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TV
Rosalind Robson reviews Early Doors, BBC2
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FILM
Sacha Ismail reviews The Matrix Reloaded
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Solidarity has been debating whether unions should change their rules
governing their political fund, to make it easier to donate money to
political parties other than the Labour Party. The debate has widened
out to take in many issues about working-class political
representation. We print below some contributions and invite further
discussion of this crucial issue for the labour movement.
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Socialist Alliance members, from a number of local branches, met in
London on 25 May. They decided to start the process of setting up a
faction within the Socialist Alliance on the principle of independent
working-class politics, as against “pink-green” electoral blocs.
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By Jack Cleary
The
Northern Ireland elections, due under the Good Friday Agreement, have
been postponed indefinitely. Since last October the power-sharing
government in the Six Counties of Northern Ireland has been suspended,
and there is no immediate prospect of it being restored.
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By John O’Mahony
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small outcry greeted Tam Dalyell MP’s assertion that there are too many
Jews in Tony Blair’s and George Bush’s entourages, and that those Jews
make Britain’s and the USA’s policy on the Middle East.
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The Workers’ Party (PT) in Brazil has taken the first steps towards
expelling socialists within the party who oppose government reforms.
The move comes as Lula da Silva’s government seeks to push through
changes to the tax and pension system — slashing the pensions and other
benefits for civil servants.
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Over 60 Chinese miners were killed after massive explosion, according
to the China Labour Bulletin. The blast occurred at the Luling coal
mine near Hefei, Anhui Province. The mine employs over 5,000 workers.
The incident highlights China’s appalling health and safety record.
Last year there were an estimated 110,000 deaths from industrial
accidents in China and nearly 14,000 accidents in the manufacturing and
mining industries alone.
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Pakistan’s sugar mill workers founded the first united sugar mill union
in May. A convention brought together over 100 delegates to form the
Pakistan Sugar Mill Workers’ Federation.
Organising
in the industry is difficult. Pakistan’s government is liberalising its
economy through reductions in tariffs and other protective measures and
the sugar industry will face both foreign investment and competition
from imported sugar. The government is also introducing more anti-union
laws.
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Workers in Thailand have commemorated the 10th anniversary of the
world’s worst factory fire. On 10 May 1993 the Kader fire killed 189
people, mostly young women workers and seriously injured over 500. The
Kader factory was a Thai- Hong Kong-Taiwanese joint venture, making
toys such as the Barbie doll. The factory collapsed after a fire on the
ground floor spread to solvents and paints stacked in narrow corridors.
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