Mandelson's resignation
Lessons
of Mandelson's fall
Most Labour Party members were appalled over Christmas to see the good
name of their party dragged through the mud in the service of the lofty
'principles' of personal ambition and private gain, argues
Ken Livingstone MP
Not only Mandelson,
but his 'project' must go too
Anni Marjoram
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| Contradictions
of the Euro The launch of the single currency binding major European states has no real precedent and is a leap in the dark. Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is designed to establish a strong currency that will put downward pressures on wages and benefits, which is why employers are so enthusiastic about it, argues Bernard H. Moss |
Global
economic prospects for 1999
What caused the economic crises that hit the Asian economies through
1997-98, and what are the prospects for 1999?
By Jonathan Michie
Socialist Campaign Group News interviews Rosemary Nelson, a solicitor practicing in Northern Ireland for 16 years. She has recently represented the family of Robert Hammil, who was kicked to death in Portadown in 1997 in full view of a heavily armed RUC patrol.
Iraq: lift the sanctions
Tony Benn argues that the bombing of Iraq by the US and Britain
was one of the Labour government's greatest mistakes.
Trade union rights
Carolyn Jones, Institute of Employment Rights, ponders the implications
for the forthcoming Fairness at Work Bill of Peter Mandelson's
resignation.
Pensions green paper - not
good enough
Bryn Davies assess the government's green paper on pensions.
Reviews
High Defence costs weaken economy
- Jim Mortimer on The armour plated ostrich, by Tim Webb
Required reading -
a review of Lobster magazine, which specialises in study of state
security apparatuses
Obituary - Ron Huzzard
Frank Allaun pays tribute to peace activist and member of Socialist
Campaign Group News editorial board, Ron Huzzard, who died in January
at the age of 78
New Year's Greetings
Messages for the new year from MPs and campaigners, including Dennis
Skinner, Sukhdev Reel and Mark Seddon.
Low productivity -
why?
The decisive cause of low productivity has to do with low investment in
modern technology, in equipment, tooling, mechanical aids of all kinds
and education and training, argues Jim Mortimer
'The
Full Tony'
Alan Simpson MP reviews Tony Benn's video diary New Labour in
Focus
Demonstrate
to defend asylum rights
The Coalition for Asylum and Immigration Rights (CAIR) has organised a
national demonstration for 27 February, by
Lee Jasper (National Assembly Against Racism)
In Brief
NEC to rule
on London mayor
CRE
serves notice on Hackney Council racism
CND in gear for
National Policy Forum debate
TGWU elections
Hear Mandelson
and Jenkins at Unions 21
Banking Unions
merger