Smash the dictatorship of the markets
Below are a collection of articles on the crisis unfolding across the Euro-zone. These articles deal with the problems facing the PIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) as well as the future for the “European Project” and the main European powers.
They also discuss the future of the single currency, what options are left for the EU leaders and the coming “austerity” attacks which will impoverish millions across the continent.
Greece – A test bed for ‘austerity’ and resistance
By Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) 16 June 2010
The European Union’s spiral of crisis
By Robert Bechert, CWI 6 June 2010
Will Ireland follow Greece
By Kevin McLoughlin, CWI Ireland, 7 June 2010
In January, the Office for National Statistics declared the UK was out of recession – even if growth was a measly 0.1%! However, for workers the recession is far from over.
last October security officers at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast have mounted a determined campaign against cuts. This campaign began because security officers could no longer stand by and watch the Belfast Trust systematically dismantle the security department through massive job cuts and attacks on their terms and conditions. The service has already seen over half the workforce cut. A review of the security service by the senior management will result in increased workload and responsibility, risking the health and safety of patients, staff and security officers. The Socialist spoke with one security officer on the current status of their courageous fight against cuts. Due to threats of disciplinary action, this interview was given anonymously.