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June 2006 issue of The Socialist (#17) now online

category national | miscellaneous | other press author Wednesday June 14, 2006 20:41author by SP Online - Socialist Party Report this post to the editors

The June 2006 issue of The Socialist (#17) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents...
The Socialist  #17 - June 2006
The Socialist #17 - June 2006

Contents

Ireland - South
Stop the cuts! Emergency action to end the health crisis
Donegal Action For Cancer Care rally
Editorial: End the criminalisation of young people (Sexual Offences Act)
Joe Higgins Column: Young people's rights trampled by new sex offences legislation
Limerick water campaigners face imprisonment
Housing crisis: Declare a national emergency!
Tallaght town centre: A gift for property speculators
Anti-refugee government exposed by Afghan asylum seekers' hunger strike
Industrial News: Reject partnership fiasco / Psychiatric nurses - Abused and underpaid / Exploitation on the Irish sea / Irish Rail wWorkers take wildcat strike action for safety / Bank of Ireland pension threat

Ireland - North
Stop the education cutbacks
Pickets force SEELB to postpone cuts
Where the axe will fall - on special needs pupils
Government's "tribute" to George Best: They're closing his old school!
Water Charges: No retreat from non-payment
Water Charges: Their Lordships say... "cut them off"
After Michael McIlveen's murder: United action to stop all sectarian attacks!
How the Assembly could save £50,000: Let the MLA's arrange the flowers!
Industrial News: College lecturers strike over pay / Fighting to save jobs in Lisnaskea / NIPSA conference - Time to build a united left / Visteon workers boycott talks / Dungannon Meats workers demand union rights

Socialist Youth News
Come to the 2006 socialist youth summer festival in Wicklow
South: Young workers are ripped off by exploitation agencies
South: Statutory rape crisis - SY members speak out
South: School students take a stand against deportations
North: No torture flights here! Protest at Aldergrove June 17th!
North: Ballymena - Young people get organised against sectarianism
North: McDonalds - would you like a career with that?

International News
Chile: One million protest as youth struggle for decent education
Workers’ Rights Campaign Venezuela launched
Sectarian violence grips Sri Lanka
Cyprus: Kurdish refugee victory
Hunger Strikers at Guantanamo Bay
Pakistan: Dictatorship attacks workers protests

Read the paper at: http://www.socialistparty.net/pub/pages/thesocialist017...6.htm

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author by Davy Carlinpublication date Mon Jun 19, 2006 20:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

-but I am sure other activists would be interested in seeking an explanation from such organisations as to the reasoning of such, and their stance.

author by Davypublication date Mon Jun 19, 2006 19:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Can someone from any of these groups confirm/deny/explain the excerpt from the Socialist below?

'However, the right-wing leadership of ICTU were supported by several parties and organisations who argued that the Coalition should not support mass non-payment. These included the Workers Party, Communist Party of Ireland, Irish Socialist Network, Campaign Against Water Privatisation, Belfast Trades Council, Unison and others.'

author by a - nipsapublication date Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

get The Socialist:)

author by not above the parapetpublication date Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:04author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Interesting to see the vote on political funds was lost, even more interesting to read it here. Seems the SP has access to facts & figures denied a NIPSA branch secretary, but hey a branch secretary is only elected by the members to serve the members.
seems as regards getting information all are equal, but some are more equal than others

author by stroppypublication date Thu Jun 15, 2006 01:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Funny where stories about political funds for NIPSA turn up. A cynic might believe that it is a very important issue for the Socialist Party because they are not really interested in defeating the non existent threat of the BNP but want to use NIPSAs name and resources to promote their own political ends. As most of the speakers at Conference asking for a political fund were members of the Socialist party it seems likely they will be back again next year despite the fact that Conference has thrown this motion out numerous times. A cynic might believe that if this motion is ever passed that the BNP will be a fleeting fancy and the drive will be to urge NIPSA to support a political party that backs some of the emotive issues at Conference or a party who believes in socialism. Who could argue with using a NIPSA political fund to support a party which believes in socialism? NIPSA might be asked to support the policies of a political party with Socialist in its name again who could complain. The problem arises with those who claim the mantle of socialism for instance Bertie Ahern recently discovered he is a socialist. Do NIPSA then argue for Fianna Fail to organise in the Six Counties? Strange things are happening Michael Mc Dowell recently announced he is a republican so its possible Enda Kenny could declare himself and Fine Gael to be socialists even Pat Rabbitte might want to jump on the socialist bandwagon. Where will it all end David Cameron or George Bush ? The Socialist Party could find themselves getting squeezed out and their master plan to get enough votes to actually get one of their members elected onto a council locally might be thwarted.

author by Patrique - nipsapublication date Thu Jun 15, 2006 00:25author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I could be missing something here but I thought NIPSA had a united left, called Time for Change, whom I assumed supported left wing candidates in elections.

Sad news about the Political Fund, didn't know the result had been announced. I must make an effort to convince our branch to support this next year, but, hardly surprising some of you may think, many of them don't listen to a word I say. One of the pitfalls if you have thinking members, you have to listen to what they say.

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