Solidarity 225
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By Maria Exall
The joint union action on 30 November looks set to be the biggest strike for a generation.
Solidarity 225, 17 November 2011
“The alternative” is working-class control
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The police are a lethal weapon
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In the days leading up to the student demonstration on 9 November, the Metropolitan Police announced that police would be able to fire plastic bullets [aka baton rounds] at protestors.
Don't cut Sure Start!
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The government’s own figures say there are now 124 fewer Sure Start centres than there were when the coalition took office.
Huge win for Carlisle cleaners
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Union officials have hailed a “groundbreaking” achievement by cleaning workers employed by Carlisle Cleaning and Support Services (CCSS) on the Virgin West Coast Mainline, who called off a planned 48-hour strike after bosses agreed to their demand for a 10% pay rise.
Make Labour support the pensions strike
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Some Labour councillors, and some full councils, have now declared their support for the 30 November strike.
Rank-and-file control on N30
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By Patrick Murphy, Leeds National Union of Teachers (pc), and Ira Berkovic
New Zealand: class-based Maori party formed
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A new political movement allying social justice and indigenous rights is gathering strength in New Zealand in the run up to the general election.
Why governments always run debts
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A five-pound note carries the words: “I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of five pounds”, signed by the cashier of the Bank of England.
Socialists and Europe
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Nations have not always existed. In Europe, the growth of trade created units with a common language, culture, laws, tax systems and communications, the nation states which developed between the 16th and 19th centuries.