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Page updated 22nd Dec. 2006
Saudi Arabia
House of Saud rocked by attacks July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
SAUDI ARABIA has been rocked by assassinations, terrorist attacks and gun battles in the streets as Al Qaeda attempts to overthrow the House of Saud, the Saudi Royal family.
Schools, cuts, etc.
Schools Funding crisis - NO cuts in services
EDUCATION IN Northern Ireland is in crisis. The supposed "overspend" of the Belfast and the South Eastern Education and Library Boards has been headline news. Now there are signs that the problem is spreading to the other three Boards.
By Padraig Mulholland From the Nov. 2004 edition of Socialist, the new paper of the SP.
Schools face massive budget cuts
This article is from the Sept. 2004 edition, Socialist Voice
THE SOUTH Eastern and Belfast Education and Library Boards have been rocked by a massive cash shortfall, and have submitted accounts that show deficits.
By Brian Booth
Clonee school scandal Socialist Voice, July 2003
Science
Global Dimming. Published in
Socialist View, Spring 2005. By Daniel Waldron
Einstein year
This year marks not only 50 years since the death of Albert Einstein (18 April, 1955) but, more importantly, 100 years since 1905 – the year
in which he made three major separate contributions to the birth of modern physics. GEOFF JONES, below, describes his scientific impact
while SENAN reviews a recently published collection of the physicist’s political writings.
From Socialism Today, No. 92
Stoking up a disaster
Is there an alternative to global warming?
Pete Dickenson and Roger Shrives
New research has shown that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, as a result of burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil, has risen dramatically in the past two years. This follows several decades of already rapid increases.
The Socialist, Nov. 2004.
Bush's Mars programme by Stephen
Boyd Spring 2004
Socialist View
6 May 2004 Women in science - "She was a great man"
Emilie du Chatelet died after child birth in 1749 at the age of 43. She knew the dangers of a late pregnancy. No anti-biotics to control infection; nothing to control uterine bleeding. Doctors did not bother to wash their hands or instruments. But she stoically accepted her probable fate. She’d always worked long hours and now the candles at her writing desk often burned till dawn as she raced to complete her translation and commentary on Newton’s science.
Read the rest of this article from The Socialist, May 6th 2004.
Obituary: Stephen Jay Gould - Outstanding Contributor to Evolutionary Theory by Pete Mason, a member of the CWI in England (23/05/02)
Scottish Socialist Party, Scotland. Solidarity, etc.
New Socialist Party launched in Scotland in
the Socialist Sept. 2006
Scottish Socialist Party - The battle for socialist ideas
. Published in
Socialist View, Spring 2005.
By Sinead Daly, SSP Executive member
Scotland:Political questioning at SSP conference
The 2005 Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) conference was held last weekend, following Tommy Sheridan's resignation as party leader in November 2004.
Read more of Philip Stott's report. Part 2 of this report
is now available, Feb. 28th
Scotland: Clear socialist alternative needed
The Scottish Socialist Party conference meets this weekend in the aftermath of Tommy Sheridan’s resignation as SSP convener.
Philip Stott, International Socialists, cwi Scotland
As well as electing a new convener the conference will be debating key issues of policy and programme. Members of the Committee for a Workers’ International will be arguing for a change of direction by the SSP leadership to ensure the party moves forward and strengthens its position in 2005. In this feature Philip Stott looks at the challenges facing the SSP
The race for the leadership of the Scottish National Party took a dramatic twist recently when on the day nominations closed former SNP leader Alex Salmond announced he was standing for party convener.
Philip Stott, CWI Scotland, 6th August 2004
Scottish nursery nurses all out over pay
IN WHAT could turn out to be a landmark dispute, 5,000 nursery nurses (nursery classroom assistants) across Scotland have been on all out strike since the beginning of May.
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
More than 400 delegates and visitors attended the 2004 Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) conference on the weekend of 27 and 28 March in Edinburgh. This was the fifth, and largest, SSP conference and the first since the SSP's election success of last May when six SSP members were elected to the Scottish parliament. The conference also welcomed the first affiliated trade union delegates, following the decision of seven branches and the Scottish regional council of the railworkers' union RMT to affiliate to the SSP. The Edinburgh No 2 branch of the Communication Workers' Union has also agreed to affiliate to the party. The SSP's membership currently stands at around 3,000. The International Socialists, the cwi in Scotland, is an active and growing section of the SSP.
International Socialist member Philip Stott reports below about the conference
Nat. Question. Statement from the International Socialists, CWI (Scotland) Sept. 2003
Scottish Elections: Socialist Breakthrough by Stephen Boyd May 2003 Socialist Voice
After the Scottish elections How is socialism to be won? 18th May 2003
Socialist success in Scotland 17th May 2003
Spectacular gains for Scottish Socialist Party May 2003
A short cut to socialism Review of Imagine a book from Alan McCombes and Tommy Sheridan
By Per-Åke Westerlund, a member of the CWI in Sweden. 21st March 2001
Sectarianism
Michael McIlveen murder in
the Socialist, June 2006
End sectarian violence - From the Sept. 2005 edition of
the Socialist
Sectarian violence Socialist Voice, June 2002
Northern Ireland Strikes against sectarianism – reports of a public meeting and analysis of the importance of the demonstration on Jan. 19th 2002.
Report and photo of the Belfast Jan 18th 2002 trade union anti sectarian rally.
Newspaper reports of the 18th Jan. 2002 demonstration
Newspaper reports of the 18th Jan. 2002 demonstration Socialist Party leaflet, 18/1/2 –Mass action will succeed
Call for school students strike Call for school students strike – January 2002
NI: Sectarian developments Socialist Voice, Nov. 2001
Holy Cross conflict: working class must unite against sectarianism 8th Sept. 2001
Stop the slide into conflict - Current developments in Northern Ireland
Socialist Voice, August 2001
Postal Workers fight sectarian threats
Militant Labour, September 1993
Postal workers in Belfast have called for protest strike action to any future paramilitary attacks or threats to them This was agreed at a meeting of the postal workers union, the Union of Communication workers (UCW) on Tuesday 7 September. [This is important as it is one of a series of workrs struggles to push back the bigots. SP]
Read on
Security Services - Spys, etc.
Watching Big Brother - Glenn Simpson reviews 'A Matter of Trust MI5 1945-1972' by Nigel West
Militant Irish Monthly Dec 1983 - Jan. 1984, Issue 117
'A Matter of Trust' is a book that should be studied in depth by labour activists. It deals in some detail with the penetration by MI5 and the KGB of the British labour movement. It is worth examining the deep penetration of MI5 into the Communist Party after the war and their more recent work inside the labour movement.
read on.
Dirty tricks & collusion will the truth come out?
THE PUBLICATION of the Cory Report into the deaths of Pat Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, Billy Wright and Robert Hamill, and of the Dail report into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, has provided further evidence of the nefarious role played by the British State in the conflict in Northern Ireland.
By Ciaran Mulholland
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice..
Stevens' Re
port editorial May 2003 Socialist Voice
COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret War on the Civil Rights Movement
By Felicia Mello
Justice, paper of Socialist Alternative (US-CWI), Issue No. 33 February-March 2003
Film review: Killers on the Loose - Panorama: The Dirty War on BBC Television June 2002
Sept. 11th
Anti-terrorism Bill in US Legislature – Nov. 2001
How to build the Anti-War Movement The Anti-War Movement & the Working Class
Attack on Afghanistan starts: US Bombing Plunges World into Turmoil CWI Statement 9 October 2001
Complications for US imperialism grow. CWI war update
‘The War in Afghanistan – A Decisive Turn’ 16/11/01
War no answer Statement by Councillor Dave Nellist. October 7th 2001
Nigerian CWI: Socialist Democracy Special Bulletin – Oct. 2001
Joe Higgins TD (MP)
speaks out against the war.
[Below is the text of a speech made by Joe Higgins TD (Member of Parliament) to the Irish parliament, the Dáil, on October 3, 2001. Also, a copy of a motion Joe put forward, which is in the ‘Order Paper of the House’ but will not be debated.]
End the cycle of terrorism! No war, racism and scapegoating! Statement of Socialist Alternative on the September 11 terrorist attacks
The Three Fronts of Bush’s War (and how to fight on all of them) A document by the Executive of Socialist Alternative, the US section of the CWI. 15th October 2001.
Stop this War Editorial from the November 2001 edition of Socialist Alternative, the newspaper of the American members of the CWI.
World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks The Political and Economic Aftershocks, A Socialist Analysis
Eyewitness Comments from New York
Sex See also
Gay Politics
Ed: Criminalising youth in
the Socialist, June 2006
Shankill
History: October 1932: When the Falls and the Shankill United By Ciaran Crossey Socialist Voice, Oct. 2002
Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein embraces capitalism - By Councillor Mick Barry From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Gains for New Sinn Fein July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice SINN FEIN made important and significant gains in the local and European elections.
The pragmatism of 'New' Sinn Fein
SINN FEIN'S "radical" image was carefully put to the side when Gerry Adams rose to speak to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce in April.
May 2004 edition, Socialist Voice.
Where is Sinn Féin Going? Socialist View, Summer 2001
Ciarán Mullholland writes about Sinn Féin in the North
Kevin McLoughlin writes about developments in the South
Irish News coverage of the Low Pay Campaign – including attacks on Martin McGuinness, Minister of Education. Dec 2000 - Jan 2001
SIPTU
SIPTU vice president election Vote Des Derwin
Des Derwin is standing for vice-president of SIPTU. Des is standing against the official candidate of the bureaucracy Brendan Hayes, a SIPTU official who supports social partnership, strict compliance with the Industrial Relations Act and the ending of the membership electing the SIPTU NEC.
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Slavery
Slavery and the rise of capitalism
The Making of New World Slavery: from the Baroque to the Modern, 1492-1800.
By Robin Blackburn, Verso, 1997 (Pbk, 1998).
Reviewed by Matt Wrack in Socialism Today No. 33, Nov. 1998
Socialism Today
Articles on Northern Ireland: reprinted from
Socialism Today
Socialist Alternatives?
New Socialist Party launched in Scotland in
the Socialist Sept. 2006
New Labour, new leader, same policies
Editorial: New Workers' Parties in
the Socialist, May 2006
Can George Galloway build an alternative? By Ciaran Mulholland From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
A new left alliance? This article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
AT A MEETING of twenty activists in Dublin in late July it was argued that the local election results show that there is the basis for a left alliance or a new working class party.
N Ireland - building a socialist
alternative Spring 2004 Socialist View by Ciaran Mulholland
Firefighters break link with Labour July 2004 edition,
Socialist VoiceTHE FIRE Brigades Union have broken the link with New Labour.
N Ireland Euro poll July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice leaves just two main parties and...No voice for workers
Socialist Party
Why I joined From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Socialist candidates to run in local election. This article was in the Feb. 2005 edition of
the Socialist.
What we stand for in Sourthern Ireland. This article was in the Feb. 2005 edition of
the Socialist.
What we stand for in Northern Ireland. This article was in the Feb. 2005 edition of
the Socialist.
Socialism Today
OVER 180 attended the Socialist Party's weekend of debates entitled Socialism Today in Dublin on 29 - 30 October. From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP.
Why I Joined May 2003 Socialist Voice
They call this "liberation"? Text of Socialist Party leaflet distributed on April 12th 2003.
2001 Socialist Party Conference report. Socialist Voice, Nov. 2001
What We Stand For Socialist Party election Manifesto 2002
Representatives of the Socialist Party – statements, etc.
What we stand for
Socialist Workers Party
SWP proposals for socialist slate in Assembly elections, with SP reply
The Struggle for Socialism Today: A reply to the politics of the Socialist Workers Party [1999]
Socialist Voice
Archive of our paper.
Socialist Youth
Socialist Youth News - South, carried in
The Socialist, No. 20, October 2006
Socialist Youth News - North, carried in
The Socialist, No. 20, October 2006
Students - Fees + Loans + Rent rises = DEBT! in
the Socialist Sept. 2006
Successful Youth Festival in
the Socialist Sept. 2006
Socialist Youth News in the Socialist, July-August 2006
Socialist Youth – South in
the Socialist, June 2006
Socialist Youth North in
the Socialist, June 2006
Socialist Youth – South in
the Socialist, May 2006
Socialist Youth – North in
the Socialist, May 2006
Socialist Youth – South in
the Socialist, April 2006
Socialist Youth North in
the Socialist, April 2006
Reports on Socialist Youth campaigns - on Kashmir Eathquake appeal, Hoodies, Omagh hospital and students. From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
FIGHTBACK Against low pay and exploitation By Daniel Waldron From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Socialist Youth news - From the Sept. 2005 edition of the Socialist
Socialist Youth news - From the Sept. 2005 edition of
the Socialist
Come to the Socialist Youth Summer Festival 2005 From
the Socialist, August 2005.
By Penny Gray, Socialist Youth Dublin
Socialist Youth reports - Kunle Campaign and ASBOs From
the Socialist, August 2005.
More Socialist Youth reports - Building SY in Strabane, Portadown call centre rip off From
the Socialist, August 2005.
Anti-Social Behavior Orders From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice - Youth repression is not the answer
by Stephen Rigney
Aideen McMullen stands for Queens University Women's Officer in Elections From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Youth From the April 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Socialist Youth - campaigning North and South. This article was in the Feb. 2005 edition of
the Socialist.
Iraq - End the Occupation - Demonstrate on 19 March. This article was in the Feb. 2005 edition of
the Socialist.
Another article on that anti-war demo. This article was in the Feb. 2005 edition of
the Socialist.
get up stand up..
Reports from Socialist Youth, students, anti war, etc. From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP
In the run-up to Christmas, Socialist Youth is launching its annual
"Scrooge of the Year" campaign. From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP
Unionise these SWEATSHOPS
by a County Armagh call centre worker & Socialist Youth member
LIKE MANY people in the country I work in a call centre, which is now the largest type of employment in the country and also the third
most stressful.From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP
Join the struggle for SOCIALISM
ON HIS re-election, Bush declared that: "I've earned new political capital this election and I'm going to spend it." What this means for workers and young people around the world is already clear.
by Paul Murphy From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP
Pay us a living wage! Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
SOCIALIST YOUTH's End Low Pay Campaign has begun taking on low pay bosses across Ireland. Those paying slave wages are shamed weekly at stalls in Cork, Limerick and Dublin. By Paul Murphy
Omagh Picket forces SuperValu to increase wages Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
SOCIALIST YOUTH have continued to put pressure on the SuperValu outlet owned by O'Kane stores in Omagh to raise their wages from the poverty rates they have been paying young people. By Patrick Meehan Omagh Socialist Youth
TAKING ON LOW PAY BOSSES IN OMAGHThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
MEMBERS OF Omagh Socialist Youth picketed the Supervalu store in the centre of the town at the end of August in protest at the poverty wages paid to young members of staff.
By Daniel Waldron, Omagh Socialist Youth
Socialist Youth Text of leaflet handed out at
Gay Pride march Belfast 7th August 2004
Stop the Homophobic Attacks - UNITY IS STRENGTH
SOCIALIST YOUTH take on low pay
bosses July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
Join Socialist Youth July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice - Join the struggle for socialism
'Save our Brandywell' July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
FOLLOWING THE end of the 2003 season Derry City FC were forced to close one side of Brandywell stadium, the Lone Moor Road side of the ground, known as the jungle. As a result the capacity of the Brandywell has been reduced from 8000 to 2400.
Dublin - June 24th - Bush not welcome here!
Thousands march in Irish cities against Iraq occupation. Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Youth. The Socialist Party and Socialist Youth had one of the biggest and liveliest contingents on the demonstration in Dublin, which included many young people from both the North and South of Ireland.
Read more here from this report...
School students say: We need a union
THE OMAGH area has many second level education facilities and thousands of students. These school students need representation to defend their rights.
By Patrick Meehan, Omagh Socialist Youth
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice..
Apprentices strike against fees
Nearly 1,000 apprentices walked out of classes and lectures across the South on 25 February in opposition to the imposition of "service" fees for apprentices completing Phase 4 and 6 of their apprenticeships.
By Matt Waine.
Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.
School students to oppose occupation of Iraq. 5 MARCH will see the first anniversary of the school students walkouts organised by Youth Against the War throughout the North. The day of action saw school student strikes across the world.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Omagh: tarred by the same dunnes brush. Omagh Socialist Youth have accused the local Dunnes Store management of blatant discrimination against young people
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
international day of protest: 20 March 2004 Protest against US occupation
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
UCD Physiotherapy students victory: The dispute arose when third year students due to go on clinical placements in Limerick were told that the hospital would not accept UCD students as the hospital was not been paid by UCD.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Summer Camp, County Monaghan, July 2003 For more details of the programme, etc.
read on.
Campaign to Boycott Coke In co-operation with international Socialsit youth, Socialist youth have joined the campaing to boycott Coke. This campaign arises from the repressin of Columbian trade unionists.
Strangford College Socialist Youth members support workers in struggle.
Youth articles – Youth Against the War, skateboarders, UCD elections, etc. Socialist Voice, Jan. 2003
Socialist Youth Voice – special supplement July 2002
Socialist Youth Voice – Bulletin June 2002
Growth of Socialist Youth Socialist Voice, June 2002
Call for school students strike – Jan 2002
Socialist Youth - general material archive
South Africa
Reports from South Africa, 17th Sept. 2004.
Cosatu calls for two-day stay away after hundreds of thousands take mass action in SA's biggest public sector strike in history
The morning edition of the Johannesburg daily The Star (16th September 2004) reported, "South Africa's biggest strike kicked of with an extraordinary sight this morning - middle aged white teachers toyi-toying outside one of Johannesburg's top schools…57 of 58 teachers at Parktown Girls High Schools, led by principal Anthea Cereseto, waved placards, donned t-shirts and toyi-toyied before heading for Pretoria to join the march."
Nimrod Sejake - an Irish cde remembers him 18th June 2004
The comrades may have already received this news, however, I’ve just received a message that Comrade Nimrod Sejake passed away about a week ago.
Some of the comrades will remember that cde Nimrod was a worker leader in South Africa in the 1950s. He was a leading member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (he was the secretary of the Iron Steel Workers) and of the ANC in Soweto in the 1950s.
Read the rest of this initial obituary note.
Nimrod Sejake - interviewed in 2000 by Swedish cdes. "The ANC has sold out!"
Read the rest of this interview.
Workers' Power and the crisis of leadership
Nimrod writing in
Inqaba ya Basebenzi, the journal of the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress, No. 12 Nov. 1983 - Feb. 1984.
This piece has a number of biographical notes about his experiences in building Marxism in Southern Africa in the 1950's and 1960's. He also deals with broader questions of interest to S African workers and others, such as armed struggle versus mass struggle, etc.
Spain
Spring 2004 - Madrid atrocities.
'The wars are yours, the deaths are ours.' Stephen Boyd Socialist View
Warmonger Aznar pays the price
11 million Spaniards protested against the bombings in Madrid carried out by forces linked to the reactionary Islamic fundamentalists Al Qaeda. In the three days that followed, the mass protests across Spain and the toppling of Jose Maria Aznar's Popular Party government sent shockwaves across the world.
By Mark Hoskins
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
Explosions in Madrid - a political analysis
Tony Saunois, one of the leading members of the CWI has written this analysis, all comrades and activists should read it:
“The wars are yours – the deaths are ours” read one placard on a demonstration in Madrid in the early hours, last Sunday morning. It summed up the mood of millions throughout Spain just days after the horrific bombings in Madrid had left 200 dead and 1,400 injured.
Read more here...
Sport
Big business take over of United From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice - by Michael Murphy
'Save our Brandywell' July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice FOLLOWING THE end of the 2003 season Derry City FC were forced to close one side of Brandywell stadium, the Lone Moor Road side of the ground, known as the jungle. As a result the capacity of the Brandywell has been reduced from 8000 to 2400.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan presidential election - CWI offers socialist alternative From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Stalin-Stalinism
1937: Stalin's Year of Terror
By Vadim Z. Rogovin, Mehring Books, 550pp. Reviewed by Steve Jolly, Australian SP
Yielding a Marxist analysis, a forensic attitude to the facts, and a thorough reading of all the latest archives uncovered in the ex-Soviet Union, Russian historian Vadim Rogovin has added new insight into this crucial period of working class history. He explains how exactly Stalin waged a civil war (culminating in 1937) against all socialist opposition to the bureaucratic degeneration of Soviet society, especially that led by Leon Trotsky, the co-leader with Lenin of the Revolution in 1917.
East Germany 1953: When the workers rose up against Stalinism
FIFTY years ago this month one million East German workers rose up against that country's Stalinist dictatorship. ROGER SHRIVES looks back on how Berlin's working class
attempted a political revolution.
Stalin’s shadow Last month was the 50th anniversary of Stalin’s death in March 1953. MANNY THAIN, Socialism Today, April 2003.
Stop the War Coalition
Stop the War rally announcements Press release: Wednesday 12 March 2003 Stop the War Coalition (NI)
Timor
War and ‘reconstruction’ The lessons of the Balkans, Timor and Afghanistan
Students
Students - Fees + Loans + Rent rises = DEBT! in
the Socialist Sept. 2006
Aideen McMullen stands for Queens University Women's Officer in Elections From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Queens -putting socialism on agenda, by Kathryn Lonergan Queens Socialist Society
Article from the Jan. 2005 edition, the Socialist
School students All work and no play, by Stephen Rigney, Dublin SY
Article from the Jan. 2005 edition, the Socialist
Building in the colleges Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
SOCIALIST YOUTH has made a big impact at the Freshers' Day stalls at all the main colleges across Northern Ireland. By David Semple Socialist Society Queens University.
Why I joined Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
Terry Hughes is a student at Coleraine University of Ulster, and is now organising the Socialist Society in Coleraine
OECD backs college fees! Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
THE OECD has recommended that the government re-introduce fees for students.
UCD Physiotherapy students victory. The dispute arose when third year students due to go on clinical placements in Limerick were told that the hospital would not accept UCD students as the hospital was not been paid by UCD.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Suez -1 956
Suez 1956: When British imperialism hit the rocks in
The Socialist 9 November 2006
Sweden
Sweden: SD's lose big, carried in
The Socialist, No. 20, October 2006
The following article is based on an interview last Autumn made by Marcus Kollbrunner with Arne Johansson. Arne has been the editor of Offensiv, the Swedish Marxist newspaper, from its start in 1973. He was also one of the founding members of the Committee for a Workers’ International in 1974 and is still a member of the CWI’s International Executive Committee. Back in 1973, Offensiv was a monthly paper that mainly attempted to rally together young Marxists within the Swedish Social Democratic Party. Since 1997 it has been the weekly paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (The Socialist Justice Party), the CWI's section in Sweden.
Technology
The Class Politics of Office Technology
Windows on the Workplace: computers, jobs and the organization of office work, By Joan Greenbaum. Published by Monthly Review Press, 2004, £12-00
Reviewed by Michael Fisher in
Socialism Today, June 2005, No. 92
Teebane
Workers Unity in Action! - Workers can end the killings - A compilation of reports and articles dealing with the mass protests organised in Mid-Ulster (on January 21st) and in Belfast on Feb. 4th and 7th against the upsurge in sectarian killings.
There are 9 articles from the Feb. 1992 paper here
Terrorism and repressive laws, etc.
UK – new ‘anti-terror’ laws - From the Sept. 2005 edition of
the Socialist
Editorial - London bombings and the occupation of Iraq From
the Socialist, August 2005.
The Socialist editorial.
Mass Action not Individual terror Militant Irish Monthly, No. 77 Oct. 1979
Peter Hadden, South Belfast branch, Labour and Trade Union Group
The killing of Lord Mountbatten, among others, at Mullaghmore and the deaths of 18 soldiers near Warrenpoint have focussed attention on the campaign of individual terror being waged by the Provisional IRA. In Britain the popular capitalist press has foamed at the moth in its cries for revenge. The Provos, on the other hand, have proclaimed these incidents as proof of their ‘invincibility’ and as a
vindication of their methods of struggle.
Ossetia - Following the horrors of the seige at the school in Ossetia, in Russia, the CWI issued a number of statements.
Russia - The horror of Beslan and Chechnya
The horrific massacre of children, parents and teachers at High School No1 in Beslan, North Ossetia, reached a new level of barbarity. Lynn Walsh writing in The Socialist, 8th Sept. 2004
Socialists condemn terrorism and Russian military repression
THE HOSTAGE takers who seized 1,200 children, parents and teachers in Beslan reached a new level of barbarism.Editorial from The Socialist, 8th Sept. 2004
CWI Statement: 6 September 2004 - Russia - Bloodbath in Beslan
The bloody end to the school hostage crisis in Beslan, North Ossetia, angered, sickened and shocked people around the world. Read more here...
Putin fails to bring 'peace and security' to Chechens or Russians
Niall Mulholland, CWI - Thursday 2nd, 4pm
Spring 2004 - Madrid atrocities.
'The wars are yours, the deaths are ours.' Stephen Boyd Socialist View
Warmonger Aznar pays the price
11 million Spaniards protested against the bombings in Madrid carried out by forces linked to the reactionary Islamic fundamentalists Al Qaeda. In the three days that followed, the mass protests across Spain and the toppling of Jose Maria Aznar's Popular Party government sent shockwaves across the world.
By Mark Hoskins
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
Explosions in Madrid - a political analysis
Tony Saunois, one of the leading members of the CWI has written this analysis, all comrades and activists should read it:
“The wars are yours – the deaths are ours” read one placard on a demonstration in Madrid in the early hours, last Sunday morning. It summed up the mood of millions throughout Spain just days after the horrific bombings in Madrid had left 200 dead and 1,400 injured.
Read more here...
Dublin Monaghan Bombings: The slaughter of 33 innocent people by loyalist bombs in Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 was one of the biggest atrocities of the "Troubles" in Ireland in the last 30 years.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
ASIO TERRORIST BILL ARTICLE - NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON’T… Taken from Australian SP site, August 2003.
Joe Higgins Column: A Government of Cynicism and the Terrorism Bill
Socialist Voice Feb. 2003
Socialists vs. Terrorism By Alan Jones
Justice Issue No 27 November-December 2001
Why Marxism Opposes Terrorism 15th Sept. 2001
Trade union disputes, etc. See other disputes listed here
Industrial News , carried in
The Socialist, No. 20, October 2006
Industrial Reports – Bus drivers, brickies, An Post, etc. in
the Socialist Sept. 2006
Industrial reports – CSA, Moy Park, phone centres, etc. in
the Socialist Sept. 2006
End Social Partnership in
the Socialist, July-August 2006
Fight Aer Lingus sell-off in
the Socialist, July-August 2006
GAMA pamphlet & DVD in
the Socialist, July-August 2006
Industrial News in
the Socialist, July-August 2006
Belfast Port not for sale in
the Socialist, July-August 2006
Kick out NHS profiteers in
the Socialist, July-August 2006
Industrial News in
the Socialist, July-August 2006
Industrial News – South in
the Socialist, June 2006
Stop education cutbacks in
the Socialist, June 2006
Industrial News – North in
the Socialist, June 2006
Hands off Aer Lingus in
the Socialist, May 2006
Workplace News in
the Socialist, May 2006
Life as a telephone slave in
the Socialist, May 2006
Workplace News in
the Socialist, May 2006
Editorial: 'Partnership' in
the Socialist, April 2006
Privatising home helps in
the Socialist, April 2006
Irish economic fantasies in
the Socialist, April 2006
Workplace News in
the Socialist, April 2006
No to Workplace 2010 in
the Socialist, April 2006
Workplace News in
the Socialist, April 2006
Roches Stores staff replaced by cheap labour By Anthony Hetherington From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
For international trade union action to STOP SLAVE LABOUR at Irish Ferries From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Firefighters say: Hands off our pensions By Tony Maguire, N.I. Regional Secretary, FBU From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Doyle Concrete / Steelite "We've crossed the point of no return" From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of the Socialist.
Cork strikers threatened with jail By Councillor Mick Barry From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Classroom assistants will need to strike again by By Padraig Mulholland, NIPSA Branch 517 From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Civil Service Pay Dispute - by Carmel Gates. From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Britain & Ireland Workers move into action - Fight neo-liberalism - defend workers' rights From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of the Socialist.
SAVE OUR POSTAL SERVICE By Stephen Boyd From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of
the Socialist.
Workplace news – South - From the Sept. 2005 edition of
the Socialist
Workplace news – North - From the Sept. 2005 edition of
the Socialist
Gate Gourmet news - From the Sept. 2005 edition of
the Socialist
Mobilise postal workers to defend An Post. Published in
Socialist View, Spring 2005. By Terry Kelleher, CPSU Trustee
Workplace news - Butchers, Nursing home workers, Irish Ferries, An Post. From
the Socialist, August 2005.
News from the civil service, education workers and the Left in the FBU From
the Socialist, August 2005.
Left victory in FBU general secretary election From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Fighting leadership needed for NIPSA From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice by Carmel Gates
NIPSA - Billy Lynn for president From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Waterford Crystal 500 job cuts From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice - Dungarvan to lose "jewel in the crown" -
by Matt Waine
CPSU conference - Management's "partnership" scam exposed From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice - by Terry Kelleher, CPSU Trustee
Partnership" swindle From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice - by Michael O'Brien
Dublin Airport - FF/PDs step up aviation privatisation plan From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
by Councillor Clare Daly
Hunger strike wins concessions From the May 05 edition of
Socialist Voice - 3 men demand that their union, the T&GWU launch an inquiry into its handling of their dispute.
By Peter Hadden
Pensions From the April 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Firefighters, Education cuts and other union news From the April 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
LUAS From the April 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Bank of Ireland From the April 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
An Post From the April 05 edition of
Socialist Voice
Aer Lingus - stalemate continues
WITH THE passing of the deadline for applications for voluntary redundancy in mid October, the situation in Aer Lingus has entered a new phase. The company sought 1325 redundancies, based on a plan for eliminating a number of departments and outsourcing functions in others.
by Councillor Clare Daly From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP.
"A garda ordered us off the roof and we refused"
On 2 November
three carpenters occupied a 200ft tower crane in Dublin for 30 hours in an attempt to save their jobs. Two of the protesters DAN O'CONNELL and DAN O'CONNELL SENIOR spoke to
The SocialistFrom the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP
200,000 civil servants strike to save jobs in first all-civil service strike since 1993
OVER 200,000 civil servants across Britain went on strike on 5 November, against the government's threat to 104,000 jobs and attacks on pensions, pay and sick leave.
This was the
first all-civil service strike since 1993 and a resounding response to these attacks. From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP
Socialist to run for UNISON General Secretary
ROGER BANNISTER, member of our sister organisation, the Socialist Party in England, is running for the position of UNISON general secretary. From the Nov. 2004 edition of
Socialist, the new paper of the SP
Special conference needed to discuss: Lessons of the civil service dispute Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
THE CIVIL Service Pay dispute has ended on a low note. With a failure to win any pay increase for 2003 and the acceptance of a derisory 16 month pay offer for 2004, NIPSA members are now calculating the costs of what losing the dispute has meant for them and asking questions about who is to blame.
By Carol Barnett NIPSA General Council member (personal capacity)
All out on 5 Nov against job cuts Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
CIVIL SERVANTS in Britain are preparing for a one day strike on 5 November against Gordon Brown's plans to cut 100,000 jobs in the service.
An Post: Campaign for state funding Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice By Terry Kelleher
Ministers back down on NJC pay Article in the October 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
THE NATIONAL Joint Council (NJC) pay award for Local Government and related services was settled in July, with a three year pay deal of 8.65%. By Brian Booth
Stop the pillage of Aer LingusThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
AER LINGUS Chief Executive Willie Walsh announces a three-year plan involving the axing of 1,325 jobs from the national airline just weeks after he and his management team stated their wish to buy the company. He should have been immediately removed from his position because of a clear conflict of interest - the fact that he wasn't means he was acting with the knowledge and support of the government. By Councillor Clare Daly and Susan Henry.
Aer Lingus - NO JOB CUTS!This article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
AER LINGUS is being prepared for the auctioneer's hammer. Management and the government are conspiring to sack workers, outsource its core areas and ditch its international alliances to turn it into a low fares airline for privatisation. By Stephen Boyd
Urgent action to save postal serviceThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
AS PART of the new plan to "save" An Post, SDS, the parcel service, is to be closed with the loss of 274 jobs. Staff members learned about these job cuts through the media. The main trade union involved, the CWU, has so far only offered verbal opposition to the closure and complained to the partnership body, the National Implemen-tation Body. However staff at SDS are very angry and feel betrayed by the company.
By Terry Kelleher Trustee CPSU
Brinks Allied - Workers lives on the lineThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
AFTER BEING locked out by management for three weeks, security workers at Brinks Allied went on strike on 23 August.
Civil Service Dispute all out to win! This article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
THE CIVIL Service pay dispute has reached a critical stage. The government is offering no pay increase for 2003 and only a miserable increase for 2004. NIPSA have rejected this and are recommending that members vote for an all out indefinite strike.
By Paul Dale, Civil Service Executive Committee NIPSA (personal capacity)
Support civil service workers This article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
Call a one day public sector strike FIGHT BACK HAS BEGUN
THE BLAIR government is declaring war on public services and public service workers.
Irish Cement: Eleventh hour talks avert strikeThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
OVER 200 workers at Irish Cement's Platin plant have voted to go on strike. The dispute centres on bonus payments and pensions and has been brewing for over a year. Workers at Platin are represented by several unions with the ATGWU being the largest. Despite only the ATGWU serving strike notice on the company, workers from the other unions have agreed to strike as well.
By Mark Hoskins
Dessian strike reportThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
"The union led me straight to the dole queue!"
AFTER EIGHT weeks on strike Dessian workers returned to work at the start of July. The strike began over the sacking of one of the two T&GWU shop stewards by this Belfast firm.
Fire Fighters say.. No backtracking on the dealThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
MORE THAN 5,000 members of the Fire Brigades Union are balloting for industrial action following the failure of the Fire Service employers to honour the agreement that ended the firefighters' strike in June 2003.
By Tony Maguire
Swords rezoning - A recipe for disaster This article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
PLANS TO rezone huge parts of Swords is causing growing anger and concern amongst local people. Ridgewood/ Rivervalley on one side and Castleview/ Applewood on the other, will see an explosion of thousands of new houses being built on an existing green belt. Swords would grow by almost 25% placing further strain on already inadequate local services.
How we unionised FlextronicsThis article is from the Sept. 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
FLEXTRONICS, THE multinational semi-conductor manufacturer, has 101 factories in 32 countries. Socialist Voice spoke to a shop steward on how they unionised the Limerick Flextronics factory.
Support Dessian Strikers July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
WORKERS AT the Dessian Products factory in Apollo Road have been on
strike since 19 May.
Civil Service Pay Prepare for all out
action July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
THE MONTH of June will close with over 500 NIPSA members on selective
strike action.
Firefighters may strike in August July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE decided to ballot for industrial action
Bus workers prepare to fight privatisation
plans July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
As we go to press a strike ballot of National Bus and Rail Union is
underway. There are high hopes among rank and file members that a
serious approach will be taken by the leadership in demonstrating
opposition to the creeping competition and eventual break up of
CIE.
Aer Rianta STOP THE BREAK UP
The recent elections saw workers draw blood and severely wounding the
hated Fianna Fail/PD government. Instead of moving in for the kill, a
golden opportunity to finish off the government's break-up plans for
Aer Rianta was wasted by the trade union leadership.
By Councillor Clare Daly July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
Another rotten partnership deal July 2004 edition,
Socialist Voice
Negotiations for the second half of the current three-year social partnership deal have concluded with another pro-business and pro-government agreement.
Dessian Strike - Belfast, May 2004
Workers at the Dessian factory in Belfast have gone on strike over the sacking of a shop steward. Dessian, which is a locally owned company making PVC windows, employs over 100 at it’s Belfast plant and another 40 at a Glasgow subsidiary.
Read the rest of this report here...
SIPTU betrays Aer Rianta workers
The cancellation of the 18 March transport strike by the SIPTU officers over the heads of the Aer Rianta strike committee was a disgusting betrayal of those workers and a blow to all in that semi-state attempting to organise against the Fianna Fail/PD privatisation juggernaut. By Councillor Clare Daly
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
Civil service pay dispute - escalate to win!
CIVIL SERVANTS are determined to continue their industrial action over pay. Three months into the action the Government are still sticking to their 0% increase which, in reality, represents a pay cut.
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
An Post lockout fails
The recent dispute in An Post which resulted in the suspension of over 600 workers at the Dublin Mail Centre (DMC), ended with a management back down. An Post management and the Government are aiming to resolve the financial crisis in An Post (50 million euro loss) by cutbacks in jobs, wages, working conditions and services. By Terry Kelleher
Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
Civil service dispute - action must be escalated
THREE MONTHS on from the first one-day strike in the current dispute by civil servants, industrial action is still taking place across all departments. The second all out strike day on 6 February was supported by the overwhelming majority of workers. Support for the action in pursuit of a pay increase and anger among civil servants is growing.
By Carmel Gates, Civil Service Executive and NIPSA President
Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.
Lecturers strike over pay
200 Association of University Teachers (AUT) members turned up to a protest rally at the Department of Education offices in Belfast during the second of two one-day strikes at the end of February.
Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.
Shift to Left in NIPSA elections
THE GENERAL Council results in NIPSA represent a considerable step forward for the left in the union. The activist based Time for Change coalition has had nine candidates elected including four Socialist Party members.
Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.
1984 -85 The Miners' Strike
Name the date for strike action!
On 23 February, Dublin Bus workers took limited strike action in their ongoing campaign against privatisation. The strike action was organised by union leaders from 11.00am to 3.00pm in order to cause the minimum amount of disruption. In doing so the leaderships of the NBRU and SIPTU have once again angered and frustrated many bus drivers, who correctly don't see the point in taking industrial action which has little effect on the Government.
John McCamley, Dublin Bus driver.
Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.
An epic Struggle
Twenty years ago this month the great miners' strike began. For a year 140,000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) were engaged in a titanic battle with Margaret Thatcher's Tory government and the full force of the state. Ultimately, they went down to defeat but it was an honourable defeat. It was a dispute that would have been won were it not for the betrayal of the right wing trade union and labour leadership.
By Ciaran Mulholland.
Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.
Postal strike: CWU fails to deliver
An Post staff in several offices around the country have engaged in an effective work to rule over the last weeks. The action has been taken because of continued non-payment of the 3% and the ongoing threat of cutbacks and up to 1,300 job losses.
Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.
Time for change in NIPSA: NIPSA MEMBERS found themselves in a storm of industrial action at the same time the union has carried out an election for the leading body of the union, the General Council.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
CIE: Time for action not talks: At a meeting of 500 Dublin Bus workers on 22 January an angry mood was reflected in the unanimous support given to the idea of strike action to defeat Brennan's plans.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Teachers action bites: INDUSTRIAL ACTION by teachers in four of the main teaching unions (INTO, NAS-UWT, ATL and UTU) in pursuit of a £1065 back payment in salary is starting to bite hard.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
An Post: -3% - no strings attached. FACED WITH threatened non payment of the 3% and up to 1,350 job losses An Post staff are being asked to pay the price for the mismanagement of our postal service resulting in the loss of 77 million euro in the last two years.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Prison officers ballot for strike. The executive of the Prison Officers Association (POA) have decided to ballot its members for industrial action after the breakdown of its talks with the Government at the LRC.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Civil service walkouts striking against low pay. THOUSANDS OF NIPSA members in the Social Security and Child Support Agency walked out on unofficial strike action on 5 February.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Crèche workers win victory
STAFF IN Queens Student Crèches in College Gardens and Rugby Road took on the University Management and won their dispute for better pay
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
No to privatisation Save our public services. CIE, Aer Rianta: for a co-ordinated campaign of strike action.
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Vote Des Derwin: For a democratic fighting SIPTU. Des Derwin launched an attack on a business leader's claims that the minimum wage of 7 euro an hour is too high. "Is Pat Delaney serious?
Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Decentralisation: A cynical vote grabber
FOUR YEARS after hinting about large scale decentralisation in the 1999 budget Charlie McCreevy finally sprung the details on an unsuspecting civil and public service.
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
And Bin Charges rise and they rise...
Cork - 28% refuse charge hike Refuse charges were increased 28% from 277 euro to 355 euro in the Cork City Council area.
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Sacked airport workers take battle to court
THE 23 sacked airport security workers who are demanding compensation for their dismissal are to go to court later this month. A preliminary hearing is due to start on 26 January and is likely to last a week.
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Teachers action starts to bite
Teachers across the North began a campaign of intense industrial action at the beginning of January. Falling short of strike action (a date for which is still to be agreed) teachers are now on a work to rule. By Mary Cahillane,: INTO Executive (personal capacity)
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Civil service pay dispute
ON 11 December NIPSA members across the Northern Ireland Civil Service supported the one day strike in their thousands. Belfast, Derry, Portadown, Ballymena, Strabane, Omagh and Enniskillen all witnessed picket lines and saw the whole service effectively closed down.
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Vote Time For Change
NIPSA, NORTHERN Ireland's largest trade union, is about to enter a critical election. The vote for the union's executive, the General Council, comes on the back of a series of industrial disputes that have tested the metal of the leadership at all levels of the union.
By Padraig Mulholland.
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
CIE - Union leaders baulk at action
The leaderships of the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) and SIPTU abandoned talks with the Government on the break up and privatisation of CIE for 24 hours, threatened strike action - met Seamus Brennan for three hours, called off their strike threat and reentered the talks!
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Rottweiller to privatise prisons
Michael McDowell is closing Spike Island and the Curragh prisons, and turning two other facilities into half way house hostels. McDowell claims he has been "forced" into making these decisions because the Prison Officers' Association (POA) has refused to accept a massive cut in wages. By Denis Keane
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
SIPTU vice president election Vote Des Derwin
Des Derwin is standing for vice-president of SIPTU. Des is standing against the official candidate of the bureaucracy Brendan Hayes, a SIPTU official who supports social partnership, strict compliance with the Industrial Relations Act and the ending of the membership electing the SIPTU NEC.
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Oxigen: Four months on strike
Oxigen workers have had to endure four months on strike because this private waste company has refused to recognise their union SIPTU. By Brian Cahill
Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Trade Union news from the November ’03 issue, Socialist Voice - reports from Civil Servants, teachers, postal workers and bus drivers.
THE FIRE Service Pay Campaign cannot have escaped the attention of very many. A struggle to win fair pay for the nation's fire workers "morphed" into a desperate struggle to defend the very fabric of the fire service. Government spin and a compliant media fed the public a diet consisting of the need to "modernise" an already exemplary, high performing service.
Read more from the November ’03 issue, Socialist Voice...
By Jim Barbour, Executive Committee Fire Brigades Union
Aer Rianta - Workers Prepare to Take on Government by Cllr. Clare Daly (Aer Lingus Shop Steward)
Socialist Voice Sept. 2003
Dublin Bus - Stop Privatisation by John McCamley (Dublin Bus Driver)
Socialist Voice Sept. 2003
Northern trade union news: Social Workers, Post Office, Civil Service, Carpet International jobs.
Socialist Voice Sept. 2003
An Post, Dunnes Workers.Socialist Voice Sept. 2003
Trade Union Reports: Rail workers begin break with Labour, PCS, social workers. Socialist Voice, July 2003
Trade Workplace - Trade Union Reports: CIE, Builders, ADM in Cork, CPSU Socialist Voice, July 2003
ATGWU: right wing regional secretary imposed Socialist Voice June 2003
Southern Industrial Reports
Socialist Voice, June 2003
Angry Shorts' workers reject pay deal
Socialist Voice June 2003
Swing to left at NIPSA Conference
By Carol Barnett NIPSA General Council member Socialist Voice June 2003
Social work pay dispute The action continues By Tanya Killen Secretary NIPSA Branch 705
Socialist Voice June 2003
Northern Ireland: Socialist elected president of largest union in Northern Ireland - huge vote for Carmel Gates, June 3rd 2003
June 3rd: A "model letter" of
protest against the proposed water charges has been circulated by the anti-water charges campaing supported by the trade unions in NIC-ICTU. Please ensure you pass this information on, and more importantly, send in the letter to the relevant government department.
Public Sector Workers Fight Privatisation
Aer Lingus: Catering Workers Resist Sell-Off May 2003 Socialist Voice
North: Airport Workers Take Their Case to London May 2003 Socialist Voice
T&GWU Election: Vote Woodley May 2003 Socialist Voice
NIPSA Conference: Re-Elect Carmel Gates as President May 2003 Socialist Voice