Ninth International Seminar “Parties and a New Society” Political Parties Gather in Mexico to Deliberate on Unfolding Developments From March 12 to 14, the Ninth International Seminar…Read more…
Quebec: Brutal Police Assault on Protesters
Denounce Brutal Police Assault on Protesters! Montreal Police and Couillard Government Must Be Held to Account! – Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec – The Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec…Read more…
Does pensions “freedom” offer the right choices?
Today (almost*) anyone over 55 can get their hands on their pension and take it as cash. It is all about “freedom” and “choice”, we are told. Those of us who are sceptical of the policy are therefore immediately labelled as opponents of freedom. We are the snooty…Read more…
Dirty Tricks department turned on Sturgeon: Was Memo Leaked or Faked?
SCOTTISH National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon remained centre stage this weekend, offering Labour’s Ed Miliband a deal to keep Tory David Cameron out of Downing Street. Writing in the…Read more…
Happy 50th Birthday London Boroughs – time to change?
This is an interesting video commissioned by modern day London Councils to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the current London Borough arrangements. Before 1965 Newham had separate West Ham and East Ham Councils.
There has been massive changes in Lon…Read more…
Nearly There! : If you can help: Just a bit more of a push: Crowdfunding-Projekts unserer Jugendgruppe ‘Ubi Youth – Jugendtheater Leipzig’.
Ubiquity Theatre Company (Leipzig) Crowdfunding-Projekts unserer Jugendgruppe ‘Ubi Youth – Jugendtheater Leipzig‘. Today we were in the LVZ over our youth group ‘Ubi youth…Read more…
What Is Just Is Just:
Save Lewisham Hospital and other campaigns outside the Tribunal On Friday, March 20, the Tribunal of Charlotte Monro came to an end and the presiding judge gave his final comments. In these comments,…Read more…
In UNISON there is another election coming…
http://www.socialismtoday.org/91/unison.html
As a UNISON member resident in a marginal constituency I today received a letter from our General Secretary encouraging me to vote in the General Election and warning me of the plans the Tories have for our …Read more…
100 reasons to check out Barnet.
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn In Barnet over the past 6 years there has been some major changes to Council services. Here are 100 links to a variety of video clips, short films, songs…Read more…
Part 2 – A Brief History of Public Housing
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 2 – A Brief History of Public Housing Public housing in Britain has a long history stretching back to the 19th Century. The steep rise in the population…Read more…
Easter Saturday at Ilford North
Picture collage is from this afternoon’s campaigning for Wes Streeting as the future Labour MP for Ilford North.
We had 5 West Hammers (and 1 East Hammer) with us while Walhamstow PPC, Stella Creasy, was also there with her local activists to support …Read more…
The Essence of Community-Centred Health, is a Programme of Creeping Privatisation:
The source of Community-Centred Health and well-being is the NHS Executive itself. Public Health England is an agency of the Department of Health. Signatories to their report published in 2015, are…Read more…
Labour’s Manifesto For Britain’s Workplaces
Here is an edited version of Labour’s ‘A Better Plan For Britain’s Workplaces’, produced by Unite. The central task for the next Labour government is to build an economy that creates better and more…Read more…
Sacked union leader reinstated after health trust u-turn:
First published Wednesday 1 April 2015 in Waltham Forest Guardian Last updated 12:12 Thursday 2 April 2015 by Zoie O’Brien, Reporter, covering Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone. Sacked union…Read more…
ISDS – a corporate power grab
#NoTTIP One of the most pernicious measures in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) which empowers corporations to go to…Read more…
Latest on US Oil Strikes: Five Plants Still On Strike.
Just got this from the USW: From Dave Martin of USW Local 8-719 at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky: “Contract passed. We will start the process of returning to work Monday…Read more…
Good news for Good Friday and maybe a good beginning
IT’S good news for the Easter weekend, and for the end of the Persian Spring festival Nawroz. A great power agreement with Iran has been reached, providing for limits on the country’s nuclear energy…Read more…
Key questions in The Public Services Election
In the third of a series of articles, UNISON Scottish Secretary Mike Kirby lays out UNISON’s plan to get our members’ issues at the centre of the election debates.
"This is the Public Services Election. The outcome will have a huge impact upon UNISON members, their families, communities and the public services in which we work, to protect the disadvantaged and provide a better quality of lifeRead more…
Teachers to ballot for strikes over school funding
By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter Teachers are threatening to take strike action over school funding Teachers are set to call for a ballot on national strikes amid a growing row over…Read more…
Human Rights Is an Election Issue
Included in RCPB(ML)’s call for the May 7 General Election is that the electorate should vote for candidates who stand for the rights of all. This is a very serious issue. Rights can not be given…Read more…