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May 2006 issue of The Socialist now online

category national | miscellaneous | other press author Tuesday May 16, 2006 22:32author by SP Online - Socialist Party Report this post to the editors

The May 2006 issue of The Socialist (#16) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents...
The Socialist #16 - May2006
The Socialist #16 - May2006

Contents

Ireland - South
Keep the profiteers out: Hands off Aer Lingus!
Aer Lingus Workers Must Fight
Editorial: Socialist Party statement on new workers' parties
Joe Higgins Column: Corrib gas pipeline - Force Shell to sea!
Castlecurragh: Services withdrawn in fees fight
Nuclear power - No solution
43,000 on housing list: Workers priced out of a house
Cork: Housing crisis worsens
Dublin West: School places crisis worsens
Workplace News: Performance management scheme - Civil servants gear up for fight / An Post boss gets €416,000 a year! / Nurses monster rally for Croker

Ireland - North
Water Charges: Unions back non-payment
Water service: New fat cats appointed
Call Centres: Life as a telephone slave
NI Assembly returns: New working class party needed
Workplace News: Visteon bosses say "accept cuts or we close" / Keep the pressure up on pensions / ASDA – "Always low wages" / Lecturers face pay deductions / PCS strike solid

Socialist Youth News
North: No CIA torture flights here - End the occupation now
North: Fighback! exposes exploiataion in Burger King
South: Young workers speak out
North: Discussing the legacy of James Connolly

International News
France: Workers and youth force major government retreat
Iran: No to war! No to sanctions!
United States: Millions of immigrants in historic protest

Special Feature
Britain - The 1926 General Strike: On the brink of revolution

Includes an interview with Peter Taaffe, author of the new book 1926 General Strike - Workers Taste Power not published in the print edition of the paper. Plus details on how to order the book.

Read the paper at: http://www.socialistparty.net/pub/pages/thesocialist016...6.htm

Related Link: http://www.socialistparty.net/
author by Voterpublication date Thu May 18, 2006 16:20author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Recently (Easter Weekend) Joe Higgins in his leadership addresss to the SP national conference called for the construction of a "major party of the left" and pledged that his own party would "strive to assist such a development".
Now a few weeks later we have the clarification of what that meant:
"In the North, the Socialist Party continues to campaign in trade unions and community organisations for the launch of a new working class party. To be successful, a party would require the participation of serious forces from these organisations. An alliance of various existing left groups would have no real impact.
In the South, there has been a relatively low level of struggle over recent years. This means there does not exist at present the fresh layer of activists that for example, have been thrown up by the struggles in Germany and that have led to the formation of the WASG.
This is why we are not in favour of an immediate initiative to launch a similar group here. It would only attract activists from existing left groups who, apart from the Socialist Party, represent very little."

So it would seem that the word STRIVE was a nice little soundbite to rally the troops and to look good in the national papers. Thanks for the Clarification.

 
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