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Malkiat Bilku returns to work at Hillingdon HospitalAfter five long years of struggle, the Hillingdon Hospital strikers have finally begun to be offered jobs back at the hospital. On October 30th, 2000, Malkiat Bilku at last returned to Hillingdon Hospital, the Hospital from which she was unfairly dismissed in 1995. To remind supporters of the … [Read more…]

Imperialism murders another great Congolese patriotOn 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila, the great patriotic President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was murdered. The instrument of his murder was one of his own bodyguards. The culprits were undoubtedly US and Belgian imperialism.This murder comes 40 years almost to the day after the murder at the … [Read more…]

When the Iraqi people have managed to pull themselves together following the most recent bombing by US and UK forces, and as they continue on with their daily lives in constant terror of the next attack, they will still have to deal with effects of the 1991 Gulf War which, 10 years on, remains an … [Read more…]

It is a near-certainty that the next General Election in Britain will be held on 3rd of May. Three bourgeois parties – Tory, Lib-Dem and Labour – and one socialist party – the Socialist Labour Party – will be contesting these elections. Whatever little justification (in our view there was none) working people may have … [Read more…]

by Joanne BakerI’d like to tell you a little bit about why I go to Iraq and then to concentrate on the effect of sanctions on the ordinary people there.I’ve been to Iraq three times now. Twice in 1999 with Voices in the Wilderness and once last summer with an independent delegation of women. We … [Read more…]

The latest Israeli election of 6 February, which resulted in the notorious war criminal, Ariel Sharon, being elected as prime minister, is more a symptom of the incurable crisis gripping the Zionist state than a solution to its problems. Israeli society and the Israeli electorate stumble from one election to another at ever-shortening intervals in … [Read more…]

Felicity Arbuthnot was unable to attend the SLP Rally because she was in the Middle East, however that does not stop her continuing to expose the role of the British Government by writing letters to the press. She sent us this copy of a letter sent toThe Guardian.Dear Sir,Re: Bombing KuwaitWithout intending to ignore the … [Read more…]

We publish below words of appreciation for LALKAR written by some its subscribers. Three of the letter writers have also sent us money. Comrade Paul Phillippou has sent us £25 by way of donation, Penny Moffat sent us £10, and Nora Ridley also £10. We thank these comrades for their donations and appeal to our … [Read more…]

Nice Summit:Repartition, not unification, of EuropeTo say that the recently-concluded Nice Summit, which took place from 7-10 December 2000, lacked the grand sweep of its predecessors and may not have been as significantly fundamental as the Single European Act or the Maastricht Treaty (which laid the basis for the single market and the launch of … [Read more…]

CELEBRATING THE OCTOBER REVOLUTIONOn Nov. 11th, organised by the Committee to Celebrate the October Revolution, a grand rally, attended by more than 250 people was held in the City Club, Wakefield. Prof. Vic Allen chaired the meeting and, apart from Comrade Arthur Scargill, Harpal Brar and Sukant Chandan (SLP Youth) addressed the Rally. There was … [Read more…]