The Swedish Marxists of the Socialisten
journal have sent us this appeal which is taken from the website of
the underground drivers’ trade union branch (www.klubb119.org).
It describes a very important trade union struggle in Sweden that
involves the rights of all trade union activists. Their next
demonstration/strike will take place on Friday, November 18, but the
struggle will continue after that. The union is asking for messages
of support.
Tony Blair suffered his first ever defeat in parliament yesterday when 49 Labour MPs voted against the introduction of new repressive ‘anti-terror’ legislation. The defence of civil liberties, consistently under attack from the Blair government, is a vitally important question in its own right. However, as Phil Mitchinson explains, Blair’s parliamentary defeat has far wider implications for the future of the British labour movement.
