Sinn Féin’s progressive alternative to austerity
Irish Senator Kathryn Reilly addressed the Progressive Students Conference on 13 October.
Her speech, setting out Sinn Féin’s alternative to austerity, included the following points:
Month: October 2012
Meeting: National reconciliation in Ireland 24 October
National reconciliation in Ireland – the need for uncomfortable conversations
7pm Wednesday 24 October
Grand Committee Room House of Commons London
All out for this Saturday’s TUC march
Mobilise for this Saturday’s TUC march ‘for a future that works’.
Oppose the government’s austerity policies.
Labour, the left and the next General Election
By Nicky Dempsey and Jane West
The media consensus on the assessment of both the Labour and Tory conferences indicates a growing acceptance of the political consequences of what the polls are showing – that Labour looks set to win the next General Election or at worst be the largest party, and this will occur under Ed Miliband’s leadership.
Student Fightback 2012
‘Student Fightback 2012’ takes place this coming Saturday, on 13 October at the University College London.
The conference will be a key opportunity for student activists from across the country to come together and plan the next steps in the student fight-back to the Tories, cuts, racism, inequality and war.
Venezuela: Your victory is our victory
By Jane West
Despite the best efforts of the US and its allies, and the vain hopes of the Western media, Hugo Chávez comprehensively won Sunday’s Venezuelan presidential election with 54.42% of the vote against 44.97% for the opposition.
Chávez gained a record 8.1 million votes compared to 6.5 for the opposition in an election with one of the highest ever turnouts in a Venezuelan election.