Solidarity 3/133, 5th June 2008
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Solidarity 3/133, 5 June 2008
Fuel Poverty
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According to the Treasury at least 2.5 million British households (around one in ten) suffer from fuel poverty (Energywatch puts the figure at 4 million, 16% of all households).
S&M isn’t a crime!
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Despite opposition from anti-censorship campaigners, on 9 May a new ban on “violent pornography” came into force.
First black US President?
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Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination raises a variety of issues for socialists.
Union round up
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• TEACHERS: The Executive of the National Union of Teachers on 29 May considered alternative timetables for a ballot for discontinuous strike action to continue the pay campaign.
Only the poor live too long
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Governments of advanced capitalist economies are coming to terms with a significant growth in the number of people living longer, which, combined with low birth rates adds to ageing populations.
Back to Old Labour? No
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According to the Daily Mail, “the GMB trade union has already taken the extraordinary step of discussing at its last executive council meeting whether its two representatives on Labour's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) should be indemnified against financial loss in the event Labour goes bankrupt”.
Opposing Heathrow expansion
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Over three thousand people opposed to Heathrow expansion marched on Saturday 31 May from Hatton Cross to Sipson, the village which would be destroyed were a third runway to be built.
Activist attacked by far-right thugs
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A supporter of Education Not for Sale in Huddersfield was attacked by the far right on Friday morning on her way to work.
Education Not for Sale relaunched
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Despite the exam season, about 75 activists attended "Reclaim the Campus", a conference sponsored by Education Not for Sale on 17 May.