Solidarity 220
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American socialist Dan La Botz explains the mood behind the sit-in protests on Wall Street, New York which are now spreading across the US, including his home city, Cincinnati.
Solidarity 220, 12 October 2011
US “occupy” movement spreads
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Reinstate Edd Bauer!
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A Birmingham student reports on the campaign to win reinstatement for Edd Bauer, the Guild [student union] officer suspended for his role in a peaceful direct action at Lib Dem conference.
Greek workers fight the Troika
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A wave of strikes, occupations and demonstrations is erupting all across Greece.
Strikes before Xmas at BBC
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The BBC plans to cut 2,000 posts and make significant changes to workers’ terms and conditions as part of its “Delivering Quality First” review.
Barnet council strike, Tuesday 18 October
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Around 300 Barnet Unison members will stage a second one-day strike on Tuesday 18 October against the privatisation of their jobs.
Strikes escalate at Stow College
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Unison members in Stow College in Glasgow are stepping up their campaign of strike action against the imposition of a pay freeze.
Tube to ballot against sacking
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Rail union RMT has announced plans to ballot its train grade members to win the reinstatement of sacked driver James Masango.
Pickets can win construction fight
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Michael Dooley, a construction worker and left candidate for the General Secretary position of construction union UCATT, spoke to Solidarity about the issues facing construction workers and the ongoing electricians’ campaign against pay cuts.
Can you have Marxism without dialectics?
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By Bruce Robinson
Relatively little of Dave Osler’s column [Solidarity 219] suggesting that Marxists should abandon dialectics deals with the substance of the issue — what dialectics is and why it is wrong.