Campaign news archive - September 2013

Rebuild the NHS! Lobby Labour conference!

Rebuild the NHS! Lobby Labour conference! Leading party activists, trade unionists and health campaigners challenge Labour on future of NHS
Posted on September 21, 2013by labournhslobby  [continue...]

Labour Party Conference 2013

Labour Party Conference 2013
Michael Calderbank, Brent Central CLP and Jon Lansman (CLPD) look at the issues likely to come up at Labour’s annual conference. [continue...]

Hovis Pickets Pile on the Pressure!

Hovis Pickets Pile on the Pressure! Bakers’ Union members striking against the use of agency workers on zero hours contracts at the Hovis Bakery in Wigan piled pressure on the company in the early hours of this morning with some of the most effective picketing of their campaign so far. [continue...]

New book launched - The Red paper on Scotland 2014 - class, nation and socialism

New book launched - The Red paper on Scotland 2014 - class, nation and socialism  [continue...]

The spectre of Iraq

The spectre of Iraq
By Mike Phipps
When commentators claimed after last week’s parliamentary vote that Iraq had played a key role in motivating MPs to vote against military intervention, it was an important public acknowledgment of the ongoing disaster wrought by US-UK foreign policy. Gone was the New Labour narrative that Iraq today is better off than under Saddam Hussein. Although it rarely makes the front pages, the sheer volume of bad news from this country will not have escaped many MPs. [continue...]