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Highlights
TOGETHER WE’LL STOP BNP NAZIS
Join the protests in Yorkshire next week » more
The US is beating the drums of war once more » more
Norma Barzman, a Hollywood screeenwriter blacklisted under McCarthyism, spoke to Simon Basketter » more
Activists from across Birmingham’s African Caribbean and Asian communities are uniting to call for peace and justice in the wake of last Saturday’s riots in the Lozells area » more
Striking British and Polish bus drivers in Staffordshire have come together to challenge poverty pay and bullying managers, writes Kelly Hilditch » more
John Newsinger looks at how Britain and the US conspired to topple a popular Iranian government in the 1950s » more
Full contents
» Together we’ll stop BNP Nazis
Join the protests in Yorkshire next week
» US and Britain threaten action against Syria
The US is beating the drums of war once more
» A conference to win peace
In December the International Peace Conference in London will bring together activists from across the world
» Galloway: ‘Let them bring these charges’
The US Senate committee humiliated by Respect MP George Galloway in May launched another round of smears this week
» Calls for unity after riot in Birmingham
Activists from across Birmingham’s African Caribbean and Asian communities are uniting to call for peace and justice in the wake of last Saturday’s riots in the Lozells area
» Government is to blame
Last Saturday’s riot came 20 years after the Handsworth riots of 1985
» Division will not help anyone
Respect member Alliya Stennett spoke at the Campaign for Silent Victims demonstration last Saturday
» Pensions deal has let millions of workers down
Last week New Labour and unions representing public sector workers announced a deal over pensions
» ‘We need unity across the public sector to stop this divide and rule’
Public sector workers speak out on pensions
» Labour’s education plans are a lesson in division
Tony Blair outlined the government’s education white paper on Monday this week, promising “choice” for all parents
» Blair is trying to kill off the comprehensive system
Tony Blair’s revealed his final ambition to make Thatcherism “irreversible” on Monday of this week
» Bus drivers: ‘Bosses treat us all the same — badly’
Striking British and Polish bus drivers in Staffordshire have come together to challenge poverty pay and bullying managers, writes Kelly Hilditch
» Rosa Parks: the death of US civil rights hero
Rosa Parks died this week aged 92
» A million children are living in squalor
Over a million children in Britain are living in squalid housing conditions, according to a new report by Shelter, the homeless charity, released on Monday of this week
» NHS campaign draws blood
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has been forced to retreat over one aspect of New Labour’s plans to privatise key aspects of the NHS
» ‘Whole system failed Kwame’
A coroner’s court jury at the inquest into the death in police custody of Kwame Wiredu returned a unanimous verdict of death by natural causes last week
» Who says?
Snippets from the week's news
» Italian left’s primary colour is not red
The votes in the election for the centre left’s candidate for prime minister shows the need for a new struggle, writes Alex Gaudilliere
» Brazilian activists leave Lula’s party to join radical force
The Brazilian Workers’ Party, known by its Portuguese initials of PT, of president Lula continues to reel from crisis to crisis
» War and attacks on criticism intensify in Turkey
Hrant Dink, editor of Turkey’s Armenian language weekly newspaper Agos, has received a six month suspended sentence for “insulting Turks” after comments on the Armenian genocide
» Bush’s trouble on the home front
With the White House and both houses of Congress in their hands, the Republican right looked set to entrench their dominance, but there are many signs of their power crumbling
» Hollywood: the red and the blacklist
Norma Barzman, a Hollywood screeenwriter blacklisted under McCarthyism, spoke to Simon Basketter
» A long history of interference in Iran
John Newsinger looks at how Britain and the US conspired to topple a popular Iranian government in the 1950s
» Iran timeline
A history of intervention and destabilisation
» Slick multinationals destroying Siberia
British and Russian oil companies are under pressure over pollution
» There’s no ‘intelligent design’ for life
In the first column in our new series on evolution and society, Viren Swami looks at the debates over the theory of evolution
» Letters
Lecturers reject fees | Iraq war politicised students | Race still an issue in education | Against nuclear power | Nelson and Colonel Despard | Housing associations | Factory farms and bird flu | Rugby league | Portugal | Famine | Question Time
» Crime and Punishment 1800-2000
This exhibition on punishment is no torment, says Michael Lavalette
» The Man in my Basement
Though the pace is that of a thriller, Walter Mosley's new novel is more concerned with issues of race, class, power and responsibility
» Reviews round-up
Leicester City anti-racism exhibition | The Skies are Weeping | 1001 Nights Now | Paul Robeson Live At Carnegie Hall 1958
» Birmingham riots
Lozells tensions are result of poverty and racism | Deaths in Iraq | Rich countries rob poor of skilled workers
» Scotland the brave?
Are workers more militant north or south of the border, and what is the relationship between nationalism and radicalism? asks Gregor Gall
» Defra workers out to plug the pay gaps
Over 5,000 civil service workers struck in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Friday of last week over pay disparities in the department
» PCS round-up
Telford | DSA Nottingham | Coventry
» Firefighters' paramedic dispute heats up
A dispute over firefighters in Nottinghamshire being used as cut-price paramedics is escalating as the fire authority moves to make 10 percent deductions from wages of crews who refuse the new duties
» Bus drivers
London General Bus drivers based at Putney bus garage voted against an offer from senior management at a consultative ballot on Friday of last week
» Reports round-up
Unite blocks Nazis in St Albans | New film spotlights Asbos | GMB organises black history event | Doncaster college | Tanker drivers | Defending refugees | Co-op workers
» Irene Stanley: ‘We will keep fighting for justice’
Harry Stanley was shot dead by armed police in Hackney, east London, six years ago
» Harry Stanley timeline
Events following Harry's killing by the police
» Galloway student meeting changes atmosphere
Students at Exeter university held a Respect meeting with George Galloway MP last week
» Tower Hamlets Youth Respect
Over 90 young people attended the launch of Tower Hamlets Youth Respect in east London last Sunday
» SOAS AUT
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London dismissed two specialist librarians on China and Japan/Korea to cut costs on 30 September
» Postal workers
Around 200 postal workers at the N1 delivery office in north London are beginning a strike ballot
» Free Palestine
Hundreds of activists attended a conference on Palestine, Israel and the Law in central London last Saturday
» Council workers
Sefton Council | Glasgow Unison
» Meetings, events, demonstrations and film showings
International peace conference | Respect | SWP meetings | Movement events | Bookmarks events | Film Showings | Demonstrations
» Socialist Worker appeal
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