Solidarity 3/86 is online
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Solidarity 3/86 is now online. Read it here.
Solidarity 3/86, 12 January 2006
As Tories and Labour converge, Why we need a Workers' Government
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The election of a Blair-clone Tory leader and the US Congressional bribery scandal pose basic questions about the supposed democracy under which we live.
Writing on the wall
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RELIGIOUS HATRED...
It has been known for some time that Iqbal Sacranie, General Secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, was right-wing. After all, he accepted a knighthood last year, and serves on government quangos including Blair's "task force" against terrorism.
Nationalists prosecute Turkish writer
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By Joan Trevor
The Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk faces charges of insulting Turkishness, that might earn him up to three years in prison. An earlier charge against him of insulting Turkey's armed forces has been dropped.
USDAW elections - vote Broad Left!
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By Gerry Bates
From 23 January members of the shop and distribution workers' union USDAW will be receiving ballot papers for the election of our union executive and president.
Tube strike: the next steps
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By Sacha Ismail (wrongly attributed to a different author in the printed Solidarity)
We need a reps meeting as soon as possible to plan our next steps.
LUL has not backed down - there is every indication that Ken Livingstone and sections of management are digging in to give the union a kicking - so we need to step things up.
A fighting union or a job club?
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This article was wrongly attributed to Tom Cashman. To read an apology click here.
As we go to press, elections are taking place for the General Executive Council of the TGWU.
A comprehensive attack
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By Tom Unterrainer
The Department for Education and Skills has pulled off an astonishing act. They've managed to convince Nottingham City Local Education Authority (LEA) to effectively write itself out of responsibility for secondary education in the city - and all by promising "record" investment.
No gods no masters
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David Broder contributes to our ongoing debate on religion and secularism.
December marked the 100th anniversary of the separation of the French state from the Church, an event marked by a Parti Socialiste (PS)-run "debate" at the Assemblée Nationale.
Capitalism, crime and punishment
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By Sofie Buckland
To its bourgeois defenders the criminal justice system - courts, prisons, probation service - serves a number of purposes.