Solidarity 248
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In Canada, talks between the right-wing Quebec Liberal Party government and student groups resisting tuition fee rises have broken down.
Solidarity 248, 6 June 2012
Support Quebec's striking students!
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Rank-and file teachers organise
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National Union of Teachers activists will meet in Liverpool on Saturday 16 June to found a new network based on local branches (divisions and associations) of the union.
Syria crisis deepens
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As the killing-rate in Syria speeds up, the underlying sectarian nature of Syrian society and the decades-old sectarian policy of the Assad dictatorship is increasingly being reflected in the violence on the ground.
Industrial news in brief
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RMT and Unite have called off strike ballots of their members working for East Midlands Trains (EMT), leaving drivers-only union ASLEF as the only union in a position to take strike action in the imme
Council pensions: who decides?
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Trade unions in local government have accepted a “deal” on pensions not very different from what we went on strike against on 30 November.
PCS votes to wait for others
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Delegates gathered in Brighton from 23-25 May for the annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS).
Tube workers get no-strings bonus
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Tube union RMT has reached a deal with London Underground bosses that secures an Olympics working bonus for Tube staff whilst defending collective agreements.
The Third Camp: “Neither victims, nor executioners”
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We continue our symposium of recollections and reflections from activists involved in the “third camp” left in the United States with a piece by David McReynolds.
The long slump and the global working class
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There is no definitive Marxist assessment of the current economic crisis or of the period leading up to it, but there is a vibrant debate among Marxists trying to grapple with the underlying causes of the world we’re in.