Blog archive - October 2009

Hello Alasdair and all

Marie Lynam
13th October 2009 at 11:08
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An address from the Posadists in Britain to the Convention of the Left (COTL) - 15.09.09 HELP OFFICIAL WORKERS’
AND SOCIALIST CURRENTS
FORM IN THE LABOUR PARTY! [continue/comment...]

Peoples Charter - A Table at Conference 14 Nov

Marie Lynam
13th October 2009 at 10:54
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Hello comrades,
At the TUC conference, the Unite amendment was very important in that it made the TUC resolution lean back towards Labour.
It is very important it came from Unite, a Union of many limitations.
It goes to show the need to be very careful when criticising the Unions.  [continue/comment...]

Welfare - is there a difference between New Labour and the Tories?

Andrew Fisher
5th October 2009 at 18:37
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Today the Tories came out with some truly hideous policy on welfare: 1) They want to move 500,000 from incapacity benefit onto Jobseeker’s Allowance, cutting their benefit by £25 per week - the Sun reports they will assess 3,000 claimants per day [continue/comment...]
Tags: welfare reform bill, welfare rights