The local UCU association at Nottingham University is currently organising a series of talks on local anti-cuts
initiatives. The purpose is to highlight the broader dimension of the coalition
government’s attack on the public sector and welfare state. This post provides
an account of the second event in this series, the presentation by Andrea Oates
from the local anti-academies initiative ‘Hands Off Our Schools’ on Wednesday, 24 April.
Saturday 27 April 2013
Friday 12 April 2013
Let’s accept a smaller slice of a shrinking cake: Irish public sector trade unions in crisis.
Trade
unions find themselves in difficult situations during times of
economic crisis. Should they negotiate with the government and potentially become
co-opted into austerity policies or should they resist any cuts in
public spending and risk being completely excluded from the policy-making
process? In this guest post, Roland Erne raises some
crucial questions in relation to current developments in Ireland.
Wednesday 3 April 2013
World Social Forum: where next after Tunis?
Since its first meeting in Porto Alegre/Brazil in 2001, the World Social Forum has provided a key focus and meeting point for groups opposed to neo-liberal globalisation. Considering the current crisis of the global economy, success of the Forum process has become ever more urgent. In this guest post, John Hilary assesses the most recent World Social Forum, which took place in Tunis from 26 to 30 March 2013.
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