Solidarity 3/145
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Solidarity 3/145, 29 January 2009
General strike in France as socialists found new party
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On Thursday 29 January, all of France’s main trade unions will participate in a general strike. The strike is also backed by the (‘social-liberal’ opposition) Socialist Party and has the overwhelming support of the public, according to polls.
SWP: time for political accounting
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When is a resignation not a resignation? Well, in politics of course. We know from bourgeois politics that disgraced politicians — even those exposed, bruised and publicly humiliated to the extent of Peter Mandelson — can make dramatic comebacks.
Debating Gaza
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About 60 people, mostly young, crammed into a Green Park social centre on 15 January for a forum on the war in Gaza held jointly by Workers' Liberty and the Worker-communist Party of Iraq.
Camberwell and Peckham: support our socialist candidate!
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Workers’ Liberty member Jill Mountford will be standing in the south east London seat of Camberwell and Peckham at the next general election — against New Labour deputy leader and cabinet minister Harriet Harman.
Student action on Gaza: occupying against the occupation
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Students at nearly 20 universities across the UK have staged occupations in protest at Israel’s war on Gaza.
A fairytale of Mumbai
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Review of "Slumdog Millionaire".
Sri Lanka: an onslaught to crush the Tamils
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For most Tamils in the world today, the events of the last month have been devastating but they must also have been expected.
Workers of the world: Zimbabwe, Botswana, Hong Kong
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Zimbabwe teachers plan strike; Botswana mineworkers seek reinstatement; migrant workers strike in Hong Kong.
The Obama presidency
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The inauguration of Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States of America, is a source of intense hope for a great many American workers. More people than ever before, including more people from Afro-American and Latino backgrounds, turned out to vote for Obama in the November 2008 elections.