16 May 2012

Solidarity with Greek workers

Voters - not only in Greece but also in the recent French presidential elections, the German regional elections, in Italy's local elections and indeed in the UK - have punished the ruling parties for making the working and middle classes pay for the failure of the capitalist profit system More...

16 May 2012

The phone-hacking scandal: profits, power and corruption

The Leveson inquiry into phone hacking has gone to the heart of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, exposing its rotten and corrupt workings. Peter Taaffe reviews Dial M for Murdoch, a book detailing the scandal and its consequences.
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16 May 2012

Why prison officers joined the protests

Joe Simpson

Interview: On 10 May, members of the POA prison workers' union took part in protest meetings outside prisons against pension cuts. POA assistant general secretary Joe Simpson speaks about the action. More...

16/5/12 NHS

It's our NHS - Let's fight for it!  Austerity is hitting the NHS. 26,000 nursing posts have already gone, with a further 34,000 to be sacrificed - balancing budgets at the expense of patient care More...

16/5/12 Greenwich

Victory for Greenwich Unite library campaign  Lessons in the fight against privatisation of public services: Two days of strike action led to negotiations on pay and conditions More...

11/5/12 Tesco

Tesco imposes two year increase in pension age  As public sector workers fight to defend their pensions by inspiringly taking strike action, one large private sector employer has managed to waive through pension changes without so much as a whimper from the shopworkers' union Usdaw More...

11/5/12 Police

Angry police demonstration against cuts and privatisation  On the same day as the public sector workers’ pensions strike, the Police Federation demonstrated in London against attacks to the police service More...

9/5/12 Socialist Students

Good result for Socialist Students candidates in NUS elections  This year's NUS National Executive Committee elections saw Socialist Students candidates receive high votes More...

9/5/12 National Shop Stewards Network

Come to the NSSN conference!  We all need to strike together again There are many reasons to come to the NSSN conference this year. Whether it's to find out how the Sparks beat the construction bosses' Besna contract or just to meet other activists More...