Solidarity 084, 17 November 2005

What we do

The third in the AWL's new series of political day schools is scheduled for 19 November (in London) and 3 December (in Sheffield). It will be about “AWL and SWP”. Every week, in trade union branches, in colleges, on demonstrations, even on the doorsteps, AWLers have to argue our differences with the SWP. In Iraq, should we support the new labour movement, or the Islamist “resistance”? In elections, should we back George Galloway’s “Respect”, or vote socialist and Labour? In the unions, should we focus on building rank-and-file organisation round issues like levelling up pay and conditions and...

Writing on the wall

Things can only get wetter Greenpeace protesters dumped sacks of coal outside Downing Street on Monday morning to protest against the British government’s lack of action against climate change. Tony Blair has promised to make global warming and Africa Britain’s two priorities for chairing the G8 group of the world’s richest nations. However, Blair has also said that “the blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge”, supporting similar statements by George Bush. For “economy”, of course, read “the oil...

Industrial News

LONDON action called off By a PCS Socialist Caucus member in London The planned strike action over job cuts in the London Department of Work and Pensions has been called off, despite a strong mandate from the membership for action. To date DWP London Region is the only section of PCS in which members have actually voted “yes” in a ballot for discontinuous action over job cuts. The submission went to the National Disputes Committee just after Easter. The ballot was eventually won in September — some five months later. Now, however, the Socialist Party-dominated DWP Group Executive and SP full...

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