Cut interest rates to avert recession
How many manufacturing jobs have to be sacrificed before the government hits its inflation target of 2.5 per cent? By John Edmonds, General Secretary GMB.

Repressive laws won't help the peace process
Parliaments in London and Dublin passed draconian new security laws on 2/3 September. Sinn Fein member of the Dail, Caoimhghin O Caolain, told the Dublin parliament they were wrong to do so.

Stop Britain's support for US bombing
History should surely now have taught us that the only effective weapon against terrorism is diplomacy, writes Tony Benn MP.

Openings to fight for union rights
Ken Cameron, General Secretary FBU, assesses Fairness at Work.

Labour's NEC must be a broad church
We need people on the NEC who will represent the views of the membership irrespective of the pressures they come under, says Lynne Jones MP.

Government plans to reduce asylum rights
The government's white paper on asylum and immigration proposes to sharply reduce the rights of asylum seekers. By Kumar Murshid.

Behind the turmoil on the world financial markets
The massive declines in stock markets throughout the world at the end of August indicated that the world capitalist economy could be perilously close to a slump of 1930s proportions. Ken Livingstone MP.

Capitalism has no way forward for Russia
By Paul Roberts