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The UniTed Lt Allac as scora spctacular braktroug, wg vdl sats t gral lcto.

T 5 w Ut Lt Tds ar:Rcar Boy Barrtt, (d Laogar);Jo hggs, (dubl Wst); Clar daly,(dubl nort); Joa Colls, (dublSout Ctral) a Samus haly(Tpprary Sout).

irlas rot t ballot box coulb ollow by a socal rvolt o t

strts.exts polls sow tat t ovr-

wlmg motv b votg tGral elcto was agr.

Lss attto was pa to t tal ot rgt-wg polcs o F Gal.

T ormr F Gal Mstr, ivaYats, clam tat; Votrs sg upor yars o ars mc.

But otg coul b urtr romt trut t last party tat talk oars mc was cmat.

T scal o Faa Fals at so pc portos.

Ty scor wr vots ta t olirs Parlamtary Party t 1918lctos. Tr at s smlar to twp out o parts lk t Caaacosrvatvs or t itala Crstadmocrats.

Oly t PR lctoral systm mask

tr total cl.irs poltcs s wtssg a w

polarsato.F Gals vot cras by 14%.Ty wr back ovrwlmgly

by busss trsts.Ty a t waltst war cst a

amtt to rcvg 2.25 mllo oatos, maly troug corporatsposor gol matcs.

T busss lt yar or a sglparty govrmt tat coul sort outt populato.

T ipt Group o ws-

paprs, ow by t two tax xlmlloars, ORlly a OBr, wrto t or tryg to crat a ba-wago ct or ts oply Tatcrtopto.

But wl a scto o t uppr mlclass back FGs rgt wg polcs wttusasm, t majorty o tr votrsar a mssag about cag.

Ty tr us F Gal as a vclto gt r o Faa Fal or wr attractto ambguous rtorc about g ttwo tr alt systm or rvwgt Uvrsal Socal Carg.

T ralty s tat F Gal os otav t sam p roots irs soctyas FF a so a volatl lctorat wllsoo tur agast tm.

T lcto also saw a major stto t lt irs socty.

A w lt-wg orc, t Ut LtAllac, ow as mor Tds ta FaaFal t captal, dubl.

A tactcal cso by S F tomov to t lt ovr t past yar also lto bg gas, maly outs dubl.

A v t cras Labour vots,

rfct a suspco amog workrs ot Tatcrts F Gal.

i all, mor votrs swtc to Labour,S F, t ULA a lt-wg -pts ta to F Gal.

But you woul ot kow tat roma corporat ma tat s spratlytryg to prst ea Ky as tsavour o t ato.

Ricard Bd Barrtt wis i D Laair

Organise tOresist Cuts

United Left Wins 5 seats

id: rvolo Lby p3; iol Wom Dy p7; Mddl e rvol p4&5

It Is like a game of Muner and Leiner.Afer i i over, you pu on he green

erey.thi i how Eamon Gilmore decribed

ow Labour and Fine Gael can overcomeheir difference and form a new coaliionovernmen.

He hould remember ha he laeople o alk of wearing he green jer-

ey were Brian Lenihan and senieFizparick!

Boh he FG and Labour leader eepoliic a a game where elecion promieare buried afer he mach.

they wan o come ogeher o form aable governmen ha carrie hroughhe aaul neceary o ave Irihcapialim.

Fine Gael exreme righ winger, LeoVaradkar, gave he game away when he

uggeed ha in ime of crii he cenrerigh and cenre lef mu join ogehero ha hey are no preuried by rike,demonraion or populi preure.srong, able governmen i only a codefor reiing democraic preure.

In he nex few week, he new Labour-

FG governmen will pay over a lea 7billion more o he bank.

Afer ha hey are facing even furherdemand for re-capialiaion ha couldamoun o 15 billion.

On March 11h, hey will go o he EUummi having old he Irih people haheir ofly, ofly approach o negoiaionwill yield conceion.

Bu hey will ge virually no conceionapar from a few ymbolic geure.

the populaion will ill be lumberedwih a maive overeign deb o hore uphe European banking yem.

Once hee move are ou of way, heage i e for an all-ou war on working-cla living andard.

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A NEW GOVERNMENT OF THE BOSSES

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The UniTed Lt Allac(ULA) s t w lt-wgorc irs poltcs.

it as v Tds, o MePa arly twty localcoucllors.

Oly oc bor, t

1980s, a smlar orcmrg.

But t ULA coms roma vry rt trato tot ol Workrs Party, womrg urg t rcssoo tat ca.

T ULA opposs ay -volvmt wt, or supportor, rgt-wg parts.

it promots t sl-moblsato o workrs ast ky to cag ratrta smply parlamtary

maouvrs.it os ot support org

ctators wo clam to laa socalst omla.

T ULA s a prcpllt tat grows out o workrsstruggls ratr ta bg

a a-o to t rpublcatrato.

But, crucally, t cotxts vry rt.

T scal o t crssacg irs captalsm sar pr a t coutry

as bcom o o t waklks t ca o globalcaptalsm.

Prov t rmas a partyo struggl, t ULA coulxpa ramatcally.

its growt wll, owvr,rqur a w ologcalstruggl to matc ts uglctoral ort.

it wll av to covclarg umbr o workrsto brak rom tra uolars wo av systm-atcally cultvat a mooo atsm.

T last mut supportor Labour to partcpat a balac govrmtgrw out o t xprco t last two yars wrworkrs av rtratbor t mployrsosv.

T ma raso or tatrtrat as b t sabotago struggl by uo larswo accpt pay cuts a

ors a mor or lssplosopy or workrs t publc sctor.

T ULA wll av to gtar to rvrs ts moo oatsm.

Lt parlamtary actv-ty also caot substtut ort wakss a ar tatworkrs xprc.

it ca oly assst tawakg o a w mooto rsst.

ICTU Marc Aaist Cuts

UnitedLeftWins 5Seats

(Contnued omont pge)

Labour as sa t as o rl ssus so t wll makcocsso atr cocssoo watr cargs, uvrstys, prvatsato or publcsctor rorm.

T op o may workrstat Labour wll sot FGal wll tror qucklymlt away.

Labour, o cours, coulrus t poso calc ocoalto, as a small umbro ts lt-wg mmbrs aravocatg.

it coul jo t oppos-to a allow a govrmtcompos o F Gal argt-wg ptsto sl struct a sorttm.

Or v orc FG a FFtogtr to brg about a ralalgmt o irs poltcs.

But ts larsp ar to-tally plugg to t poltcala corporat stablsmta wll jump at t slgt-st opportuty to put trbums Mrcs.

Oc trapp coal-to, Labour wll ollow tway o t Grs a upas apologsts or t rgt.

tHe LeFt arriVes

A MAjOr aegicgoal o he ULA mu,heeoe, be o build

a bae i wokeogaiaio ad wiove he may maualad whie-colla wokewho elucaly voedLabou i he depeaehope ha hey couldoe Fie Gael.

secod, he ULAwill have o elae o hemay woke who voed

si Fei o how hawhile hi pay ue leheoic i will o beakom capialim.

I he pa, si Feilooked like he oly ealoppoiio o he poliicaleablihme.

Bu aco he bodehey have oied wih heDUP i implemeig

avage cu i livigadad.

the log em goalo Gey Adam i oee goveme wiha igh-wig pay i hesouh ideally, beoe hehioic aiveay o

2016.the ULA ca welcome

may who uppo si

Fei io uggle bu imu eek o expoe i acoie ad aealmae he weakeha hide behid a leepublica heoic.

All o hi mea hahe ULA ha a huge

epoibiliy.I hould egage i a

poce o ope debae ad

dicuio o lay he baio a ew le-wig pay.

tha pay hould bea muli-edecy paywhee he socialiWoke Pay wokalogide he socialiPay ad he Woke

Uemployed AcioGoup o build a geuiepay o he le while

givig each ohe heeedom o debae addicu hei dieece.

Bu above all i houldope iel ou o he mayew acivi whoe hopehave ie om he Iihle comig o age.

GOiNG FORWARd WiTH THE UNiTEd LEFT ALLiANCE

Interview with Richard Boyd-Barrett, TDSW: Where did yoursupport come from, bothin the ballot box and thecampaign team?

RBB: It was clear therewas a higher turnout thanat the last election.

And much of thatincrease was a biggerturnout in working-classareas and from youngpeople.

We benetted fromnew layers in society whooften dont vote.

Also we have particularconcentrations of supportin areas where we hadbeen involved in leadingor supporting particularcampaigns and strugglesagainst privatisation orwhere local services oramenities were being cutback.

Our campaign teamwas very different incharacter from the otherparties.

It was much younger.It was much more

working class.It was much more

motivated in the sensethat it was made up of

people who we had metthrough campaigning onlocal, national and eveninternational issues.

The bigger parties

relied more on moneyand employing peopleto put up posters anddeliver leaets.

SW:How did you fnd thecampaign as a whole?

RBB: I think we gotslightly squeezed byLabours argument: Weneed to put Labour intogovernment to soften theworst excesses of a FineGael government.

Labour issued lettersappealing to theirsupporters not to transferto me.

Fine Gael on thedoorsteps were telling

people the same.So given that

concerted campaignand the reduction ofseats in the constituencyit was really quitean extraordinaryachievement for us to winthe seat.

And I think that was

largely a result of therespect we built up forbeing active campaignersfor local issues.

SW: As for the media doyou think there was biasor scaremongering aboutthe campaign?

RBB: We did get somecoverage, but generallyspeaking we were notgiven time to set out ouralternative policy agenda.

There was a biastowards dismissing theLeft as cranks who hadno credible alternative.

As for thescaremongering, thereis no doubt that it wassimilar to the Lisbontreaty vote, where thepolitical establishmentsuggested if we voted

against the Lisbon treatythe sky would fall on ourheads.

We had a similarpolitics of fear deployedthis time.

SW:Do you think therevolutions in Egypt andTunisia played a role

during the campaign?

RBB: Yes, very oftenwhen we were talkingto people who were

despondent about thesituation in this countrywe explained that wewanted to see massmovements of peoplepower like the ones inTunisia and Egypt tochallenge the austerityof the IMF/EU and theestablishment.

And these argumentsreally did resonate withworking-class and youngpeople.

The model of peoplepower, popular andworkers resistance inEgypt is a very importantexample of the wayforward.

SW:So what next for theULA?

RBB: There are threeimmediate tasks we mustorganise around.

Firstly, the newgovernment is going toEurope with a view to geta renegotiation of the

IMF/EU deal.We need to insist

on an Icelandic-type

approach where thisrevised deal is putbefore the people in areferendum and a fulland detailed discussioncan be had over theausterity package.

Secondly we need todemand, especially ofthe Labour Party, that the

Universal Social Chargeis reversed and replacedwith a progressive

taxation system wherethe wealthy pay their fairshare.

Finally, we need todevelop concrete andrealistic proposals forgetting people back towork.

This would include apublic works programme

instead of putting moremoney into the banks.

Beyond that we wantto develop the ULA tobecome a major force on

the left, especially giventhat Labour are goingto prop up a Fine Gaelgovernment that is goingto wreak such damage onworking people and thevulnerable.

An important thing tostress is that any neworganisation would haveto be broad and hasto embrace those whooppose the neoliberaland cuts agenda butarent necessarily familiarwith socialist politics inthe traditional sense.

So I think this newradical party has to bebroad and accessible.

Certainly the election

results do indicate asignicant swing to theleft from a very wide layerof people.

That was reected inthe vote for the ULA andalso a number of leftindependents.

So we have to build onthat and quite quickly.

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Luca av startd a

camai t st a

cucil dt bi

built i gri Vall

park.

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wit t rsidtsad as rmisd

will vt aaist it

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gri Vallpark is a wll usd

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a skatbard ark,

cmmuit ctr,

tball itcs ad a

scic walk al t

gri Rivr

T k wrrisr l iclud

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ad sac i a ublic

ark, is, icrasd

trafc and smells from

t wast.

All cucillrs

vtd i avur

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isti cucil dt

sit t allw r a

muc dd scl

i Luca.

Sut Dubli Cut

Cucil rcivd

u m rm

tis sal t bu a w

sit r t dt.

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alrad sustd

altrativ sits r

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gri vall park

must b dddbcaus Luca

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lt b ffs Liam Lawlr

ad is cris.

Sut Dubli Cut

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lk r atr sit.

T tr 25

cucillrs Sut

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surt t Sav our

park camai.

AS We wt to prss masspopular uprsgs wrswpg Lbya a -spt vcous rprsso byt Gaa rgm ty asucc takg ovr sc-o cty Bgaz.

T aoucmt byt eU tat ty wr m-posg sactos o Lbyaclug t arms trarm t worl tatWstr rgms past crt-csm o Gaa as a ctator

a ot stopp tm sllg

m wapos.Brts prm mstr

dav Camro sa t wasuaccptabl tat CololGaa ca b murrg sow popl usg arplasa lcoptr gusps. ht say wo sol Gaats or mto s rcttour o t ml east toscur arms als a-gr by t spra o poplpowr.

U S mo vmts o

sps a troops to t

Mtrraa trougt Suz caal soul boppos by all at-war ac-tvsts a supportrs o trvoluto Lbya a tMl east.

T rst vaso o iraq 1991 was clam as cs-sary to al wt t ctatorSaam.

howvr, w t iraqsros a popular rvolt agastSaam, US troops stoo bywl Saams Rpublca

Guars slaugtr ts o

tousas to put ow trbllo.

For t Wtous, a c-tator s always prrabl tomocracy a coutry tywat to cotrol.

T US as support allt rott rgms t r-go a mltary volvmtwll oly b to scur ts owtrsts ol a powr.

i t rvolutos ar top a spra ty mustb r rom t tmato

o US mpral powr.

pl wr i Bazi

Libya: Victory to the RevolutionNo to US Military interventionByJIMMy SMIThJAnUARY SAW t pub-

lcato o t NationalStrategy for Irish HigherEducation (t hutRport).

it was mark by a rago crtcsms a vrbalprotsts ovr t propostroucto o stut sa loas, trats to aca-mc rom, craslayrs o maagmt, tamalgamato o sttu-tos a t cras uso or-prot ucatoprovrs.

T rport rprsts aspg up o t procsswrby a gr bcoms acommoty a sttutosar ru as bussss.

Ts s o surprs as oto practcg lcturr waspart o t stratgy group(wc was omat bycvl srvats) rsposblor t rport.

T rport s orc torcogs t acvmtso t xstg systm asta: T currt systms lvrg abov avragoutcoms at blow avragug.

irla alray sps lssta t OeCd avrag oucato a t last twoyars 1,000 jobs av blost t sctor wl stu-t umbrs av crasby 10,000.

T lcturrs trauo iFUT wl grallycrtcal o t rport s toocomplact scrbgt rport as: O o ourall-tm most xpsv ustaccumulators.

T hut rport rpr-sts a vry ral trat to tatur o gr ucatoa s to b mt wt asrous co-orat ajot rspos rom trauos a stuts tsctor.

Hunt Report More than Fees

ByJIMMy SMITh

Lecturers in uvy ad collg uo

(ucu) bo g ad dao aono ilad a bgballod o dal ao paa ballo o po

ag ad a o jobad pay.

A al olavballo owd ov 95% oo mmb jd mploy poag w ld g

obo ad a lam ag.

t a g pbl dg o v

ad ollg ldga popod a vy o ni do 5,750 p am.

t ladp o ucu ommdg a y vo all ballo; ad ogo ppo dpo aga ad a, w oo-ogag a ally wnus-usi o 6Apl Bla.

Nrthrn Lcturrs t Str

Davenport Strikers Fight Minimum Wage CutsDespite assurances by FF F m Lh h hdo h mmm wg wold o m o xgwok, h xly wh h Dvo ow hv do.

Wh h wok d w o o low y, h Holdd hm d hy ogh bk by mog k.

pol Bo po v, a Mooy d h bvy

o h v polh d Lh wom wok volvd.th wom dbly bv kg h d g hm-mdd mgm h Dvo Hol.

thy hv b o o wok o g o g w odg h nol Mmm Wg by lmo 1 ho.i m kg ol o boyo ll Ocllgh Hol, l hwom hv b bk o h o.

th oh wok who gd h w o w o mm-b o o.

th dl h mo o d o h gh o oy h wok d ol bo gd d o.

300,000 wok dd o h mmm wg.th wok ghg o ll o .

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peOpLe WanteD gooddb o h vl , lkh oomy, v d jobdg h lo mg.

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th oml d by hmd o dlg wh l-wgd h lo w ob hm o s F dh m sF oomllyll o wohyo.

iolly h hllowoh m l-wgm o sF hnoh w o dd.

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h lo howd mjobkhogh o h L hmd oy w FG .

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ad g h wllk llg.

th md o F Gl vo wll oo b ldwh ol gom FG-Lbo govmy .

pol Bo po d huLa ly hld bk byh v d mdm, b h mdoh h h m md.

pbl mg, mlfg, og d lk sol Wokwll o o b h ho wokg-l ogo omm d do.

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Baa:A t The small ind tto Brin i bin rockdby n upriin.

T si jority,joind by ibr ndrdic sunni, rprottin int poiticxcuion nd rprionby t tt, wic i rudby sunni roy iy.

Brin, wic i juto t cot o sudiarbi, i o to round800,000 pop, ot o oi,nd n ntrncd, corrupt

ri tt i now in crii.Britin pyd

ky ro in t tt oror tn 100 yr. Oiw dicovrd tr in1932 nd bn tin ourc o incovr inc. T Britidvior Cr Brvntiy dicttdBrin dirction.

h ovrw brutrprion o ritncnd tokd ctrinconict btwn sunnind si.

Brin pcitrty wit Britin wbrout to n nd in 1971but tron ink rin.

Britin providd

wpon to Brin,nd Britibdutintion fr,incudin BP, v tkndvnt o t oiwt nd cp bour.

UnleashedTody upriin notco out o t bu.

T Brini Intid(upriin) bn in 1994.lt win ctivit joindwit Iit nd ibrto ft or cn.

T tt undrprion. But tintid td unti2000 nd w tNtion action Crtrintroducd in 2001,wic out to ow

tt dnd d bnitnd to. Won wrivn t vot in 2002.

But opprion ndpovrty continud.

In 2005 trik wvit contruction it.Workr, ny o tro outid Brin,rud to work unti tywr pid propry ndivn tir rit.Sin Ruddick

Rvt rby Anne AlexAnder

leAding Activists heypa wok mo-m, p o houa o kwok, m cao asauay.

They agreed a commonprogramme o demands and toco-ordinate urther action.

It is our opinion that i thisrevolution does not lead to theair distribution o wealth it isnot worth anything, they saidin a statement released aterthe meeting.

Freedoms are not com-plete without social reedoms.The right to vote is naturallydependent on the right to a loao bread.

The programme goes beyondeven the most ar-reachingdemands raised in waves ostrikes in the years beoreHosni Mubaraks all.

In addition to calling or arise in the national minimumwage, the workers demand that

the maximum wage shouldbe no more than 15 times theminimum wage.

DemandThe struggles o ixed-termworkers are relected in theprogramme, which calls ora complete end to temporarycontracts, and job security orall manual and clerical workers,peasants and proessionals.

A key demand is the dissolu-tion o the state Egyptian Trade

Union Federation, which was acentral pillar o the old rulingparty and Mubaraks regime.

The programme also calls or:

lRenationalisation o all priva-tised enterprises and a completestop to the inamous privatisationprogramme.lComplete removal o corruptmanagers who were imposed oncompanies in order to run themdown and sell them o.lCurbing the employment oconsultants who are past the ageo retirement and who eat up threebillion o the national income, inorder to open up employmentopportunities or the young.

lReturn to the enorcemento price controls on goods andservices in order to keep pricesdown and not burden the poor.lThe right o Egyptian work-ers to strike, organise sit-ins, anddemonstrate peaceully, includ-ing those striking now against theremnants o the ailed regime.

Several o the signatories aremembers o unions that oundeda new, independent trade unionederation in Tahrir Square on25 January.

Workers rom the sugar reineries in Al-Fayyum andHawamidiyya, public transport,Tura Cement Co, pharmaceutical

workers, postal workers, employ-ees in the Umar Eendi depart-ment store, and representatives othe Property Tax collectors wereamong the 40 representatives atthe meeting.

This declaration is an impor-tant step, as it brings together apowerul group o trade unionactivists to assert their determina-tion to achieve the revolutionssocial goals.

Nothing approaching thislevel o co-ordination between

strike leaders has been achievedin Egypt or decades, and theirdemands look ar beyond the cur-rent capitalist system.

T rad th wrkr tatmt i ull,g t www.oawok.o.uk

lSUEz experienced a taste othe struggles to come last Sunday,when an armoured vehicle belong-ing to the military police killed awoman as the authorities broke upa strike by port workers.

Striking workers were arrested,in the rst attempt to enorce themilitarys ban on strikes.

Police killed the woman as rela-tives and neighbours o the arrestedworkers gathered in protest.

The uprising in Sue wasamong the iercest and mosteective in Egypt, alling into thecontrol o the demonstrators soonater 25 January.

The killing has sent shockwaveso anger through the country.

WesTeRn poWeRs havb mddlig i th Middleat r vr 200 yar. Hrar m th ky vt iimrialim itrvti i

th rgi:1779:Britai eat IdiaCmay, backd by Britihmilitary wr, tablihctrl vr Kuwait.1820:Britai tablihctrl vr art th Gulcat.1830:Frac ivad Algria.Ritac mvmt ld by

Abd l Kadr rut.1837: Britai iz ctrl art Ira.1840:Frac d 115,000tr t cruh th Algria

rblli, wagig a war xtrmiati.

1860:Britih ad Frch rcitrv i Lba. saiivad ad ccui Mrcc.1861:Bahrai bcm aBritih rtctrat.1881:Frch army ccuiTuiia, cratig a rtctrat.1882:Britai ivad egyt ad

bmbard th city Alxadria,makig th cutry ctivly aBritih cly.1909:Britai ad Ruia dividIra btw thm.

1916: Britai ad Frac agrcrt syk-pict Traty,dividig Arab trritri thcllaig ottma emir.Britai grab what i wpalti, Jrda ad Iraq, awll a egyt. Frac ctrlsyria ad Lba.1917: Frig fc chi ArthurJam Balur dclar that th

Britih gvrmt viw withavur th tablihmt aJwih tat i palti.1919: Britih rc rrrblli i egyt.

1920s: Britai u w wa air bmbardmt agaitrbl i Iraq ad xad araudr it ctrl alg th Gulcat ad arud Ad.1925: Frch cruh syria riig.1948: Iral i cratd, backdby th Us ad Britai, with700,000 paltiia drivrm thir lad.Ab Ka

MoRocco

Leader: Kig

Mhammd VI, iwr ic 1999.Whats happening?Thuad rttdlat suday,dmadig t limitt kig wr adcial jutic.

dow wh Baha k

A shorT hisTory of imperiAlism in The middle eAsT

eypa wok a fh o ha

Ooma mp:

Tunisia

Leader: Itrim

ridt Fuadi wr ic thvrthrw B Alilat mth.Whats happening?Ctiuig rttdmad rmval th whl rgim.

algeRia

Leader: pridtAbdlaziz i wric 1999.Whats happening?Thuad rallid iAlgir lat saturday.plic attackd thdmtrati.

libya

Leader: CllGaddaf i wric 1969.Whats happening?Cutry liig ut hi ctrl auriig rad.

lA tg t taut egt at ag a tat a b t cut

catat t

Revolution is a cry

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Rvlt k radigFOllOWINg t ovrtrowo Bn ai in Tunii, ndhoni mubrk in eypt, ri in t middetwtr conidrdrindy or otiby t Wtv bncnd by t prdinvoutionry ovnt.

Unprcdntddontrtion v tknpc in Syria, wrr crowd urroundd

poic ttion in t cpit,Dcu, oowin btino youn n.

T crowd cntd, Tsyrin pop wi not buiitd.

Dontrtor in outrnraq cd down curity orcn prott ovr corruption.

In t Kurdi rion onortrn Irq, r crowdv tkn to t trt in nttpt to driv out t ruinprty.

T unrt o prdto Kuwait nd t trnrion oSaudi Arabia.

In Morocco, crowdttckd poic ttionnd Frncownd fr inTnir in prott int d tt ndd ovr utiiti contrct to Frnccopny.

lt wk, younmoroccn ttptd totor t Roy Pc.

Ty r cin or ordontrtion.

Reportseywitn rport roYemen y tt or t frtti tound o popprottd in r o adnint pridnt ai sri.

Nitr poic or ai pcicurity orc wr to b n.

T nr o t inbnk in t city bn

ttckd, btn nd trownout o i job.

hi our onwo odo nior poitionvbn victd nd workr vtkn ovr t bnk.

T tin ppnd to nr o tovrnntrun ctricityrvic.

Pop ttribut t und continuou incrin tir bi to corrupt

nr nd ovrnntofci.

Workr v dcidd towitod pynt tocntr ovrnnt in ordr topy tir own w.

mnr, nd toconidrd to b tircobortor, v bnkickd out o ovrnnturnitur ctory, t portdprtnt, nd t wtrdprtnt.Simon Assafad Alistair W

Ym dictatr th rTHE YEMENI people havetaken to the streets, calling orthe resignation o the dictatorAli Abdullah Saleh.

In response, Saleh, who hasbeen in power or three decades,has announced he will stepdown in 2013 and that his son,who many expected to takeover, will not seek oce.

However, while Saleh ispublicly calling or talks withopposition leaders, his securityorces and hired thugs aresuppressing demonstrations.

In the southern city o Adenon Sunday, police shot a 17-year old man dead. He is the 9thprotester to be killed since theprotests began.

On the mouth o the Red Seaand the Gul o Aden, Yemen

is strategically vital or accessto the Sue Canal. The USconsiders Saleh a key ally in theMiddle East.

While the latest wave oprotests were inspired by themass movements across theMiddle East, Salehs regime hasbeen embattled or some time.

Last year millions o peoplein the south took to the streets,demanding succession romthe north. These protests wereviolently suppressed. Beore

1990, the north and south wereseparate countries.

The US backed the northwhile the south was in theRussian sphere o infuence.

Ater the Cold War they unied,but a civil war broke out in 1994.

This saw the imposition othe dominance o the northerngovernment based in Sanaa.

What is signicant aboutthe current uprising is thatresistance has not beenrestricted to the south.

Protests have also taken placein Sanna, meaning that Salehscorrupt and brutal dictatorshiphas never seemed weaker.Tim Nelson

Theresmore onThe weBlth a a

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www.oawok.o.uk

Po Ym

1953:Th Us CIA hlrgai a cu t vrthrwIraia rim miitrMadgh, wh had trid tatiali il. Th shah i

italld a rulr.1950s: Frch rc wagbrutal war t try ad k ctrl Algria, dlyig 500,000tr ad ytmaticallyuig trtur. ovr milliAlgria di i th war.1959:Britih tr cruhatialit rblli i oma.1956:Britai ad Frac, alg

with Iral, ivad egyt atrpridt nar atialith suz Caal hiig rut.Britih rc bmb Alxadria,Cair ad prt said. Britih

tr cruh rblli i Bahrai.1962:CIA rgai cu iIraq, markig th bgiig saddam Hui ri t wr.1967: Iral attack egyt,syria, Jrda ad Lba isix Day War, ad iz ctrl Wt Bak, Gaza ad thGla Hight, which it haccuid vr ic.

1982: Iral lauch ivai Lba. Aril shar udidirctly ribl rmaacr 2,000 paltiiarug i cam i Birut.

1983:Us avy hll Lba.1988:Us warhi i Gul htdw Iraia agr la,killig all 290 l bard.1991: Us-ld rc laughtrvr 100,000 Iraqi civilia adccrit i Gul War.2003:Us ad Britai ladivai Iraq, which kill mrtha milli Iraqi.Moah: opp by ciA

A a t a c

The greaT stom ovolt tt bn in smll town in Tunisi nowswps om Moococoss tousnds o milso Not aic nd tMiddl est tou toIn, s tis mp sows.

Tunisis tynt Bn

ali nd eypts dicttoMubk v on.Ots, suc s gddf inLiby, wo v uld odcds ov popultionssuin povty ndstuntd xpcttions dsptly clinin ontopow.

It is no coincidnctt t ims tt cin t oc o tst movmnts ocn som o tstuncst llis o tUS, Bitin nd t Wst.

Fo dcds obscnlywlty moncs nddicttos v bnmo concnd witsvin ti impilmsts tn ti own

popultions. and nowty pyin t pic.

T volution ineypt s skn tUS stblismnt to itsco. Bck Obmonly cm out in suppoto potsts wn itws cl is t llyMubk ws fnisd.

StrategicNow Bin s uptdnd cs losin ytnot suppot.T Nw Yok Timsdscibd it s pillo t amicn scuitycitctu in t Middlest. T stt is omto t US 5t Flt. But

Bins volt woist US o notsonit is only 15mil cuswy wy omSudi abi.

Sudi abi is tt t o t USssttic intsts. It s20 pcnt o t woldsoil svsyt onin ou o its 26 millionpopultion liv in povtynd t is 40 pcntyout unmploymnt.

T most powulntion in t woldis wtcin s msscollctiv potst oodiny popl iscllnin its intstscoss t ion.

Potsts c bullts

nd butl pssion, ytstill ty com out on tstts o Mnm ndBnzi nd dmndti its. T Fncwit Victo huo oncwot tt vn tmitist mis cnnotold bck n id wostim s com.

rvolution pps tob t id wos tims com.

whAT we Think

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eader: Military charg icvrthrw

Mubarak thi mth.Whats happening?

trik ad rttgig a lat th rvluti

g urthr.

JoRdan

Leader: Kig

Abdullah II tk ththr i 1999.Whats happening?prtt latv Fridaydmadig radicalchag. Attackdby r-rgim thuglat wk.

bahRain

Leader: shikhsalma bi Hamadal-Khalia bcamkig i 2002.Whats happening?Hug rtt havrckd th mall,il-rich ilad tat.

iRan

Leader: surmladr Khami iwr ic 1989.Whats happening?Rit lic admilitia attackdthuad rttr lat wk.

syRia

eader: pridtahar al-Aadk wr i 2001.

Whats happening?ar taumtrati brkut i Damacuat wk.

lrvut tat ctat act gt ucttat cagg t

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frage at injustice

Irish Anti War Movement

Revolutions inEgypt and the

Arab WorldSpecial Day SchoolSpeakers will include:

Wassin Wagdy (well known Egyptianactivist)

Anne Alexander(writer on Egypt andthe Middle East)

Session 1: The EgyptianRevolution

Session 2: Developments inLibya and the region

Saturday 12th March 3pm-7pmCassidys Hotel, Cavendiah Row, Upper

OConnell St Dublin

More details http://Irishantiwar.org

087-6472737 or 087-988244

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r c n inuin . h ri h n i- r m n i h r r h l in hi ci l ch l i h

i n i r k r . h i m n nn l n r r l r i n

c c u n r m h r i r u r l l n l i n l n n i n n m n i h h r i n .

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ThAWRA, ThAWRA, atta-asr!

Ts cat, t Arabc or:Rvoluto, rvoluto utlvctory!, as b ar rpat-ly o t strts o dubl rct wks.

it coms stragt rom TarrSquar Caro a s o o mayslogas rom egypt cat out-s t egypta embassy a att Spr OColl St.

Groups o egyptas, Lbyasa otrs gatr solartywt varous pass o t gratwav o rvolt tat as swpt nortArca a t Arab worl.

As i wrt ts artcl t at oLbya ags t balac byt tm you ra ts artcl trs o way o kowg wat wllav app rgt across trgo.

But o tg s alray clar:tat ayo wo wats to kowwat a rvoluto s olylook at vts Tusa a

egypt.equally ayo wo as vr

ra t grat wrtrs o rvoluto Marx, egls, L , Trotsky,Luxmbrg tc as b ablto s tr wors comg to lo t strts o Tus, Caro aBgaz.

The role o theMssesT most ubtabl atur o arvoluto s t rct trrco t masss storc vts.

i orary tms t stat,b t moarccal or mocratc,a story s ma by spcalsts tat l o busss kgs,mstrs, buraucrats...

But at tos crucal momtsw t ol orr bcoms o

logr urabl to t masss,ty brak ovr t barrrs xclu-g tm rom t poltcal ara,swp as tr tratoal rpr-statvs a crat by tr owtrrc t tal grouworkor a w rgm.

Ts ls rom wat s tgratst accout o a rvolutovr wrtt, Trotskys History ofthe Russian Revolution, sta as axact scrpto o wat occurr egypt o 25 Jauary a t17 ays tat ollow, culmat-g t all o Mubarak o 11Fbruary.

For rvoluto, L wrot,t s sstal, rst, tat a majortyo t workrs, or at last o t...poltcally actv workrs, soulb wllg to sacrc tr lvs

or t.As w kow ovr tr ur

popl wr martyr t strug-gl agast Mubaraks cops apa tug supportrs but t wasprcsly ts rass to tatma vctory t battl o tstrts possbl.

Scoly, says L, trulg class soul b passgtroug a govrmtal crsstat raws v t most backwarmasss to poltcs a symptomo vry ral rvoluto s a rap,ur-ol cras tumbr o mmbrs o t tolga opprss masss trtoapattc wo ar capabl o wag-g t poltcal struggl.

Aga wat a apt scrpto ot ggatc popular moblsatos

Caro, Suz, Alxara a soo wc cotually rorct at- Mubarak struggl ascur ts trump.

Socalsm must b cratby t masss, must b ma byvry workr.

Wr t cas o cap-talsm ar org, tr mustty b brok! clar RosaLuxmburg t mst o t

Grma Rvoluto o 1918-19.T cas o captalsm ar

org ts work-placs wrworkrs ar xplot a prots

ar ma.Tror, Luxmburg argu,

mass strks play a crucal rol rvolutos.

it s at work tat workg poplar orgas as collctvs, avt gratst powr o rsstac,ca most ctvly fct blowso t prots o t bg compastat sta b t govrmt,a ca callg or cotrol ot coomy by occupatos at lk.

i Tusa t tra uorato, t UGTT, wc atrto b morat a col-laboratost, play a ky rol moblsg t movmt agastB Al.

i egypt, t was w massstrks a occupatos start

to ga momtum tat Mubarakwas ally orc out.

A sc t all o Mubarakt workrs strk movmt asb o o t ma ways t rvo-luto as cotu a bguto tr a w stag.

All ts quotatos romTrotsky, L a Luxmburg,

ar vlopmts o Marxs u-amtal prcpl tat: Tmacpato o t workgclass must b coqur by t

workg class tsl.A t s t mostrato

practc tat t mass o orarypopl ar capabl o tstat s t prcpl lsso to braw rom t Tusa aegypta Rvolutos a t soar succssul uprsg astrLbya.

The Queston o theStteAs-sarb yr skuk a-am!(T popl wat to brg owt rgm!) s aotr sloga tatma t joury rom Tarr Sqto dubl.

it rfct t urstagamog t cor o t movmttat ty to rmov ot olyt prso o Mubarak but also s

wol systm o rul, clug tat emrgcy Law, t systm-atc tortur a t qually atScurty Polc.

Ts tur ou xprsso t absolutly roc struggl ovrsvral ays a gts agastt polc wc orc tr wt-rawal rom t strts.

i otr wors t egyptamasss cam ac to ac wtwat Marx, L (a all totr grat Marxsts) rgar

as t ctral ssu ay ralpopls rvoluto t qus-to o t stat.

i s ky book The State andRevolution,L, ollowg Marx,argu :

1) t stat .. t army, juc-ary, polc tc., os ot rprst,as t clams, t ato but sa strumt o captalst classrul;

2) t ctral am o t work-rs struggl a o t rvolutos t wg o stat powr; 3)t xstg stat mac caotsmply b tak ovr a us byt workrs but as to b smasor brok up a rplac by aw stat apparatus gar to tworkrs s .. a stat baso workrs coucls.

T way ts ca b o, as tRussa Rvoluto a may sub-squt rvolutos av sow,s ot troug atg t rulgclass army a st pc battl butby wg ovr t rak-a-lo t solrs a brakg tmrom tr ocrs t courso t rvolutoary struggls

t strts.O ts qusto t egypta

Rvoluto, a t TusaRvoluto, wt urtr ta

ay otr mass struggl o rctyars, but vrtlss av, soar, stopp al way.

O t o a tr xst,amog som o t masss, llu-sos t utralty a ccyo t army spt t act tatt Grals a b a glov wt Mubarak.

O t otr a t egyptaGrals ot rctly us tarmy agast t protstors.

Ts abl tm to kp ttact utl t movmt a lostsom o ts momtum.

Cosqutly t stat as lo a t rvoluto s ot ytcomplt, but at t sam tm ts ot yt ovr.

fom Democtc to

Soclst revolutonT ssu o t stat s lk to

t qusto o turg t mo-cratc rvoluto to a socalstrvoluto.

Oly t movmt s abl togo byo mas or mocracy,cssary as tos ar, to callg-g captalsm a t coomc

powr o t captalst class, wllt ral s o t mass o or-ary egyptas b arss.

T sam appls to vry otr

rvoluto t mor worl.iqualty, povrty, xplota-

to, umploymt tc xstvrywr a ar caus bytratoal captalsm, ot justvual ctators.

Ts tur las to t qus-to o socalst orgasato.

T Tusa a egyptaRvolutos, lk rvolutos gral (t Pars Commu o1871, t Russa Rvoluto o1917, t Spas Rvoluto o1936, Frac 1968 a so o)bga spotaously, but tyo ot spotaously.

To uy a ocus t powr ot masss, to combat t powro captalst as, a to att gly ctrals powr o tcaptalst stat, t larsp o

a rvolutoary workrs party scssary.

hopully t magct strug-gl o t Arab masss o Tusa,egypt, Lbya, Bara, Ym at rst wll a bulg sucrvolutoary parts across trgo a trougout t worl,clug r irla.

Tarir (frdm) Squar, Cair, et

Wh rvolo?

Cair i rvlt fratrisi wit Tuisia sldir

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ByAne DILLon

MARCh 8 s t 100 yar a-vrsary o t rst clbrato oitratoal Woms day.

A ay w wom avtak to t strts to macoomc, socal a poltcalrgts a a socty bas oral qualty.

itratoal Woms daywas bor a pro o turbu-lc a crss.

Wom wr trg paustral work cras-g umbrs, tally maly txtl mlls a clotgactors.

Wl ty xprc tsam ars cotos as malactory workrs, ty ar 50%

lss. Low wags, log ours apoor workg cotos sprwom workrs to uos astrk.

Ts ustral mltacy,alog wt t ma or vot-g rgts a a racto agastcosrvatv Vctora sxualmors, was a powrul agtor cag.

i 1908 nw York 30,000wom txtl workrs l a13-wk strk.

Ur t sloga Bra aRoss, ty ma bttr paya cotos, sortr workgours a t vot.

Ty spr socalstwom vrywr a at t1910 itratoal Corco Socalst Wom, Clara

Ztk propos a tr-atoal ay to avocat orwoms rgts.

T rst itratoal WorkgWoms day was mark 1911 Austra, Grmay,dmark a Swtzrla.

O Fbruary 23 1917, o trclbrato o iWd, wom work-rs St Ptrsburg lauc astrk or bra a pac.

Alray by oo tat ay90,000 workrs a ollow tstrkg wom a our ayslatr 300 yars o Romaov rulwas urg t FbruaryRvoluto.

W t Russa cal-ar cag rom Jula toGrgora, Fbruary 23 bcamMarc 8.

100 Years of InternationalWomens Day

IntErnAtIOnALWOMEns Day ha akemay om ice ievoluioay oigi.

the ruia ike o1917 would be hoifed oee how 8 Mach hee habecome a co beweeValeie Day ad MoheDay.

Membe o he IihWome LibeaioMoveme, who defedchuch, ae ad ocieyi 1971 whe hey boughcodom by ai om

Bela, mu hudde whehey ee how youg Iihwome buy io auchculue o how ou ie

i he Dil appea moecoceed wih he X Facoha he X cae.

I Ielad oday womeea 13% le ha me,ad allig wage ad highchildcae co ae puhigmay ou o paid employmealogehe.

Iih wome ae ill deiedhe igh o chooe o have aaboio ad ewe ha 7%o ape epoed eul i acovicio.

Bu ahe ha ocuig owha make u mieable, a

we mak 100 yea o wokigwome uggle, wehould celebae he poliical,democaic, ad exual

eedom ha we have woad coiue o build he fghagai exim ad exual adcla oppeio.

I 1917 ruia wokigwome lauched a movemeo chage ha wa o hakehe oudaio o capialim.

Maybe oday i will be hewome o Egyp ad tuiiawho will lead he way.

furtr radi:www.siptu.ie has aninformative booklet One Hundred Years of

Womens Struggles, while www.irishtimes.

com has a series called 40 years of

change; and Goretti Horgan has two

fascinating articles on the International

Socialism Journal site www.isj.org.uk on

these issues: Changing womens lives in

Ireland (Issue 91, 2001); and How does

globalisation affect women? (Issue 92,

2001).

x-factr r x-Cas?

BySIneAD KenneDy

The ReCenT dcso by teuropa Court o huma Rgts t cas o ABC v irlad s a sg-fcat vctory or irs wom.

T court ruld tat irladsrusal to provd aborto srv-cs or a woma wos l wasat rsk atr s uttoallybcam prgat was a brac o

r uma rgts.T court was also crtcal o t

irs govrmt or ts alur tolgslat or aborto udr t:xstg costtuto rgt.

T 1992 rulg by t SuprmCourt (t X cas) allows oraborto wr tr s a ral orsubstatal rsk to t l o a prg-at woma.

T ABC cas volvd trwom lvg irlad wo wrorcd to travl to t UK to accsssa aborto srvcs.

T wom argud tat t lacko aborto srvcs irlad madt procdur ucssarly xp-sv, complcatd ad traumatc.

i partcular, ty ac lt tatirlads rstrctv aborto lawsstgmatsd ad umlatd tm

ad rskd damagg tr altad, t trd applcats cas,v r l.

T court oly ruld avouro t trd woma, Ms C.

Dly relty

T xprcs o ts tr irswom rval somtg o taly ralty ac by tousaso irs wom wo ar orc to

travl abroa or abortos.Sc 1980 at last 140,000

wom av b orcd to travlto t UK ad byod to accsssa aborto srvcs.

Aborto s llgal irlad,nort ad Sout, almost allcrcumstacs, wt pottal pu-smt o pal srvtud or lor bot patts ad srvc pro-vdrs, xcpt wr t prgatwomas l s dagr.

Crmal proscutos ar u-ard o wl wom cotu totravl abroad.

howvr, tr s lttl lgal adpolcy gudac o w, spcf-cally, a aborto mgt b lgallyprormd wt irlad.

As a rsult, som doctors arrluctat v to provd pr-atal scrg or svr otalabormalts, ad vry w, ay, wom av accss to lgalabortos r.

T govrmt as rpatdly

rusd to clary t possbl raco t crmal palts volvd procurg a aborto.

Trougout t last two dc-ads, t irs govrmt asusd juctos to prvt d-vduals rom travlg abroad oraborto.

As rctly as 2007, a 17-yar-old grl t car o t haltSrvcs excutv ad to go tocourt to gt prmsso to travlto Brta or a aborto.

Aborto s a ralty or irswom.

irlads aborto rat s compa-rabl to otr europa coutrswr aborto s lgal.

Yt ts llgal atur irladorcs wom to d out o ar,sam or crmal proscuto.

fee nd Legl

Opo polls sow tat t major-ty o irs popl ar avour omor op aborto laws.

idd, irs popl av vrb gv t opportuty to vot avour o aborto but rctyars, dspt umrous attmptsto urtr rstrct aborto rgts,av cossttly votd agastrstrctos.

As socalsts w argu tatwom sould av t rgt tomak a ormd coc to ava aborto ty dcd tat s

wat s bst tr stuato.i ordr to mak ts coc a

ralty, aborto sould b r,lgal ad sa.

Abortos carrd out arly prgacy ar at a vry low rskbut dlays accssg a abortomas mor rsks to t womaad tratoal travl s a uac-cptabl obstacl.

Aborto srvcs sould b parto a ull rag o good qualty r-productv alt srvcs.

T majorty o wom wocoos to av a aborto do soot bcaus tr l s at rsk.

Tr rasos ar drt,complcatd ad uqu to acwoma.

Tror oly lgslato tat al-lows or r, sa ad lgal aborto

ca accout or ts dvrsty.W d to bg t fgt today

or mmdat lgslato ad orr, sa ad lgal aborto.

Poltcal parts lk t LabourParty wo clam to support lgs-latv cag o aborto mustb prssd to mak good o trpromss ad mak abortolgslato a cor dmad o ayprogramm or govrmt.

aboton rghts o ish Women Book ReviewFdl & Ch: avoloy fdhpSimon Reid-Henry (2009) 10.99

Reviewed by Leah Speight

WITH UPRISINGS in the Middle

East, many will analyse and

compare past revolutions for

insights.

Fidel & Che: A revolutionaryfriendship, although it gives some

insight into the Cuban revolution

does not give enough detail to fully

understand that period.

It was not until the 1980s

that serious biographies of Castro

began to emerge, and in the mid

1990s many works on Guevara

followed.

According to the author, this

is the rst book that uses many

archived sources to put together

their story.

Reid-Henrys objective of

writing the book was to give

an understanding of what he

believes to be the most important

friendship of the twentieth century.

To him their friendship was as

relevant as Marx and Engels, and

Trotsky with Lenin.Their relationship differs from

other political double acts as it was

lived out during just a few short

intense years.

An early detailed account

of both of their lives helps to

understand their different

personalities

At rst Fidel appears to be the

more interesting of the two with his

early political activism.

However as their lives unfold,

Guevara who is introvert and quiet,

emerges as the most fascinating

character.

After reading I did not come

away thinking they were quite the

Marx and Engels.

The book does bring to life thedanger and intense emotions of a

revolutionary period.

But to really acquire knowledge

of the Cuban revolution or South

American politics a deeper political

and less biographical context is

required.

A good introduction is Mike

Gonzalez book: Che Guevara and

the Cuban Revolution.

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Socialist Worker

ByeAMonn MCCAnn

The BiTTeR wraglg ovr t

Stormot bugt s lk t bugttsl poy.

T dUP a S F av battackg Ulstr Uost Party (UUP)a SdLP Mstrs or alg to pro-pos cuts spg plas l wtt moy allocat to tm by dUP

Fac Mstr Sammy Wlso.Wlso says tat t cuts total-

lg 4 bllo ovr our yars

t block grat rom Loo maall partmts av to cut backproportoatly.

UUP halt Mstr McalMcGmpsy as b partcularly vocal argug tat t cuts bg ask om woul ravag t alt srvc

a tat wot accpt tm.Ptr Robso a Mart

McGuss av accus m o

playg poltcs a ma tat prouc s cut-back proposals tmto pass a bugt by Marc 25t wt currt Assmblys trm xprs.

Bot t UUP a t SdLP arow tg tat ty mgt go toopposto t Assmbly to b lct

o May 5t.Ts woul abl tm to sta as

at-cuts parts.

i act, tr prct yar-o-yarccy savgs, otr wors cuts,av b ur way sc 2008.

Ts cuts av a vastatg -cts, or xampl o omclary caror t lrly, wtout a wmpr oprotst rom tr party.

Tr s goo raso to blv tatt spg plas aouc by tdUP/SF or tr ow mstrs arrauult ayway.

A aalyss o t rat bugt byPrcwatrous Coopr (PwC) texcutvs ow avourt cosultats says blutly tat: T Bugt may otb lvrabl ts currt orm.

PwC c coomst esmo Br(a UUP mmbr) scrb t plasas: a patcwork o ualg sp-g proposals.

T bzarr structur o t Stormotamstrato mas tat ac gov-rmt partmt s ctvlypt.

eac as ts ow approac to -sgg spg plas.

So, as PwC ot, t dpartmtsplas caot b masur agast acotr or rlat to ay ovrall pla.

it s tus mpossbl to say wt ayclarty wat cuts jobs a srvcs wllollow rom t bugt ay ara.

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T oly stratgy wc maks ss ts stuato s to orgas to rsst tw a pr cuts w ty com.

Ts wll b t ocus o t SWP aotrs volv t Popl BorProt Allac ovr t comg wksa to t lcto campag.

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