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National
Demonstration
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Defend asylum and immigration rights Saturday
27 February 12 noon, |
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Speakers include:
Diane Abbott MP; Jeremy Corbyn MP; Jeremy Hardy,
comedian; Dr Evan Harris MP; Lee Jasper, National
Assembly Against Racism; Fazil Kawani, Asylum Rights Campaign;
Shahid Malik, Commission for Racial Equality; Toure Moussa,
Jubilee 2000; Abdul Onibuyo, National Coalition of Anti-Deportation
Campaigns; Andrew Pakes, President NUS; |
NEC
Report - Who will we bomb next?
Labour Party National Executive Committee of 6 January.
The
Labour Party was just a mistake - Gould
Paul Roberts reviews Philip Gould's new book The Unfinished Revolution.
Gould argues in favour of proportional representation because 'If you
have PR Labour can never govern alone. It will always be neutered' and
concludes that 'The best course would be for Labourism and Liberalism
to unify'.
'Sanctions
are killing 5-6,000 Iraqis
a month'
Socialist Campaign Group News interviews Denis Halliday,
the former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq who resigned
in protest over sanctions.
'Le
crunch' time for gene foods?
Alan Simpson MP asks why, when 70 per cent of Britons reject genetically
modified foods, parliament has proved susceptible to big businesses arguments
in favour of GM crops.
Pinochet must be tried
Putting Pinochet on trial will open a whole can or worms: the role
of the CIA, arms dealers, Operation Condor and the treason of the military
leaders, argues Jeremy Corbyn MP
Institutional racism
the only possible verdict
Kumar Murshid, Co-chair National Assembly Against Racism considers
the imminent publication of the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.
Debating the Third
Way - free market or social justice?
Harry Barnes MP, argues that Tony Blair's third way is a regression
to late 19th and early 20th century Lib-Labism.
Euro-parliament and Commission
clash
Alex Smith MEP describes the events leading up to the European
Parliament's unsuccessful vote of censure on the European Commission.
Reviews
The
euro challenge - Anne Kane reviews The Single Currency
in National Perspective, a critical look at the implications of European
Monetary Union edited by Bernie Moss and Jonathan Michie.
The Stakeholder Society
- Mark Watts reviews WIll Hutton's latest book.
Government missed
opportunity
The government's proposed new legislation on industrial relations represents
a modest step forward for working people. But it does not, as the government
claims, represent 'fairness at work'.
By Jim Mortimer
John Hendy QC analyses the pros and cons of the Employment Relations Bill and explains the rationale behind establishing the United Campaign to Repeal the Anti-Trade Union Laws.
Decision on London
mayor selection put off
The Labour Party national executive committee has set up a panel to vet
candidates for the Greater London Authority but the 26 January meeting
took no decision on how to select the candidate for London mayor.
In Brief
Policy
Forum talkathon
Blair
floats PR for local government
Campaign
Group AGM
Policy consultation deadline
9 April for NEC nominations
Campaign for
Labour Party Democracy AGM