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Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
No ration on health
16 Mar 1995
Last week two cases highlighted how money talks in today’s National Health Service. A man died after being airlifted two hundred miles to an intensive care bed because his own regional unit is being run down; and top judges have ruled that a 10-year old girl cannot have the treatment that could save her life
A real alternative in Dundee
09 Mar 1995
Class fighters!
09 Mar 1995
On April 6 in Scotland SNP, Labour and Tory will be vying for working class votes in the ‘shadow’ council elections. But none of them are offering anything for workers in Scotland. There is an alternative - Vote Communist and join the fightback
Stench of peace
02 Mar 1995
Organise against the pay scandal!
02 Mar 1995
With whole sections of workers furious over low pay and threats to their jobs, anger is mounting against the bosses’ pay perks. Major is promising ‘action’ to curb them, but all is not as it seems
Major fails to prevent Euro-war escalation
23 Feb 1995
Anglo-Irish anti-climax
23 Feb 1995
Bring down the bosses’ barriers
23 Feb 1995
United fight against 1%
23 Feb 1995
In the face of a storm of protest from healthworkers the Tories are pleading poverty. They are desperate to fund their tax cut bribes at the expense of our pay packets and public services. Their attempt to split the workforce up around the country through the divisive local negotiations tactic must be responded to by a united national campaign
Business has faith in Labour
16 Feb 1995
A life of poverty: what kind of future does decaying capitalism offer them?
Minister rats on Major
16 Feb 1995
Law and order pays dividends
16 Feb 1995
Republican activist, Eddie Copeland, was shot twice by Trooper Andrew Clarke who opened fire on unarmed mourners
Stuff the market! Nurses and teachers fight back!
16 Feb 1995
United action will send the government running for cover
No speed ups No job cuts
09 Feb 1995
Latest for the axe are teachers’ jobs. A limited pay rise will be accompanied by education cuts, forcing job losses and increasing an already high workload. Teaching is already one of the worst professions for stress due to overwork and restructuring. But making fewer workers do more work for less pay is a trend that goes right across the board