Schlagwort: Socialism Today
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Andrea Enisuoh: Why does education fail black youth?
[Socialism Today, No 12, October 1996, p. 33] Recent research on the achievements of ethnic minority pupils, by David Gillborn and Caroline Gipps. HMSO, 1996, £9-95. Reviewed by Andrea Enisuoh. The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) have released their review: Recent Research into the Achievements of Ethnic Minority Pupils. Spanning a period of major…
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Clare Wilkins: New attacks on abortion
[Socialism Today, No 12, October 1996, p. 30-31] Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity, by Janet Hadley. Virago, 1990. Reviewed by Clare Wilkins Anti-abortion MPs are planning another attack on the provisions of the 1967 Abortion Act and the present 24-week time limit on abortion. This follows a summer of intense media interest in aspects of…
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Clare Doyle: Bitter defeat for Russian army
[Socialism Today, No 12, October 1996, p. 8-9] ‘The war is over!’ claimed Alexander Lebed, Russia’s security chief, as he emerged from talks with Chechen fighters’ leader, Aslan Maskhadov, on August 31. But had a formula really been found to end 20 months of savage fighting over Chechen independence? All federal combat troops were to…
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Tony Saunois: EZLN meeting hits wrong notes
[Socialism Today, No 12, October 1996, p. 7-8] Thousands of delegates assembled from all over the world in Chiapas this summer to take part in the international conference against neo-liberalism called by Mexico’s Zapatista guerillas (EZLN). The assembly took place at the same time as the leaders of the official Left in Latin America were…
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Socialism Today: Clinton’s futile barbarism
[Socialism Today, No 12, October 1996, p. 2-5] Seizing the opportunity created by the blunders of US imperialism and fighting between rival Kurdish factions, Saddam Hussein has effectively taken back control of northern Iraq. The UN-sponsored ‘safe haven’ is now controlled by Saddam’s new allies, the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), led by Barzani. This is…
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Margaret Jones: Selling the System
[Socialism Today, No 1, September 1995, p. 24-27] Modern advertising is selling us more than products, says Margaret Jones. It’s also selling us dreams, illusions and insecurities – and the capitalist system. In the war year 1942 social critic Erich Fromm wrote of the callous triviality of radio commercials: a city was bombed, with thousands…
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Phil Hearse: Israel-PLO deal in Crisis
[Socialism Today, No 1, September 1995, p. 8-9] In September 1993 PLO leader Yasser Arafat appeared on the White House lawn with Israeli leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, and US President Clinton, celebrating the Mid-East peace deal. Two years down the line, the accords secretly negotiated in Oslo are in severe crisis, threatening the…
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Kevin Simpson: Palestine: Hebron Deal Solves Nothing
[Socialism Today, No 15, February 1997, p. 16-18] An incipient revival of the Intifada, along with a sharp polarisation within Israeli society, have put both Netanyahu and Arafat under pressure. Kevin Simpson writes. Netanyahu’s reckless attempt to reverse the ‚peace process‘ following his victory in Israel’s May 1996 general election triggered a new explosion among…
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Martin Powell-Davies: Kick Out the Kids?
[Socialism Today, No 15, February 1997, p. 10-11] School exclusions are rocketing Lewisham NUT secretary Martin Powell-Davies asks whether there’s an alternative. The action by teachers at The Ridings and Manton schools last year to demand the exclusion of ‚unteachable‘ students has pushed the issue of school discipline into the spotlight. Some teachers were angered…
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Nancy Taaffe: Loach’s Best?
[Socialism Today, No 16, March 1997, p. 30] Nancy Taaffe reviews the latest film by socialist director, Ken Loach. Carla’s song is the latest joint venture between director Ken Loach and writer Paul Lavery. The film tells the story of George (Robert Carlyle) and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas) and is primarily concerned with the relationship that…