Month: July 2014

Labour’s economic policy won’t work

26th July 2014 Socialist Action 0

By Nicky Dempsey

Labour’s recent National Policy Forum was a missed opportunity on economic policy, one with potentially grave consequences. There was no attempt to address the economic crisis that Labour will inherit in 2015. As a result, the Labour leadership has also made it harder to win an overall majority next May, even when the Tories are flat-lining close to 30 per cent in the polls shows they cannot possibly win.

Imperialist offensive causes tragedy in Ukraine

22nd July 2014 Socialist Action 0

By Paul Roberts

Last Thursday’s (17 July) air disaster, in which a Malaysian Airlines jetliner crashed near Ukraine’s border with Russia, killing all 298 people on board, is likely to be the result of a missile fired from the ground – a commercial plane tragically caught up in the war Kiev and its imperialist backers are waging against Ukraine’s eastern regions.

Growing global solidarity movement to support Palestinians

21st July 2014 Socialist Action 0

By Tom O’Donnell

The horrific bombardment and invasion of Gaza have sparked a growing global solidarity movement with the beleaguered Palestinian struggle. The scale of the movement internationally can become a new factor in the situation. At the very least it is likely to increase the political price paid by Israel and its imperialist backers for their continued efforts to destroy all Palestinian resistance.