No2eu – yes to what?

With Euro elections imminent, the electoral coalition founded by Bob Crow and the RMT leadership has generated intense debate on the left: for some, such as the Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Britain, it is a workers’ initiative which must be supported. To others, no2eu is nothing short of a disaster, a sop to national chauvinism devoid of socialist principles.

The next meeting of the socialist forum in Cardiff, on Thurs 28 May, will address the issue.

The meeting will take place upstairs at the Owain Glyndwr, by St John’s Church, Cardiff, from 7.30pm. As usual we will seek to have an open, informed and comradely discussion.

Below are some of the blogs discussing no2eu:
Boffy blog
A Very Public Sociologist
Shiraz Socialist
Serge’s Fist

Support Rob Williams!

Rob Williams, Unite convenor at Linamar (formerly Visteon and before that Ford’s) car components plant in Swansea was sacked last Tuesday 28 April, but subsequently reinstated (ableit on the basis of suspension) after some 100 union members walked off the production lines and prevented his forcible removal from the plant by management and police.

His sacking and current suspension on pay will be discussed again at a meeting between Unite officials and Linamar management in London on Wednesday 6 May.

Rob is a Socialist Party member and vice-chair of the National Shop Stewards Network, who actively supported the Visteon workers’ resistance, visiting all three factories over the course of the past month or so.

Support the lobby of “Unite” headquarters, 128 Theobalds Road, London (nearest tube station: Holborn, WC2) from 9.30AM on Wednesday 6 May or watch this space for further details of local action in South Wales.