While
workers in Britain
are forced by Gordon Brown to accept miserably low wage increases, the big fat
cat executives are reaping big bonuses. Darrall Cozens looks at the figures,
highlighting how the same government that holds down workers’ wages facilitates
the rich in every way.
From
the ashes of the old SSP two formations have emerged, Solidarity and the SSP,
but with exactly the same programme, including a strong element of Scottish
nationalism. Nothing has been learnt from past experience. There is an urgent
need to return to the genuine ideas of Marxism.
As the Blair era
draws to close factional intrigue is dominating the media news about what is
going on in the Labour Party. There is no fundamental difference between the Blair
and the Brown cliques. Their only argument is over who is to fill the seats on
offer. What is needed, as John McDonnell MP argues, is “a national campaign for
a radical break with the failed policies of new Labour", adding that
changing leaders would "not be enough to save Labour at the next
election".
On Saturday September 9th a Memorial Meeting was held for Ted Grant in the Friends Meeting House in London. Around 200 people turned up for a lively meeting that included international guests, some video footage and contributions from the floor. Also available is an audio file of Alan Woods' speech.
This
summer once again a climate of fear was invoked to introduce further attacks on
our civil liberties. At the same time popularity ratings for Blair have plummeted,
leading to growing pressure for him to go.