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| Home Our monthly paper 2009 340: November | 2010/07/29 |
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Editorial • Link up the strikes • We need a new party!Workers Power 340 – November 2009Britain is still in recession – it’s official. Gross Domestic Product fell by 0.4 per cent in the July-September quarter, making the contraction of the economy 5.5 per cent over the past 12 months. more… Post: strike remains solid, time to up the fightWorkers Power 340 – November 2009The post strike is the most important dispute for many years but can the workers win? A CWU rep believes so – if they are ready to stay out until total victory more… Leeds bin strike now in hard third monthWorkers Power 340 – November 2009Leeds refuse and street clean workers have been on indefinite strike for eight weeks and are showing no sign of going back to work until they have won. more… Labour prepares to axe civil servantsWorkers Power 340 – November 2009The Labour government is determined to shred the civil service before it has to call a general election. Rebecca, a PCS rep reports more… Bus workers on strike at FirstWorkers Power 340 – November 2009Bus drivers at First, Britain’s biggest bus operator, have been on strike in Bolton, Bury, Wigan and Essex against a pay freeze the company has imposed for this year. London is the next area to be balloted for action, writes Bernie McAdam more… Tube workers unite to reject pay cutWorkers Power 340 – November 2009Thousands of workers on the London Underground are balloting for strike action in their campaign to reverse a two year real pay cut. more… 33% of young women experience bullying in the workplaceWorkers Power 340 – November 2009One in three young women experience bullying in the workplace, according to research by public sector union Unison. Rachel Brooks investigates more… Two million children robbed of civil rights in fingerprinting scandalWorkers Power 340 – November 2009School students are being pressured into handing over their fingerprints to register for class, borrow library books or even obtain school meals in thousands of schools across the UK, finds John Bowman more… Data collected on protesters, but who's watching the police?Workers Power 340 – November 2009The fact that the police collect personal details and photographs of thousands of activists who attend political meetings and protests comes as no surprise to many activists, says Joy Macready more… Armed police – off our streets!Workers Power 340 – November 2009Plans to allow officers from the Met’s Specialist Firearm Command CO19 to patrol estates and streets have been revealed – Joy Macready explains more… How can the BNP and EDL be defeated?The rise of the BNP and the mobilisations of the English Defence League has put anti-fascism to the fore of working class politics. Here John Bowman reports on the failures of the UAF in Leeds and Manchester, while Simon Hardy looks at the debate over the BNP appearing on Question Time. We also outline the strategy we need to confront and defeat the fascist threat Copenhagen: no road map to a low carbon destinationWorkers Power 340 – November 2009Next month’s United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen – or COP15 – were supposed to be the ‘great leap forward’ for taking action on climate change. But a climate solution won't be provided by these leaders who have failed time and time again, argues Joy Macready more… Deadly homophobic violence on riseWorkers Power 340 – November 2009Recent months have seen an increase in the number of homophobic attacks across the country. Alex Kelby and Jim Parker argue for a militant campaign of resistance more… The Left debates its future: for a New Anticapitalist Party!Workers Power 340 – November 2009Workers Power reports on the Call for a New Anticapitalist Party, it's successes and the debate on the left more… Offensive against Taliban pushes Pakistan even closer to civil warWorkers Power 340 – November 2009The Pakistani military offensive targeting Taliban forces has seen widespread death and destruction, reports Simon Hardy, and threatens to tear the country apart on behalf of the US more… Northern Ireland: devolution of policing is no solution to a sectarian stateWorkers Power 340 – November 2009As devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly threatens to become a reality, Darren Cogavin looks at the real face of policing in Britain's oldest colony more… November 1989: when the Berlin Wall fellWorkers Power 340 – November 2009It is 20 years since the fall of the Berlin wall and the capitalist media is crowing. They say these great events were nothing more than a movement to bring down communism and bring back capitalism. Here, Peter Main shows how the struggle against the Stalinist dictatorship in East Germany in fact began as a struggle against bureaucratic controls and for working class freedoms – but the crisis of working class leadership meant that the Left handed the initiative to the right wing. Honduras: the deal is a shamWorkers Power 340 – November 2009The fight to transform Honduras must continue without Zelaya, writes Keith Spencer more… France: relaunch the resistanceWorkers Power 340 – November 2009The French media is full of the country’s economic recovery yet 252,000 have been added to dole queues since January alone. Jo Cassidy – a member of New Anticapitalist Party reports. Vienna University occupiedWorkers Power 340 – November 2009Here we publish an interview with Roman Birke, a Viennese student activist and a member of the League for the Socialist Revolution. more… Spotlight: stop the strikebreakersWorkers Power 340 – November 2009In the wave of strikes that is sweeping Britain, bosses are using strikebreakers to weaken workers’ action. But they can be stopped. Jeremy Dewar explains how more… Special report: What is Fascism?Workers Power 340 – November 2009A special publication by Workers Power on the nature of fascism more… |
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