Hands off the Middle East
Parliament disgraced itself when it voted in October for another assault on stricken Iraq – “making the rubble bounce”, in the US Air Force’s unsavoury phrase.
Workers November 2014
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Ebola: capitalist health exposed
Just about every aspect of the insanity of capitalism is exposed by the current outbreak of Ebola virus centred on west Africa.
Midwives act on pay, staffing
On Monday 13 October the Royal College of Midwives struck for the first time in its long history – a four-hour stoppage.
NHS strike: News from hospitals
It is a reflection of the discipline and loyalty of health workers to their unions that despite the low ballot turnout they struck and held out in the face of adversity.
Rail: we’re propping up foreign governments
More than two-thirds of Britain’s rail network is now run by foreign state-owned companies – given to them not just by Westminster, but the false nationalists in Holyrood as well…
Rail: SNP sells out to Dutch
The SNP-led administration in Scotland has awarded the contract to run ScotRail to Abellio, owned by Dutch state rail company NS.
The fight to revive British shipbuilding
The defeat of separatism in the referendum has spurred some regeneration in Scottish shipyards. But the challenge remains: how to rebuild a vital industry laid waste by decades of contraction…
Pay: Fiasco in local government
The local government workers’ pay “dispute” is in now in period of consultation, set to end on 12 November – and the latest stage of an increasingly bad farce.
New threat to steel plants
Steel workers in Britain once again find their jobs threatened after Tata Steel announced plans to sell its Long Products Division.
We need a national plan, not division
The Scottish referendum stimulated local authorities in England to look to their own version of fragmentation…
We are changing
This journal is changing. In fact, the whole way the CPBML produces news is changing, starting with a free electronic newsletter.
The NHS: unsafe in their hands
By the end of the next parliament the NHS could become a thing of the past, regardless of who is elected. Only workers can save it…
Arts: National Gallery strike
Staff at the National Gallery in London held a 24-hour strike on 15 October, the opening day of the blockbuster Rembrandt exhibition.
Property: The vultures gather
An international feast of property speculators visited London for the first time in October – networking, partying, and carving up Britain’s assets.
When Britain ran its roads
Thatcher did not start the roll back of postwar nationalisation. Capitalism’s unease at state control of the British economy surfaced as early as 1953…
Ambulance workers’ power blunts emergency provocation
The first strikes in the NHS for 32 years on 13 October – especially in the London Ambulance Service – gave the lie to the idea that workers are weak and that unions don’t matter.