Socialist Substandard: 100 years of the socialist party of 1904 - Paul Petard
The fundamental flaws in the parliamentarian approach.
Housing Benefit
A short article from 'the Whinger' p. petard on proposed Housing Benefit reform.
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Housing Benefit
Five Pounds and Five Pennies
A short article from 'the Whinger' P. Petard on the minimum wage.
Five pounds and five pennies
Mental health worker interview
Submitted by Freedom on May 19 2006 13:33
Following reports that the mentally ill are being abandoned, Robert Allen interviewed Jim, a worker in the mental health system.
RA: The Healthcare commission are saying that mental health for over 65s virtually does not exist. Are you aware of this concern?
Jim: I used to work in a unit that worked exclusively with people over retirement age with mental health problems. I'm certainly not going to say it was a gold star service but "virtually does not exist" seems a little strong.
Posties pique - Royal Mail workers out on wildcats
Submitted by libcom on May 17 2006 11:00
With postal workers already angry at the Royal Mail's decision to impose a 2.9% pay offer, two small wildcat strikes have broken out in Oxford and Wolverhampton
As they were underway, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced its intention to ballot for industrial action.
More NHS job cuts
Submitted by libcom on May 17 2006 11:00
Another 1,000 jobs are to be axed in the health service, this time from the relatively new NHS Direct, bringing the total job losses across the sector to 13,000 over the past few months.
Citing a £15m deficit, health bosses intend to shut centres at Doncaster, Scunthorpe, York, Chester, Bolton, Preston, Chorley, Southport, Cambridge, Croydon, Brighton and Kensington over the next 18 months.
Ryton and Ellesmere Port workers fight job losses
Submitted by Steven. on May 16 2006 11:00
Workers from the Ryton plant in Coventry, due to be closed by Peugeot, demonstrated outside a dealership in Birmingham alongside members of West Midlands Anarchists on Saturday.
This followed a wildcat strike by workers at the Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port after an announcement that one shift was going to be dropped. This is likely to lead to 1,000 job losses at the plant, which produces the Astra series of cars. Workers downed tools immediately following the announcement and were joined by the next shift who refused to start work.
1990 - Emergency! Ambulance Strike
Submitted by libcom on May 15 2006 22:11
The following leaflet was produced and distributed to ambulance pickets in February 1990, less than 2 months before the Poll Tax riots. It refers to a national day of action on January 30th 1990 in support of the ambulance drivers strikes that had been going on for some time.
Sharpley, Kate, 1891-1978
Submitted by Steven. on May 15 2006 15:37
Brief biographical information about London resident, anarchist and World War I-widow, Kate Sharpley who once attacked Queen Mary.
Albert Meltzer first met Kate Sharpley on the day of the Lewisham anti-National Front riot in 1977 when he got into an altercation with some racists on the train home. One of the passengers was a frail lady in her eighties, going up to Guy's & St.
Recollections of my time in Solidarity
Submitted by libcom on May 15 2006 00:31
A personal reflection on membership of the Solidarity group.
I thought I'd try and put down some recollections of my time in Solidarity and what I remember about the organisation. I actually joined in the late 70s and was a member for about four years, during the time that we were producing the magazine Solidarity for Social Revolution.
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