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Israel stirs Middle East trouble, by Roger Protz
1968: The year the workers showed their potential, by Richard Kuper
Letters
Pegswood: Death of a mining village, by Tony Corcoran
The nightmare of Stalin’s Russia – two searing accounts, by Terry Bull
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Why Biafra should ‘go it alone’, by Constance Lever
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Ulster: What the left must do, by Sean Reed
Worker’s Diary, by L.D.T.
Scots sparks call for strike
“Any more provocative violations ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Tenants court victory, by David Ferguson
Unions recognition fight
Meetings
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EDITOR:
Roger Protz
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Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
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Editorial
Ulster cops v. Marchers, by Michael Farrell
IS condemns Polish witch-hunt
One world – not two ..., by Sabby Sagall
Where We Stand
Britain: How the other half live, by Dave Prynn
Arabs and Israel: Why the Zionist state must go, by Terry Bull
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N. Sea fishing: Profits and death go hand in hand, by Dave Callow
Militants must fight anti-union laws
‘We won’t put up rents’ says council, by Raymond Challinor
“Remember to protect the big fat cop who smashed the windows, Seamus” (cartoon), by Evans
Ten week lock-out at Ivy Bridge
Meetings
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EDITOR:
Roger Protz
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Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Ford: Rank & file control of strike is key to victory
PD election fight shakes Ulster Tories, by Sean Reed
ICI pay deal frozen as profits break record
Editorial
Castle’s aim: Break the unions, by Peter Osborne
Where We Stand
TV
Spreading like wildfire, the classroom revolt, by Martin Barker
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Olympia fights ‘prod’ deal, by an Exhibition Worker
Lessons of the last Ford battle, by Dave Graham
Richard the Lionheart (cartoon), by Evans
BICC men challenge wage cut, by Ross Hill
ICI plan to smash militants, by Victor Barnes
Young Catholics join militant rights march, by George Williamson
Irish brickies against anti-worker law
No laws march
Dash not impressed by Docks Control, by R.P.
Announcements
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Hands Off! by Socialist Worker Industrial reporter
Dublin police batter marchers
Czech youth and workers step up fight for freedom, by Chris Harman
Anti-Powell marchers clash with police
Two Polish socialists are jailed
The light at the end of the tunnel, by Laurie Flynn
Why Quentin Hogg supported the Welfare State: ‘It’s either reform or revolution’, by Colin Falconer
Where We Stand
The way forward for Irish socialists: Unity of all workers against Orange and Green Tories, by Eamonn McCann
Letters
Ford’s ‘no strikes’ pay offer, by Jim Lamborn
Strikers are told ‘work shifts or factory goes’
Barbara’s Union Pieshop (cartoon), by Evans
400 march for Irish rights
Clippie’s demand right to drive, by Chris Davison
Newspaper bosses to profit from prod deal, by a Printworker
‘Black and white unite’ chant at Powell, by David Prynn
Meetings
Yorks Vietnam march seeks trade union support
Dockers in mass walk-out
STC goes back
LSE Lockout
Soc.soc.
The gates are open ...
We demand
Why the gates –
Gates, bar and opera, by Two LSE Students Present Throughout
The factories too?
Solidarity
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
N. Ireland Tories split wide open, by Sean Reed
LSE students say open college, remove police, by Martin Shaw
Pensions plan leaves wealth untouched, by Colin Falconer
GPO solidarity shakes Labour
Iraq display of bodies barbarous
Heath’s new race bid, by Paul Foot
Steel: rank and file unity to fight threat to jobs, by Harry Jones
Where We Stand
Letters
TV
Only class politics can break down isolation of militant tenants, by John Phillips
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Ivy Bridge men to occupy site
John Gold
London School of Economics (cartoon), by Evans
Sit-in strike by York workers
ICI blast: was factory safe? by an ICI Shop Steward
‘No rent rise’ tenants to march on Greenwood, by Sean Dunne
Rootes car men in long battle against MDW, by Bernard Ross
Halewood rejects Ford pay plan, by Ross Hill
Support grows for one-day strike
Gentle rap for Paisley
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EDITOR:
Roger Protz
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Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
LSE lockout: Victory for militants, by Martin Shaw
Marchers say, ‘Smash Irish Police state’
Support grows for Feb 27 strike, by the Editor
Tenants clash with police in march on Greenwood, by Fred Lindop
Irish strike
Docks held up
Ruskin College
Paynter AWOL
What really took place on the QE2, by Paul Foot
Bonanza for property profiteers as homeless figures soar, by Joyce Rosser
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Letters
Japan’s battling students spearhead revolt against grip of dollar, by Nigel Harris
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Ford stewards issue strike call, by Jim Lamborn
Factory workers’ round the clock sit-in, by John Deason
Brutal assault on strikers – Stockport police pay damages, by Colin Barker
Sackings threat on the Clyde, by Steve Jefferys
Teachers occupy union HQ in pay retreat protest, by N.U.T. Reporter
Meetings
GPO solidarity wins
Dockers back civil rights, by Harold Youd
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
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Make Feb 27 a red letter day
Direct action houses homeless families, by Lionel Sims
Ulster: Left challenge to Orange and Green, from Sean Reed
Docks: Threat to right to strike, by Terry Barrett
Jeers greet Benn
Franco lashes out at Left, by P. Lizzaralde
Sithole: Savage sentence
Drugs: The giant firms are hooked on bigger profits, by Jack Sutton
Free Speech for Enoch? by Dave Peers
Behind Geneva’s glitter the terrible plight of second-class citizens, by Stephen Castle
Where We Stand
The Red Peril shakes Chalky and the Fuzz, by Kathy Sims
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Teachers demand strike action, by Duncan Hallas
LSE: The fight goes on, by Martin Shaw
“Don’t touch this one, Jenkins” (cartoon), by Evans
French call to unite Left forces
300 say ‘Hands off laundries’, by Christine Protz
Lock-out at Plessey as men reject bonus, by Dave Bridge
Workers’ sit-in beats the bosses
Midlands link-up to fight racialism
Industrial militants to hold conference
Healy-Cliff debate: New venue
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Ford workers fight union capitulation, by Jim Lamborn
Editorial
Student-worker revolt shakes Ayub, by a Special Correspondent
Ulster call to break new law, by Sean Reed
Defend the right to strike
Where We Stand
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All out on Feb 27!
In Place of Strike (cartoon), by Evans
We want more pay (poem), by Alex Glasgow
Ivy Bridge prepares for homeless siege
LSE opens but gates still up, by Martin Shaw
Tenants link up to fight rent rise, by Gerald Crompton
Moved to ban ‘right’ march
Price change
Announcements
Dust strike may spread
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
General strike call to fight union laws, by Socialist Worker Industrial reporter
Editorial
‘One man, one gun’ chant on anti-Smith march (photo)
Left’s action keeps Enoch behind closed doors, by Trevor Cave
Iran socialists face stiff jail terms, by Nareeman
Builder to march in direct works protest
Polish trial
Irish march postponed
Rosa Luxemburg & Karl Liebknecht
For them there was only one nation – the working class, by Jim Higgins
Where We Stand
Letters
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Fords wait for vital pay talks, by Jim Lamborn
High-speed profits from North Sea gas, by Brian White
Ray Gunter joins board of ‘Securicor’ (cartoon), by Evans
One man sacked – 100 walk out
Nurses to vote on charter, by Jack Sutton
Union officials weaken ICI prod deal battle, by Rob Clay
Meetings
Clerks to lobby
Call for strike
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
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Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
300 walk out as ICI sack top steward, by Bob Clay
Ford court move is threat to all workers, by Jim Lamborn
Trade unionists lobbying the TUC (photo)
Vietnam – the slaughter goes on
Editorial
Founded 50 years ago – the Red International, by Ian Birchall
Fire precautions were ‘too expensive’, so 22 workers died, by Paula Dean
Where We Stand
Letters
Workers’ and peasants’ alliance: the only road for Pakistan ..., by Nigel Harris
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Victory after 18-day factory sit-in, by Mike Lehane
“It was very wise of you ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Police get rough on Vietnam rally, by John Charlton
Couple plan campaign on prices, by Kathy Sims
Pupils call for reform, by Gus Denson
Massive support in North for anti-laws strike
Tenants protest
Control conference may break record
Announcements
Militants get together
Left win at LSE
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
March 16 Vietnam mobilisation
Dagenham strikers collecting their strike pay (photo)
Editorial
LSE students expose ‘get tough’ plans, by Martin Shaw
£4,000 fund – will you help? by Jim Nichol
A penny at the librry – is this the only way to help struggling authors? by Ethel Mannin
Where We Stand
Vietnam: the War and the British workers, by Ian Birchall
Letters
Press stirs vicious racialist campaign against immigrant doctors, by Paul Mullen
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Clyde men lose jobs guarantee
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
“Go on, Dad, you teach him!” (cartoon), by Evans
Militants to march on Dublin, by Sean Reed
Youth have something to beef about, by Paul Walton
Tenants in rent protest
BICC strikers win their demands, by Ross Hill
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French strike not 100%
ETU expels militant
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Border dispute aids Moscow and Peking rulers, by Chris Harman
Editorial
Marchers entering Trafalgar Square (photo)
Anguilla and Rhodesia: Wilson hypocrisy exposed
Call for May 1 strike
Fund off to flying start, by Jim Nichol
Police called to college
Why fiddling with figures stops dressmen going bust, by Jane Macintosh
Stay in and fight! Militants must not abandon the struggle in the unions, by Tom Hillier
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Letters
Middle East: Only the overthrow of imperialism can win peace for Arabs and Jews, by Moshe Avineri
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‘Save our jobs’ march demands, by Jim Richards
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
“Hands up, comrade from a fraternal socialist country! ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Franco police crack down on strikers
Homeless evicted from empty house, by Jim Smith
Moderates move to split Ulster rights campaign, by Sean Reed
Students’ decisive conference
Announcements
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Editorial
Brutal purge may follow fall of Ayub, by Nigel Harris
Stop the fascists!
State bosses get giant pay boost
Liverpool backs May Day strike
Big turnout for control conference
Press story not true
Mr Lee puts his foot in it
Ford: First round to the militants, on points, by Jim Lamborn & Sabby Sagall
Where We Stand
Letters
April 27 – why are we marching through ‘apartheid town’ ..., by Dave Spilsbury
Workers’ power or jobs for the boys? by Jim Higgins
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Battle against stooge union, by Paul Walton
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
“Good afternoon, islanders ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Wages cut – so work stopped
Defiant marchers shake Ulster Tories, by Sean Reed
Little Benn goes North again to put boot in on the Clyde, by Peter Bain
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Fighting Fund
Support for strike/p>
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
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Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Editorial:
‘Start strike to smash militants’ firm urged
Tenants invade court
Ulster Tories call up B-Specials, by Sean Reed
Politicians gang up against Pakistan masses, by Nigel Harris
SW fund: keep cash rolling in, by Jim Nichol
May Day – give your guv’nor that choking feeling, by Peter Gold
How Barbara forgot the starving masses and learned to love the bosses, by Paul Foot
Letters
Where We Stand
Prod deals: will total opposition cut socialists off from militant workers? by Nigel Coward
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Tories disrupt all-in schools, by Christine Protz
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
“If course we aren’t frightened ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Ford men leave ‘No strike’ union, by Ross Hill
Scanlon sets the pace at Sheffield, by John Strauther
Chemical workers stage lightning strikes over pay, by Trev Cave
Building lock-out may go to CIR
Giant firms cash in
Announcements
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Editorial
Rents veto is victory for militant tenants, by Sean Dunne
Tories out north and south say Irish marchers, by Eamonn McCann
Sparks face battle for 10 bob rise
Conference boost for SW fund
Easter 1916: ‘A terrible beauty ...’, by Gery Lawless & Chris Grey
Where We Stand
What went wrong at Radiators? by Dave Peers
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Germans’ labour straitjacket – Is this Castle’s aim? by Hans Schulz
Teachers demand fresh talks on salaries
“It’s not just euthanasia I’m against ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Rail bosses’ redundancy dodge, by Colin Barker
Bernadette set for victory, by Sean Reed
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
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EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Constance Lever
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Budget aids the rich, soaks the poor, by John Palmer
Editorial
Italian shooting mark growing crisis of regime, by Norah Carlin
Council court move will spark London rent strike
Strike halts Fleet Street
Ulster cops armed
Bandwagon gathers speed
Nurses in Manchester’s hospital group
Why workers must organise for power, by Duncan Hallas
‘I could kill you here – no one would ever know’: a B-Special to Ulster civil rights fighters, by Eamonn McCann
Where We Stand
Letters
W. Indies: 20 years of pirates, profits and blood, by Paul Foot
Greetings from U.S. and French Socialists
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Miners and coal bosses in battle over rents, by John Charlton
Challinor’s Choíce, by Raymond Challinor
“Mr Webster? ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Tory smear on immigrant children
Support grows for anti-racialist mobilisation
‘Late and you’re sacked’ plan leads to strike
Announcements
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Ulster: British troops out
Editorial
Fascists disrupt
Black-white march on Sunday
Welfare work or revolutionary politics – the choice for the Left, by Peter Sedgwick
Letters
Where We Stand
The First May Day, by Joan Smith
Dubcek’s downfall: now it’s back to ‘orthodox repression’, by Chris Harman
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Building deal puts shackles on stewards, by Dave Warby
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
“Sometimes I wonder ...” (cartoon), by Evans
LSE call to spread the strike, by Martin Shaw
Plessey Women end pay strike, by Lionel Sims
Angry nurses fight ‘pay as you starve’ plan, by Jack Sutton
May Day
Notices
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Workers’ Power
May Day, by William Morris
Let May 1st 1969 mark the start of the fight for workers’ power, by Editorial Board
Where We Stand
‘Parliamentary socialism’: Labour’s road to disaster, by Paul Foot
Deform (not reform) the unions – that’s Castles’s aim, by Nat Soper
Exploding the myth of our ‘equal’ society, by Mike McKenna
Letters
Big Business behind de Gaulle resignation, by Ian Birchall
Challinor’s Choice, by Ramond Challinor
Black-white march (photo)
IS fight school planned
Rootes stewards take sting out of MDW deal, by Bernard Ross
GLC drop court move, by Sean Dunne
Student militants shake LSE governors, by Martin Shaw
Miners to fight rent rise, by John Charlton
Squatters house two families
Sit-in strikers back May Day
Notices
‘Worthwhile’
Bernadette Devlin: Ireland – ‘I stand for a socialist republic’, interview by Sean Reed
May Day greetings
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Editorial
New kick in the teeth for the old and poor, by Roger Protz
Big crowds for Bernadette
Strike over prod deal
Fighting fund key to 6-page paper
TV
Great paintings – more than an investment for rich speculators, by Phil Evans
Where We Stand
Workers’ power – the only alternative to Labour/Tory run-around, by Duncan Hallas
Letters
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Ford shop-floor fears retreat on pay demands, by Jim Lamborn
Letters
“Come in no. 10 ... You’re time is up” (cartoon), by Evans
Builders locked-out for 7 months
Rootes workers feel the lash of ‘prod deal’, by Dave McLean
Engineers strike in pay battle, by Terry Jacques
Police evict docks militant from union HQ
Biafra unionists to speak
Notices
Engineers school cancelled
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
Hear Bernadette Devlin speak
Editorial
‘Tinker’ Devlin leads gipsy march, by John Strauther
2,000 on lively march call for a free Palestine
£2m a day for bosses is Labour boast
Irish homeless occupy plush naval quarters, by Sean Reed
One way to build the party ...
America: The lunatic rat race of the four-wheeled lemon industry, by Charles Denby
Inspiring – the early struggle for the revolution in Britain, by Peter Sedgwick
The IQ myth that white children are superior to black, by Joti Bratnagar
Where We Stand
Campaign backs fight for Palestine freedom
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10 bob rent threat for London tenants
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
“Excuse me, Harold ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Squatters house family of four
Sit-in car workers protest at use of police, by Dave McLean
LSE threat to jail three student militants, by Martin Shaw
Notices
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EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Jim Nichol
What we think ...
Strikes hit Australia as union chief jailed, by Peter Finch
Schools or guns? Crossman gets his priorities right, by Colin Falconer
Airfix workers fight for union rights
No race-hate march
Left rocks Cannon
Science
Locked away for 20 years – trade unionist who fought S. African tyranny, by Stephen F. Kelly
Where We Stand
Letters
Hunger for capital means new freeze and squeeze for workers, by Michael Kidron
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Strike breaks 40 years’ peace at Leyland ‘Hong Kong’ plants, by Raymond Challinor
Kent youth rebel against police, by Ted Parker
“The astronauts are now faced with the problem ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Big jump in Ford work pace, by Alan Wild
‘Bro Fish and Chips’
Big meeting rises to Bernadette
Secret clause in prod deal angers Fry’s workers
Left challenge
High Court snub for LSE witch-hunters, by Martin Shaw
DATA lockout at English electric
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EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
What we think ...
Leyland strike call against union laws, by Ray Challinor
Troops and police besiege Berkeley students, by Tom Condit
Students occupy art school/p>
Krivine speaks in London
The battle for shop-floor control
Nasty medicine, by Peter Osborne
Where We Stand
On the Clyde: huge handouts for shipping bosses threat of sack for 4,000 workers, by Peter Bain
France today: almost as though May 68 had never happened ..., by Ian Birchall
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Pay freeze threat at Ford retreat, by Jim Lamborn
Challinor’s Choice, by Raymond Challinor
“I have not been tortured ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Busmen face new prod deal, by Chris Davison
‘Ragbag’ sparks shake Cannon’s hold on ETU
Irish Tories call election in bid to attack unions, by Sean Reed
Back campaign
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EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
Editorial
France: 200,000 vote for workers control
Pay myth exploded
Press Barons’ quest for profits threatens jobs in Fleet Street, by Sean Geraghty & Paul Foot
Where We Stand
Letters
Salvaging the economy – the expense of workers’ pay and conditions, by Tom Hillier
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Ford workers hear Bernadette
Leyland strikers determined to stick out for victory
Good Evans! (cartoon), by Evans
We moved
White-collar lockout at giant GEC plant, by Ken Green
Hogarth says NUS may discipline seamen
Tenants march on landlord
Notices
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
What we think ...
Leyland: Brindle raps threat of closure
Build the Irish Civil Rights Campaign, by John Palmer
Appeal to stop racialists
Revealed by Marx – the secret of the system, by Dave Purdy
The battle for shop-floor control, by Tom Hillier
Where We Stand
Dockers vs. Devlin, by Terry Barrett, interview by Nigel Coward
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Derry: Wrong heading, not wrong demand, from Sean Reed
Clyde: Workers’ control only answer to chaos, by Peter Bain
Don’t just stand there – get down on your knees ..., by Nat Soper
“And I would like to thank Mr Powell ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Militant school children demand free discussion
Victory for squatters as mother is rehoused
‘Leveller’ Crossman soaks the workers
Bro Varley has a bright ide
Airfix union rights strike spreads
Notices
Good sale
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
What we think ...
Nationalise shipyards call on Clydeside, by Peter Bain
On Sunday anti-Zionists and supporters of a free Palestine demonstrated (photo)
Police wade in as 200 confront racialists
Reagan guns and gasses students, by John Hanley
Wolfe Tone: Irishman who called for unity of ‘men of no property’, by Chris Gray
All in a day’s work – only some people’s days are longer than others ..., by Henry Bradford
Where We Stand
The battle for shop-floor control, by Tom Hillier
Is Concorde more vital than decent hospitals? by Jenny Southgate
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‘No concessions’ say stewards as Leyland pay talks begin, by Ray Challinor
Sack threat for 1,200, by Ross Hill
“We’ll put off divorce law reform ...” (cartoon), by Evans
One man sacked – four firms stop
Metal men battle for union rights, by Alan Woodward
Aussie unions fight fines on strikers, by Peter Finch
Engineers locked out for 10 weeks
Profits up
Irish abroad to rally in Dublin
Banana boat blues for Merseyside bosses
Squatters house mother and children
Notices
The Tory council in Hammersmith
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
What we think ...
1,500 back Irish civil rights
New strike call at Leyland bus plant
Expulsion condemned
Omission
Post Office engineers call for action
Printed again, the call to arms that Stalin banned, by Terry Bull
Keep off my patch – the Moscow brand of ‘internationalism’, by Nigel Harris
Where We Stand
Zionists’ frightening thuggery, by Martin Shaw
Dockers versus Devlin
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Ford union backs down in battle over pay, by Jim Lamborn
And now folks, at astronomical price, it’s the Royal Family show ..., by Roger Protz
‘The triumph of reason’ – 1969 (cartoon), by Evans
Seamen’s union chops militant, by Joe Rourke
Irish Tories win ‘red scare’, by John Palmer
Students occupy college
Glasgow fight to protect Direct Works, by George Kelly
Lift men’s strike ends in defeat
Notices
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
‘Left’ union leaders toe the TUC line, by Richard Kuper
Squatters face hired thugs and council wreckers, by Paul Gould & Stuart Beresford
Irish fight back on the streets, by Sean Reed
No wage freeze for the top bosses
Tropical Trotskyism, by Michael Kidron
In Wales an air of death hangs over the mining villages as royalty enjoy their junket, by John Larke
Strike hysteria: the facts and figures the press doesn’t tell you about, by Mike McGrath
Where We Stand
Science, by Harry Goode
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Clyde deal is model for government plans, by Peter Bain
Teachers to stop work as salaries campaigns hots up, by Duncan Hallas
Men’s doubles (cartoon), by Evans
Police evict strikers in battle over pay, by Stan Bishop
Notices
5,000 march to save Direct Works, by George Kelly
Metal men back recognition
Stop Press
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
Strike wave rocks Italy as government tumbles, by Norah Carlin
Squatters spotlight housing humbug but lack links with workers, by Lionel Sims
Big police guard for Powell as 400 jeer
The appalling silence and inactivity of the British Left as Biafrans face death and starvation, by Peter Sedgwick
Where We Stand
‘Naive attitude’ to the CP, from Alan Wild
The compromisers, by Laurie Flynn & Sabby Sagall
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Union funds £16,000 house for AEF funds
“Dear me, no, Mrs Clutter ...” (cartoon), by Evans
‘We want work’ – Irish marchers, by Sean Reed
Metal workers form combine in bid to win strike, by Alan Woodward
Busmen work to rule to win more pay
UCS sparks walk out
Notices
Ford pension scheme is poor deal for workers
EDITOR:
Roger Protz
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Barry Hugill
Derry youth challenge police state
Airfix strikers get rough time from police
Jones the Freeze gets pay boost
Picket support appeal
Summer break
Theatre
1919: When the Red Flag flew in Glasgow, by Joan Smith
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Why Ford’s hatchet man has gone to the Midlands ..., by Our Birmingham Correspondent
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New Ford move to discipline men may spark militant action, by a Ford shop steward, Southampton
Left unity becomes vital in teachers’ pay battle, by Duncan Hallas
Metal group hit by strike wave, by Alan Woodward
“Er, Neil ...” (cartoon), by Evans
College ‘prod’ deal is threat to students, by George Yarrow
Big turn out for Irish rally
Stewards wage fight against ICI
French left sort out differences
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It’s great on the moon – but not so hot down here
Industrial accidents hit new peak, by Socialist Worker Industrial reporter
’Disband Ulster’s Gestapo’ demand Irish civil rights marchers
LSE to discuss Left policies
The Hippie theatre – is it ‘turned on’ to the wrong wavelength? by Kathy Sims
The Nigerian bloodbath, by Tony Cliff
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Trawlermen in six-week battle for decent wage, by John Cunningham & Dave Barron
Well, are you buzzing off to the Bahamas this year? by Laurie Flynn
“The Ulster cops are only firing in the air at the moment ...” (cartoon), by Evans
GLC threat to evict 20,000 rent rebels
TUC watchdog tries its teeth on steel man, by Les Pick
Building workers back striking insulators, by Alan Wild
Solidarity shakes metal combine bosses, by Alan Woodward
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‘Darling, they’re playing our tune’
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Richard Kuper
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Derry fights police state, by Sean Reed
Steel strikers fight boss-union alliance, by John Larke & Les Pick
French devaluation may spark fresh upsurge by workers, by Ian Birchall
Fascist bomb threat
4,000 Kentish miners’ jobs in jeopardy as old coal bosses bleed the industry dry, by Fred Milson
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The Nigerian bloodbath
Czech workers’ resistance resistance rattles Husak’s leadership, by Peter Hitchcock
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Leeds: Left must mobilise against racism, by Phil Evans
‘No redundancies’ say militant engineers at the Sun, by John Ball
Site bosses get tough as profits soar, by Dave Percival
“Funny. Just as I’ve trained them to live without food, they die ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Italian Left hammers out factory policy, by Ferruccio Gambini
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Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
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Editorial
Unionists show they can only rule ‘through the barrel of a gun’, leaflet by Derry Young Socialists
Money urgently needed
A united workers’ republic – the only way to stop Ireland bleeding, by Michael Kidron
Britain’s oldest colony – a history of famine, brutality ... and heroism, by Duncan Hallas
From bad consciences to the barricades – the escalation of the civil rights struggle, research by David Widgery
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Solidarity campaign’s vital role in Britain
Derry: fighting under the flag of the Citizens’ Army, interview with Eamonn McCann & Ray Burnett
Downing Street hypocrisy
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Laurie Flynn
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Derry defies the Army: ‘Barricades stay up’, by Fred Milson
Czech ‘reformers’ capitulate as resistance rises, by Chris Harman
Militant on murder charge, by John Strauther
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Peterloo: the bully boys’ massacre, by Gwyn A. Williams
Waldo Maguire, the BBC’s Belfast boss, makes the Corporation toe the Orange line, by Our N. Ireland correspondent
Death sentence for one more Welsh mine, by John Larke
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Strikes may hit London if rent rebels evicted by GLC, by Sean Dunne
Little word that Labour never mentions
The handing-in of arms by ‘B’-Specials ... (cartoon), by Evans
Sack for 600 is BSA holiday ‘treat’, by John Setters
Steel men triumph but face productivity, by Les Pick
JIB threat to Scottish sparks
New LSE crackdown on student Left, by John Simmons
Mersey call for factory take-over
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Workers to run plants in bid to stop sackings, by Sabby Sagall
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TUC rule changes are threat to rank and file, by Nat Soper
Weinstock wields the jobs axe, with the government at his elbow, by Our Manchester Industrial correspondent
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Ulster’s jackboot tyranny – why the British left must back Catholic workers, by Sean Treacy
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Support grows for Mersey laggers’ strike
Orange murder gangs’ terror in Belfast, by Our Belfast correspondent
I’m the life and soul of the party (cartoon), by Evans
Sparks’ union bosses seek more control at the top
Johnson Matthey strikers snub TUC enquiry
Three-month pay battle by immigrant workers, by Stan Bishop
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Paul Foot
Richard Kuper
Laurie Flynn
Sabby Sagall
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TUC ‘victory’: Scanlon and Jones must take action
Clark hypocrisy
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Black power leader on hunger strike as pickets demand release
Ulster: How the police state started, by Chris Grey
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Needed – national links and a militant programme to stop the sackings, by Our Manchester Industrial reporter
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New pay battle looms at Ford
Ho – He gave the ‘Third World’ heart, by Chris Harman
Conference backs Irish struggle
Unity at metal works beats bosses
Arms strike against prod deal
GEC sit-in
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Strike wave hits Europe, by Richard Kuper
CIR tells bosses ‘get tough with militants’, by SW Midlands Industrial reporter
Mersey take-over called off
Victory at Shellstar
Middle East: the ‘6 Day War’ goes on, by Rachel Matgamna
Cumnor – where the heat is on no-union workers, by Steve Bolchover & Bob Arnold
N. Ireland: fine slogans and grim reality, by Stephen Marks
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Determined tenants are ready for East London battle against evictions, by Fred Lindop
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Go it alone threat by AEF in Ford pay talks
Belfast showdown, by Chris Harman
Dockers’ no to manning dodge, by Terry Barrett
Correction
Ho’s final plea falls on stony ground, by Roger Protz
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New Nazis: smokescreen for major parties, by Richard Kuper
Nine men die on Kent cement works, by Ernie Stanton
Hippy squatters spotlight crime of empty buildings, by Roger Protz
New role for ‘B’-Specials? by SW reporter
Labour’s ‘glorious heritage’: compromise, betrayal and a blind faith in parliament, by Fred Lindop
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Behind the Mersey defeat: Lack of grass-roots support and lure of government redundancy hand-out, by SW Northern Industrial reporter
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Print bosses play on inter-union squabbles, by A. Malone
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“Why do peasants remind me of just so many sheep?” (cartoon strip), by B. Parker, from Wildcat
Teachers to strike over sackings and cuts, by Dave Spencer
300 demand reinstatement of sacked convenor, by Dave Peers
Building site crash injures two men
Farrell to tour Lancashire
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First rebel tenants barricade goes up (photo)
Editorial
Wilson’s boat must be rocked, by Roger Protz
Tough new rules for sparks
The German workers’ winter sleep over, by Volkhart Mosler
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Bureaucracy, restrictive practices and fixed prices: how the telly Tories make their profits, by Paul Foot
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100,000 strike to back AEF recognition fight
Ford goes slow on parity talks as profits boom, by Denis O’Flynn
“The new government appreciates what your lads have done ...” (cartoon), by Evans
Police stir trouble at seaside, by John Field
Dustmen raise stink in 10 London boroughs, by Bob Light
Shellstar ‘victory’ soon turns sour
Irish militants to launch big campaign, by Sean Treacy
Insulators go back
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Crunch near in Ulster, by Sean Treacy
TUC tells strikers to join blackleg union, by Alan Woodward
Dustmen: magnificent solidarity (photo)
‘Smash all-in schools’ says Tory right
Quote of the week, from Workers Press
Redundancy: The threat to your job – part 1
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It’s quite an education, getting sacked from teaching ..., by Andrew Hornung, from Rank & File
Pompidou prepares for autumn attack on workers’ wages and living standards, by Ian Birchall
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Dustmen spark revolt of low-paid workers, by Bob Light
Ballot gives ETU right wing tight control, by an Electrician
Car men walk out on gold-watch boss
Strike halt GEC Mersey factories
Tube workers protest at press blackout, by Ted Wheeler
100,000 out
Strikers free arrested steward
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Victory to the miners!
The strikers must demand
Pickets outside Yorkshire Area NUM headquarters (photo)
What they said
Freeze and the sack – miners bear the brunt of government policy
South Wales
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Ulster: Power bid by extreme right, by Sean Treacy
We’ll stick out for £5 say militant dustmen, by Bob Light
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Redundancy: The threat to your job – part 2
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Ireland: No such thing as ‘revolutionary reformism’ ..., by Ken Hillier
As strikes rock Italy, the spectre of revolution haunts and divides the ruling class, by Andrea Savonuzzi
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Massive backing for coal-field ‘Cinderellas’, by Joe Kenyon
New idea of ‘democracy’ for car workers, by Steve Jefferys
“Who do you want today, Mac?” (cartoon), by Evans
Humberside hit by big shutdown
Post Office move to set up blackleg union, by Gordon Blair
No help for Newcastle strikers
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Merseyside loses a leading militant, by I.P. Hughes & Ross Hill
Deep divisions shake Communists, by Fred Lindop
Magnificent miners
CIR to probe fight for union recognition, by Dermot Byrne
Dustmen return to face battle on productivity, by Bob Light
Equal pay possible now
Heartfield – he put the workers in the picture, by Laurie Flynn
The criminal waste of Concorde, by Paul Foot
The Battle of Hastings, 1969, by Geoff Shaw & Pam Reffell
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Redundancy: the threat to your job – final part
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Callaghan may retreat on B-Specials to save Ulster PM, by Paul Foot
Pickets in the rain at BSR (photo)
Double-deal on double shift work starts strike, by Hugh Kerr
Ford stewards vote for £10 more or action, by Jim Lamborn
Rank men want more, by Richard Kirkwood
What we think
Car men fight threat to job organisation, by Sabby Sagall
Guerillas seize south Lebanon areas
Drive against anti-Zionists, by a Special Correspondent
Couve defeat may boost Left, by Ian Birchall
1919: a plea from Lloyd George and the mighty Triple Alliance collapsed, by Raymond Challinor
CP: down the slippery slope ..., by Harry Jones
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Me Tarzan, by Laurie Flynn
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Miners go back – but united by new anger and militancy, by Joe Kenyon
B-Specials: concessions to Ulster right wing, by Sean Treacy
Strike hits GEC factory switch plan
Rayon workers strike to win closed shop, by Don Milligan
Rank strikers reject offer
Pickets out at knitwear works
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Six-page paper next week, by the Editor
Racialists plan to disrupt A-A rally
1,000 East End tenants march to counter GLC bid to evict 4 families, by SW reporter
23 November – big march against war
One family, one house – McCann
Scramble for profits behind car strike, by Steve Jefferys
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Joining a union – basic right denied to servicemen
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Czechoslovakia: Russia’s grip is tightening
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Work accidents rise and bosses mainly to blame
What we think
Fly me to Conservative Central Office (cartoon), by Evans
Angry teachers demand tough action on pay, by Eric A. Porter
Striking brewery men say no to pay offer with ‘strings’, by Mick Bunting
No redundancy scheme used to sack 7 workers, by Rob Clay
Two students leave jail
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The big pensions racket, by Jim Kincaid
The Queen: We launch fund drive
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The ‘golden 1930s’ of the Communist Party – myth peddled by Gollan’s opponents, by Duncan Hallas
UK workers’ standards falling behind Europe, by Ian Birchall
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Upper Clyde: Workers forced to carry the can for management greed and inefficiency, by members of Glasgow Workers Action Committee
Bert the socialist worker (cartoon strip), by TJH
Financiers untroubled by mines ‘takeover’, by Peter Sedgwick
The people’s copper: Zambia’s phoney ‘nationalisation’
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Secret Ballot: TGWU’s ‘democracy’ on the docks, by Terry Barrett & Alf Waters
[Cops with rugby ball] (cartoon), by Evans
Strike call by N.U.T.
It’s a big victory says Ranks steward
Sit-in strike beats CAV sackings plan, by Ted Jones
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Harlow strike call
Pay revolt hits schools
Victory to the NLF! (cartoon), by Evans
Rugby violence in Swansea
EETU: The union where the militants have to wear masks, by an Electrician
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Viet Nam, by Stephen Marks
Social security: The workhouse has been abolished but its spirit lingers on ..., by Jim Kincaid
Bert the socialist worker (comic strip), by TJH
Northern Ireland: Socialists and left Republicans spearhead the fight as civil rights ‘moderates’ do a deal with Unionists, by John Palmer
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Communist Party congress: the iceberg begins to melt, by Jim Higgins
Tenants prepare for new battle over rents
“Dinner-money time, children. Get your cheque books out ...” (cartoon), by Evans
DATA men out for a month
Car parts firm in bid to smash militant union, by J.C. Ure
Clerks’ leader made redundant
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Left’s court victory
French police swoop on left-wing groups, by Ian Birchall
At least the ball was coloured ..., by Bob Light
Labour’s blood money, by Stephen Marks
Militants abandoned as King Street woos union ‘lefts’, by Jim Higgins
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Socialists and the Market, from Ian Birchall
Powell and the economic roots of racialism, by Paul Foot
1920: Militant talk but no action defeated workers, by Raymond Challinor
Bert the socialist worker (cartoon strip), by TJH
Science, by Ken Green
Orange reactionaries welcome new ‘Specials in disguise’, by SW correspondent
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Socialist scientists to hold conference
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Dockers vote against union-boss prod deal, by Terry Barrett
Surprised by the light ... (cartoon), by Evans
Engineers strike over employers’ pay rise fiddle, by Vince Hall
Strike hits shipyard
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Italy death rate: one policeman, four strikers, by Norah Carlin
UP prices, rents, fares, beer – new attack on workers, by Lionel Sims
Striking teachers (photo)
Rugby – police get tough
Book Reviews
Bernadette – from swinger to red devil, by Barry Hugill
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James Connolly – Irish revolutionary, by Sean Matgamna
Education: ‘Equal opportunity’ – as long as you stay in the same social class, by Leni Solinger
Bert the socialist worker, by TJH
Containers: Attempt to divide London dockers, by Terry Barrett
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Why the nurses are on the march, by Jack Sutton
Bosses’ pay offer means wage cut for builders, by Frank Campbell
BP prod deal splits workers at Grangemouth, by Peter Bain
Socialist editor jailed for 17 months in Italy
Strike stops ‘flexibility’
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Police violence at Springboks’ matches
New attack on public services, by Chris Harman
Meet a lucky miner with two baths (photo)
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Catching up with the 20th century – at the cost of dockworkers’ jobs, by Nigel Coward
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Chaos in Italy as the militant strike wave enters its third month, by Andrea Savonuzzi
Bert the socialist worker (cartoon strip), by TJH
James Connolly – Irish revolutionary (2), by Sean Matgamna
Depressed areas: how Labour subsidises bosses, by Dave Peers
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Carron – the noble knight (obituary), by Geoff Carlsson
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Locked out Cov-Rad men firm as lay-offs spread, by Chris Ryan
1,000 march in Devon to back turbine strikers, by Granville Williams
British Rail sack two militants
Hosiery firm sacks 22 sit-in strikers, by Pete Gillard
Ford pay-offer move to stop militant action, by Jim Lamborn
Engineers out for 3 weeks
Correction
Nurses: Strike action by key workers needed to win living wage for hospital staff, by Richard Kuper
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Solidarity say European dockers (photo)
More school strikes
Union banners missing on anti-Springbok march, by Nigel Walby
Xmas break
‘Raise the roof’ campaign
D.H. Lawrence, the miner’s son, afraid of love and the workers, by Kathy Sims
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South Africa: racialist tyranny underpinned by British investments
African workers are terrorised into not joining unions (photo)
Jeff Coulter talks to rugby fan
Free speech for fascists? by Roger Protz
American socialists face life and death struggle for survival against repression, by David Freidman, from International Socialist
Bert the socialist worker (cartoon strip), by TJH
From Belgium and Holland, moves towards united action by European workers
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New £7m handout for Clyde bosses, by Peter Bain
Tenants get ready for new battle over rents
‘We’ll stay out until our demands are met’ say locked out Cov-Rad men, by Chris Ryan
Pensions: 2,000 old people get 6d a week, by Jim Kincaid
Crabtrees go back
Correction
Into the Seventies
Blasts used to crack down on Italian Left, by Norah Carlin
Transport shut-down in London on New Year’s Day
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Last updated on 18 January 2021