Blair's Thatcherite gospel	The Blair government is currently basking in favourable media coverage and enjoying an easy ride from a party and movement still frozen by new realism and stunned by the scale of their electoral success and the sheer relief of being rid of the Tories

	Thinking the unspeakable	Labour's "no holds barred" review of the NHS foreshadows huge cuts, argues Harry Sloan
	Oi! Dobson! No!	Helen Weatherley, UNISON nurse, gives some advice to the Health Minister for his review of NHS charges
	Go slows can really bite	A rail driver on the Connex London to Brighton route reports on the union work-to-rule and makes some suggestions to John Prescott
	Lone parents' right to choose	Annie Oliver (Information Worker) and Sue Cohen (Co-ordinator) of the Single Parent Action Network (SPAN) want lone parents to be supported not targeted
	Mowlam: seek dialogue!	As the marching season begins in the Six Counties Brian Campbell (the editor of An Phoblacht/Republican News) argues that the new Labour Government could take a positive initiative
	Realising the peace dividend	Why should the poor, sick, homeless and school children suffer while we continue to spend billions on arms, asks Frank Allaun
	Hats off to Helen and Dave	McDonald's Mclibel "victory" in the High Court
	Money before principles	Nestlé is to have a stall for the second year running at Congress. Leonora Lloyd reports
	Victory for choice	Lynne Kelly was not the first woman whose partner took her to court attempting to prevent her having an abortion. Leonora Lloyd reports
	Our money or his life?	Stefan Tobler of Brazil Network looks at the real media scandal behind the tabloids' exposé of a Brazilian Aids sufferer

	Stop the arm-twisting	Ann Black, a member of Labour Reform Steering Committee, argues that the best way to change LiP is to move that decisions are deferred
	LiP: let battle commence	Will McMahon, Secretary of the Network of Socialist Campaign Groups reveals that following CLP and union discussions the success of Blair's Labour into Power is very much in the balance
	Get Lefty on the Council	Cllr. Christine Shawcroft, chair of CLPD, says it's now time for socialists to become councillors and get organised nationally
	End the blame game	Mark Lushington, Divisional Secretary, Hackney Teachers Association, argues that team-building should replace scape-goating in hard-hit education authorities
	Something's rotten in the state of the Party!	Party members met in Leeds on 7th June to discuss lack of democracy and honesty in the Party. Celia Foote, Leeds North East CLP, reports
	Uxbridge overruled	Head office interference has demoralised the local Party, complains Cllr Peter Ryerson, Uxbridge CLP
	Campaign Group: what next?	Just after the election the Network of Socialist Campaign Groups met to ask "What do we do now?" and to provide a socialist strategy for Labour. Bryn Griffiths takes a critical look at what was achieved and asks some difficult questions
	People's vs. Corporate Europe	The Alan Simpson column

	Going down the tube	An RMT Activist looks at Labour's dodgy plans for the future of London Underground
	Rocking the world: dockers plan new action	Chris Knight and Dot Gibson (London Support Group for the Liverpool Dockers)
	Victory for Thorpe and Brady
	Small signs for political trade unionism	June saw many trade unions holding their first conference under a Labour Government for 18 years. Tony Dale, Manchester UNISON, reports on what the unions want to see from Labour
	University staff vote to fight	Dr Steve Reicher reports on the AUT conference
	PTC leaders turned over
	MSF looks both ways
	CWU rejects Blairism
	Trade Union notebook
	Ravensbourne College strike
	Leading With The Left	The Geoff Martin Column

	"Maintaining the torment"	Last year a right-wing populist strongman became President of Nicaragua. Mike Phipps looks at the first six months of the Aleman government and the Sandinista response
	The Korean General Strike and the world-wide web	Paul Field interviewed Myoung-Joon Kim, film critic, political activist, Chief Producer of Labor News Productions and adviser to the Social Information Networking Group
	Lahore strikers
	Economists against EMU	An open letter from more than 300 European economists to European heads of governments was published in several European papers on 12th June 1997. In these extracts, the economists outline their objections to a single currency
	From Brussels: a message of hope	Andrew Coates, Ipswich CLP, sees a new start for the left in the European Convention for Full Employment
	Left victory in France	Andrew Coates, Ipswich CLP, analyses the prospects for France's new government
	France needs allies	The Michael Hindley Column, Labour's MEP for Lancashire South gives a global perspective

	La lutte continue	Benoit Martin of the Payday Men's Network explains why the fight of the Sans-Papiers is not over yet
	New visa rules hit Colombians	Sue Lukes, Islington North CLP, reports on a major human rights scandal facing New Labour
	Abdul Onibyo alive
	Lloyd Bent must stay
	Detainees attacked
	Fleeing from Angola

	1966 and all that	Dave Farrar's Eye on Sport

	From cynicism to engagement	Does the election of Britain's first post-modern Prime Minister signal the end of the era of post-modernism? Mike Phipps hopes so. Cynicism and Post-modernity by Timothy Bewes, Verso.
	The Tory Record	The Tory Record by the Commission for Assessing the Tory Record, Jon Carpenter Publishing, reviewed by Dan Carter

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