Solidarity 226
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By Clive Bradley
Protests in Egypt left at least 28 dead and hundreds of injured.
Solidarity 226, 23 November 2011
Egypt: revolt against the army
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Putin's assault on LGBT rights
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Vladimir Putin’s ruling party is pushing a bill which would severely curtail freedom of speech and assembly for LGBT people in Russia.
Eurozone crisis big chance to attack workers' rights
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David Cameron has suggested to German chancellor Angela Merkel that he would support a quick change in European treaties, to increase economic integration and help tackle the eurozone crisis, if only he gets a payback with the scrapping of European Union labour laws.
Teacher's reinstatement fight goes on
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The campaign to defend victimised teacher trade unionist Pat Markey will discuss a possible resolution.
Threat to union politics
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The Committee for Standards in Public Life (CSPL), a quango set up in 1994, on 22 November published its long-delayed recommendations for change in political party funding.
Liverpool Airport workers to strike
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Aviation workers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will strike on Wednesday 23 November as part of a rolling programme of action which will continue into December.
Job losses at British Gas?
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Centrica, the company which owns British Gas, has announced plans to cut 850 jobs as part of a cost-savings drive that could see further attacks for its 34,000 employees.
Leeds teachers strike against Academy plan
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By Patrick Murphy, Leeds NUT and NUT National Executive (pc)
Over 60 teachers at Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley, Leeds, are involved in an intensive programme of strike action against plans to turn their school into an academy.
Europe: death to the rentier!
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By Barry Finger
The immediate crisis demonstrates, if there were any lingering doubts, that the architecture of the European Monetary Union is incompatible with countercyclical intervention.