Let the members decide
Welsh
Leader: the members must decide
There is no doubt that the membership of the Wales Labour Party is extremely
dissatisfied with the attempts of the leadership of the party to thrust
a candidate for leader of the National Assembly Wales upon us, argues
Tyrone O'Sullivan.
On Labour's choice of candidates
Jim Mortimer concludes that the main impression left with the public
from the recent goings-on in the Labour Party concerning the selection
of candidates is that the party's leadership wants to control the choice
from above.
Grassroots alliance
At its November meeting the Grassroots Alliance decided to continue cooperation
between the centre and the left of the party.
Threat to GCs
Plans are afoot to undermine the main decision making body of local
constituency parties
Delegates question obstacles
to minority views
Ann Black reports back from the National Policy Forum meeting of
Saturday 28 November
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Hilary Brown, of the Cardiff Butetown Three Campaign, addressing the National Assembly Against Racism AGM on 21 November. She spoke of how black students Marcus Walter and Francisco Borg were set upon by a gang of racist skinheads. Police at the scene arrested and CS-gas sprayed Marcus, rather than the assailants. The incident, captured on CCTV was shown at the AGM, which unanimously agreed to support the campaign and those of other families campaigning for justice in the face of police inaction over racist attacks. |
NEC
Report: Constituency reps won't be gagged
Report of the 17 November Labour Party National Executive Committee
Alice Mahon MP
Campaign Group slams
Blair-Ashdown pact
Responding to the joint statement by Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown pledging
to broaden the field of collaboration between the government and the Liberal
Democrats, the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs argue that there
is no mandate to enter into coalitions with other parties.
Contradictions of
the single currency
Alan Simpson MP argues that the launch of the Euro will rapidly
bring to light the contradictions of the project.
Should Labour be
'free to discriminate' against black people?
In what may prove to be a landmark case in the battle for tougher equality
legislation, the Labour Party has lost the first round in a case of racial
discrimination being taken against it.
| Reviews | |
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Selling education - Mark Watts considers the proposals in a new Young Fabians pamphlet to allow 'elite' universities to charge higher tuition fees. |
Ireland
Trimble still
allowed to block Sinn Fein ministers
US Congressman
in Belfast
Women's coalition
UN committee on
torture
Policing debate
Debt relief needed after hurricane
ruin
Angela Travis, Jubilee 2000 Coalition, hopes that 1999 will be the
year that the leaders of the wealthiest nations cancel the debts of the
most impoverished nations - including Nicaragua and Honduras which have
been recently devastated by hurricane Mitch.
Why is widows benefit
being cut?
Audrey Wise MP
Disability benefits
cut
Whilst there is a thin sugar coating on the changes to disability benefits
introduced by the government, overall £715 million is to be cut
from the budget, argues Caroline Gooding.
NUS
president pledges support for black officer
GLC
- the facts
A great deal of misrepresentation of the Greater London Council's record
when Ken Livingstone was its leader is taking place. Socialist Campaign
Group News reviews the real record of the GLC's key achievements.
Trade unions
Model motions for
1999 trade union conferences
Manchester
firefighters victory against racism
MPs meet Mandelson
over Fairness at Work
TGWU strengthens women
and black representation