Monthly Archives: September 2010

Rally against the cuts, Newport, Isle of Wight. Over a hundred demonstrators attended the Rally organised by the Trades Councils in Newport, Isle of Wight today. In front of the banners of UNISON and the Trades Councils Trades Unionists from … Continue reading →

Rally against the cuts. Organised by Isle of Wight Trades Councils and Trades Unions. 12pm – 2pm Wednesday 29th September St James’s Square Newport **************************** NO TO CUTS!!! Demand the Alternative Only the Working Class can save the day! The … Continue reading →

This year’s TUC Congress in Manchester was characterised by the voicing of the demand for an alternative to the agenda of cuts and attacks on the working class and people being pursued by the Con-Dem government. The delegates expressed a … Continue reading →

THE MODERN PROLETARIAT AND A MODERN PROLETARIAN PARTY For the modern proletariat to lead society out of capitalist crises and pave the way for a new society, it is essential that first and foremost the most conscious take part in … Continue reading →

Start the fight now Some 500 trade unionists marched in Manchester against cuts ahead of the TUC. The protest was organised by the National Shop Stewards Network. by Simon Basketter, at the TUC in Manchester for Socialist Worker Union leaders … Continue reading →

This tide is already changing Britain’s political landscape As looming cuts start to weaken the coalition, Ed Miliband and the TUC are riding a wave of pressure for change Seumas Milne guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 15 September 2010 21.00 BST No wonder … Continue reading →

Southampton library workers were on strike again yesterday afternoon. They walked out at 12.00 to lobby the full council meeting and present them with a petition etc. Form many It was the first time they had been to a council … Continue reading →

The Vichy are going to get a kicking! The French powers that be have the audacity to say,’ Don’t speak not speak to us like this’ Well hard luck, that’s the way it is. The new Vichy capitulators to reaction … Continue reading →

If it is true that you read VentnorBlog every night I would like to make one final appeal to you. You have to make final decisions about cuts to services very soon now, your party promised that the most vulnerable … Continue reading →

Is This the Reform Which Is Needed? The Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill today receives its second reading. This Bill sets out for the first time in British legislation that general elections are to be held every five years. The legal power … Continue reading →