An assessment of the potential political implications for the NUS and reasons for police behaviour following the siege of Milbank Court At either sides of the spontaneous energy and rage of students who broke away from the main NUS march yesterday to smash and besiege Tory HQ there are two forces pulling in opposite directions: […]
Next time you get into an argument about why the cuts just aren’t necessary you’ll win the hands down with Red Pepper’s guide to countering the myths. Just read the article below to arm yourself with the knowledge too counter the arguments of every penny pinching Con-Lib apologist you meet. Countering the cuts myths The […]
A circular announcement from Manchester Trades Council released yesterday: This coming Wednesday, 20th October, George Osborne will present his Comprehensive Spending Review, detailing the huge cuts that he plans to make to public spending. We think he’s making a big mistake. The scale and pace of cuts is not necessary, and certainly not fair. The […]
Leader of the Public and Commercial Services Union with his take on the economic crisis.
Last week George Osborne announced that a further £4bn would be slashed from the welfare budget to combat those who, he says, regard unemployment benefits as a “lifestyle choice”. If as he says, this is a choice, it is hardly a glamorous or luxurious one: a single person under the age of 25 claiming Job […]
“Why not have a Congress of our own?” The famous words of Samuel Caldwell Nicholson which led to the first Trades Union Congress taking place in 1868, on David Street—now Princess Street—at the Mechanics’ Institute. There were 34 delegates; two even came up from London.
Manchester activist Adie Mormech has been in Gaza since January 2010. Here he reports on what is said to be the largest bomb dropped on the Gaza Strip since the Israeli assault during New Year of 2009.
