WW archive > Issue 385 - 24 May 2001
Unions move to forge new links
Last week the Fire Brigades Union passed a motion to change its rules so that it can financially support candidates opposing the Labour Party. In future, the FBU will support only those candidates who back ?the policies and principles of the union?. Brilliant. This is great news.
Letters
RMT attack; Direct shock; SSP laugh; SSP info; NF march; Transitional wage
Simon Harvey of the SLP
Disgraceful sectarianism
Napster: old and new
The Socialist Alliance?s general election manifesto makes clear that New Labour ?excludes millions from cultural participation while promoting a corporate-dominated arts and leisure industry?. In other words culture is a site for struggle. As James Bull explains, that includes the global music industry
TV exposure
Scottish socialist broadcast
SLP leader?s eulogy
In praise of Stalin