Britain: PCS Strike shows workers’ anger - New Labour attacks poor paid workers Today civil servants in Britain staged another strike in protest at government measures that will affect pensions, redundancy pay and jobs. It is a sign of the growing militancy of the British workers, who are reaching the limit of what they can take. Socialist Appeal supporters in PCS prepared a leaflet which explains the union case and points the way forward for PCS activists. This can be downloaded here.
Britain: PCS Strike - The phoney war is over This article was written just before the official announcement of the PCS strike ballot result on February 25, which confirmed massive support for action on 8-9th March. We are publishing it together with links to a series of short reports and interviews from the picket lines these past two days. Up to a quarter of a million jobs, possibly more, could be destroyed if government plans are allowed to go ahead. That explains the militant mood that has developed.
Manifesto for Students: Education Cuts – the Socialist Alternative The comrades of Socialist Appeal in Britain produced the following pamphlet. It is a compilation of different articles written by comrades on tuition fees, cuts in university funding and the students' union, and tries to elaborate some demands for the student movement. We encourage our readers to acquaint themselves with our basic positions on the state of the education system in order to intervene in the movements against cuts and fees which have already begun in a lot of colleges and universities in Britain, but also all around the world.
