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Joe Higgins Elected |
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
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 Solidarity offers our congratulations to Joe Higgins of the Irish Socialist Party after his fantastic election result last week.
Joe became an MEP after receiving almost 13% of the available first preference votes outpolling Sinn Fein and defeating two sitting MEP’s. To read the article Joe Higgins - 'The best fighter that money can't buy' click here |
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No to The Bosses Europe - Vote No2EU on June 4th |
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Thursday, 28 May 2009 |
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 “The European Union is designed to promote the rigged and failed free market politics of privatisation and profits at any costs. A stand against privatisation and for public ownership and democracy has to be made and that’s what the No2EU platform is all about. Our appeal is to all those who want a working class alternative to the big business parties.”
Tommy Sheridan (Solidarity Co-Convenor and Number 2 on the Scottish No2EU list) For more info on the No2EU campaign and policies visit www.no2eu.com To watch No2EU’s party political broadcast please click here |
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Expenses Scandal |
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 |
Solidarity News Release Sheridan calls for Scottish parliament to take the lead in restoring confidence after second homes scandal  Solidarity co-convenor Tommy Sheridan today called for the Scottish Parliament to take the moral lead in restoring public confidence in the expenses and second homes scandals that have engulfed Westminster politics. Mr. Sheridan, who, when a list MSP for Glasgow, was an early and persistent critic of the use of the Edinburgh Accommodation Allowance to purchase second homes for MSPs at public expense has called on the Scottish Parliament to revisit a potential solution to the problem he first raised a number of years ago – by publicly buying and retaining property which can be occupied by MSPs outwith travelling distance of Edinburgh during their time of tenure in the Parliament. |
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Lobby at the Parliament |
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
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 Campaigners from two very different campaigns converged to lobby the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 14th May. Parents from The Glasgow Save our Schools Campaign and supporters of The Today Group, a mental health advocacy group from Fife protested outside the parliament building.
The schools campaigners have vowed to fight on despite the New Labour controlled Glasgow City Council’s decision to close 22 schools and nurseries in the city. To find out more about the schools campaign click here A spokesperson for Today said;  “The TODAY Group (Together Overcoming Discrimination Against you and me) is a Mental Health Advocacy Group based in Cupar and serves the whole of Fife. The group was set up in 1993 by people who used Mental Health services. The group supports the rights, views and opinions of over 300 members and 12 member groups in Fife. Fife Council decided to tender advocacy in Fife and awarded the contract to an English based group. This means the group will lose this local based service which will be detrimental to people who need the service, carers, staff and volunteers.”
The group have set up an online petition at; www.gopetition.co.uk |
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Solidarity welcomes the fantastic news that the vice chair of The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) and convenor of the Linamar car parts factory in Swansea Rob Williams has been reinstated after a magnificent show of solidarity from the trade unionists in the plant.
