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Greece: March 11 general strike – conclusions and tasks

Written by Stamatis Karagiannopoulos in Athens Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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Greece: March 11 general strike – conclusions and tasks. Photo by Left~Lens.Last week, on March 11, Greece was shaken by an even bigger general strike than on February 24. As the government announced its third austerity package the mood of Greek workers has become one of growing anger and militancy. All the conditions are there for a massive escalation of the conflict.

 

“Chain of solidarity” with workers of Opel in Belgium

Written by our correspondent in Antwerp Monday, 15 March 2010
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“Chain of solidarity” with workers of Opel in Belgium. Photo by Victoria Deluxe.Solidarity with the Antwerp Opel workers is growing as the solidarity committee links up with more and more groups of workers from many different workplaces.

 

Britain: PCS Strike - The phoney war is over

Written by Gavin Jackson Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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Britain: PCS Strike - The phoney war is overThis article was written just before the official announcement of the PCS strike ballot result on February 25, which confirmed massive support for action on 8-9th March. We are publishing it together with links to a series of short reports and interviews from the picket lines these past two days. Up to a quarter of a million jobs, possibly more, could be destroyed if government plans are allowed to go ahead. That explains the militant mood that has developed.

   

Ireland: The Red Plough – Editorial

Written by Gerry Ruddy Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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Right across the British Isles public services are under attack. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) have called two days of strikes against cuts in redundancy pay. The British Government has put a cap on redundancy and hope to save over £500 million. The union fears it is the beginning of both massive redundancies in the public service and also creeping privatisation of those same public services.

 

The North of Ireland - A Normal State!

Written by Gerry Ruddy Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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The North of Ireland - A Normal State! Photo by InformatiqueThere is a lot of talk about normalising the statelet in the North of Ireland. But what has been “normal” here for the past century has been precisely civil unrest, sectarian violence and armed resistance to British rule. The way out of this impasse is to be found in directing discontent towards the road of class struggle.

   

Manifesto for Students: Education Cuts – the Socialist Alternative

Written by Socialist Appeal in Britain Friday, 05 March 2010
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Manifesto for Students: Education Cuts – the Socialist AlternativeThe comrades of Socialist Appeal in Britain produced the following pamphlet. It is a compilation of different articles written by comrades on tuition fees, cuts in university funding and the students' union, and tries to elaborate some demands for the student movement. We encourage our readers to acquaint themselves with our basic positions on the state of the education system in order to intervene in the movements against cuts and fees which have already begun in a lot of colleges and universities in Britain, but also all around the world.

 

Britain: Fight the cuts - socialist policies needed

Written by Steve Jones Thursday, 04 March 2010
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Britain: Fight the cuts - socialist policies neededAs the 2010 General Election looms ever closer, we have started to see the first round of political posters appearing on hoardings around the country. The Tories have kicked their campaign off with a poster of an airbrushed photo of David Cameron looking very serious next to the slogan: “We can’t go on like this. I’ll cut the deficit not the NHS.”

   

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