Archive for December 2002
6 December 2002
THE DECISION by the FBU executive to cancel their next eight-day strike and to enter discussions with ACAS has been seized on by the right-wing press, writes For the full £30k without strings.
6 December 2002
GORDON BROWN, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his budget statement set aside £1 billion to wage war on Iraq. Some analysts put the true cost of war at £5 billion
6 December 2002
Kenya bombing: Terrorism and state terrorism
WHILE THE US and British governments relentlessly prepare to attack Iraq as part of their 'war on terrorism', a suspected al-Qa'ida cell blew up a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, packed with Israeli tourists, writes Dave Carr.
6 December 2002
'Modernisation': Saving Money Not Saving Lives
THE FIREFIGHTERS' union has called off the next planned strike to go into 'exploratory talks' brokered by ACAS
6 December 2002
Stop Funding Blair: Time for a new workers' party
ON PICKET lines all over the country firefighters have been asking why the unions continue to finance New Labour, writes Christine Thomas.
13 December 2002
Blair's War on Public services
Fire, Education, NHS...: TONY BLAIR says that his government faces its "most testing time" yet. He knows he's on a collision course with the trade unions - and with most people in Britain - over his plans to dismantle public
13 December 2002
CHERIE BLAIR has had to admit that the Blairs hired a conman to help them buy two flats in Bristol, cut-price, for their son Euan who was studying at University
13 December 2002
For A Socialist Alternative To War
IRAQ HAS produced a 12,000 page document to the UN denying that it has any weapons of mass destruction
13 December 2002
Firefighters Are Determined To Win
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE had mixed feelings about talks at ACAS. While many welcomed them, there is also scepticism about whether they will actually deliver
13 December 2002
AS THOUSANDS of students marched through central London against fees, Tony Blair announced that he had ruled out the introduction of up-front top-up fees
13 December 2002
Venezuela: The Great Oil Class War
VENEZUELA IS in political crisis as US-backed opponents of populist President Hugo Chavez continued a national strike to remove him, writes Dave Carr.
13 December 2002
Partnerships Bill: End All Discriminatory Laws
FOR YEARS gay rights campaigners have been calling for lesbian and gay couples to be able to register their partnerships, writes Greg Randall.
13 December 2002
MSP MARGO McDonald's controversial Bill to create "Tolerance Zones" for prostitutes in Scotland has divided politicians, councils and women's organisations across Scotland, writes Sinead Daly.
13 December 2002
Building The Forces Of Socialism Internationally
THIS INITIAL article contains examples of the work being done in some of the CWI sections as reported in the session 'Building the CWI'
5 Dec Surrey Socialist Party: The election, a Corbyn government and fighting austerity
5 Dec Swansea Socialist Party: Tories out! Corbyn in with socialist policies
5 Dec London Socialist Party: Tories out! Corbyn can win with socialist policies
5 Dec Wolverhampton Socialist Party: How can we get the Tories out and end austerity?
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