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Category Archives: 2011 spring
Editorial: Spring 2011
It is time to get angry. Day after day we see how the Con-Dem government is attacking the most vulnerable people in our society. We see its determination to undermine the remaining elements of the welfare state. The media, including … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles, editorial
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Government’s Class War Hurts Ordinary People
Prem Sikka UK citizens are being subjected to the biggest social engineering project of all times. The government is reducing ordinary people’s wages, pensions and hard-won social welfare rights. It is all being done in the name of reducing public … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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Do they support the People’s Charter?
Vince Mills says candidates must declare where they stand The undeniable fact that the Labour movement in Scotland has to face is that we are about to enter an epoch-defining struggle. It is not just that we are facing sweeping … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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Student Show the Way
Marc Livingstone says students must not stand alone Recent events have seen the resurgence of student militancy, with mass demonstrations and occupations drawing comparisons with the radicalism of the 60s and 70s and the spirit of 1968 in particular. As … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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Mike Kirby Scottish Secretary, UNISON: Social Vandalism
“The massive debts the public is accumulating to bail out the speculators will then become part of a global budget crisis that will be the rationalisation for deep cuts to social programs, and for a renewed push to privatise what … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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Another Route to Social Change
John Slaven explores the approach of Citizen UK. It is that time again when union activists not in political parties (i.e. the vast majority) hide under the duvet. It is of course election time. In the frenzy of party tribalism, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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Miserable little compromise, or step in the right direction?
Bob Thompson argues for a Yes vote At last the starting-gun has been fired. We will definitely have a referendum on 5 May on whether to ditch first past the post for the alternative vote to elect MPs to the … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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Beyond the Crash
Beyond the Crash Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalisation Gordon Brown (Simon & Schuster) Thomas Doyle reviews the volume with everything This book has it all. For left wingers – here is a man who doesn‟t have a bad word … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, book review
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Mark Gallagher: LRC’s dynamic AGM
The Labour Reprerentation Committee Annual General Meeting held in January in London was an eye-opener to someone used to the dull landscape of the Scottish Labour Party. Compared with that experience it was a relative rollercoaster of emotions that came … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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The Tears that made the Clyde – Well-Being in Glasgow
This is an important book and needs to be the frame for future debate not just for Glasgow but for Scotland. Using the prism of „The Spirit Level‟ (reviewed in the last issue of the Citizen) Carol Craig subjects and … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles, book review
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The People’s Charter
Join MSPs and Trade Unionists in campaigning for the key demands of the People’s Charter. Join or set up a local group; Contact people locally who want to join the campaign; Create links with your local trade unions and Trades … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 spring, articles
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