, publicly subsidised, overcrowded rail network is also the most expensive in Europe...
7 March 2012
Revolution through Arab eyes - the Factory
Film review: David Johnson reviews a new documentary showing the history of struggle in the Middle East's largest factory...
29 February 2012
Iran: Tensions with the US and its allies are ratcheted-up
Workers and poor must rely on their own strength to resist: War clouds are gathering, once again, over the Middle East. Heightening tensions over the last months between the US and its allies and Iran have seen covert assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists,...
15 February 2012
Syria: Anti-regime protesters facing ferocious repression
No trust in Arab League and imperialist powers: The Syrian regime has dramatically stepped up its savage military onslaught on civilians in Homs and other areas, in the worst upsurge of bloody repression since the start of the uprising last March, writes Judy Beishon.
Pensions: pay more, work longer, get less
13 February 2012
Striking back in austerity Britain: Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary writes
8 February 2012
Mubarak's state machine blamed for football massacre
Seventy-four football fans were killed and hundreds injured after the final whistle blew at the al-Masry versus al-Ahly match in Port Said on 1 February, writes David Johnson
25 January 2012
Egypt - A year of revolution and counter-revolution
The 2011 revolutionary movements of young people, workers and the most downtrodden swept through north Africa and the Middle East and inspired social movements across the world...
11 January 2012
Feast like an MP: When was the last time you had seared breast of pigeon with aubergine purée and spiced couscous? How about risotto of pea and broad bean with Golden Cross goat's cheese? Well that's the kind of cuisine...
30 November 2011
Egypt: Millions cast their votes in the first post-Mubarak elections
But military-controlled elections do not signal transition to democracy: Long queues formed at many polling stations, on 28 November, in Cairo and other Egyptian cities and towns, writes Niall Mulholland.
23 November 2011
Syria: Eight months of mass protests met with bloody brutality
United working class-led movement needed for real regime change: Grenade attacks by Syrian army defectors on the ruling Baath party headquarters in Damascus and a few days earlier on an air force intelligence centre mark a new phase in the Syrian uprising
Paul Murphey MEP press conference on his release from Israeli prison
16 November 2011
Irish Socialist MEP Paul Murphy speaks out: solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza will continue
On 4 November Socialist Party Ireland MEP Paul Murphy along with other peace activists from the Gaza Freedom Waves Flotilla were arrested in international waters and held in Israeli prisons for one week...
9 November 2011
Israel: General strike over job security
A general strike took place in Israel on Monday 7 November, with workers in the civil service, public transport, universities, airports, sea ports and local authorities among those striking
9 November 2011
Socialist MEP among Gaza peace activists kidnapped by IDF
Solidarity action urgently needed: On 4 November, Socialist Party Ireland MEP, Paul Murphy, was detained by the Israeli Defence Forces, along with other activists from the Freedom Waves Flotilla
9 November 2011
Bonus bonanza: RBS, the bank that became synonymous with greedy speculative bankers (Fred 'the shred' Goodwin), huge corporate losses and publicly funded bailouts, has once again rewarded its top investment bankers with a £500 million pay and bonus pot...
7 November 2011
Paul Murphy MEP detained in Israeli prison
Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy, from Dublin in Ireland, was part of the aid flotilla to Gaza that was stormed by Israeli troops on Friday
19 October 2011
Higher bills: With winter approaching, UK households face paying their highest ever bills after the 'big six' energy companies jacked up their gas and electricity prices...
21 September 2011
Youth protest movement grows in Israel
On Saturday 3 September 430,000 Israeli youth and workers marched through the major cities of Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, as part of an ongoing youth-led protest and 'tent city' movement, writes William Andrews.
14 September 2011
Book review: Matt Dobson reviews Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force, by Noam Chomsky...
Demonstration against the murder by Israeli commandos of civilian aid volunteers on aboard a ship attempting to bring aid to Gaza , photo Senan
14 September 2011
How can the national rights of Palestinians be achieved?
UN vote on 'statehood': Palestinian representatives intend to ask the United Nations this month to recognise Palestine as a state in the Gaza strip and West Bank, writes Judy Beishon.
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