WORLD CUP REALITY
"No nation in the world has a gulf between rich and poor as great as
South Africa's. Despite billions of euros in investments related to the
2010 World Cup, last year more than a million South Africans lost their
jobs. During the first three months of this year, 171,000 entered the
unemployment rolls. The official unemployment rate is over 25 percent,
the highest level seen in the past five years. Unofficially, it is
estimated to be closer to 40 percent. A recent study completed by the
University of South Africa concluded that 75.4 percent of South
Africans fall below the poverty level – and almost all those poor are
black. 'Persistent poverty, rising levels of unemployment and violent
crime, together with the crisis in the public health sector," writes
Amnesty International in its annual report, have contributed at least
as much as corruption and nepotism to the often violent protests that
have recently shaken South Africa.'" (Spiegel On Line, 3 June)
"PEACE-LOVING" BRITAIN
"Britain signalled a new openness on nuclear weapons yesterday,
revealing that its stockpile will not exceed 225 warheads, including up
to 160 that are ready for action. William Hague, the Foreign secretary,
said: 'We believe that the time is now right to be more open about the
weapons we hold.'"(Times, 27 May)
CHEAPENING WORLD ANNIHILATION
"The Pentagon has now told the public, for the first time, precisely
how many nuclear weapons the United States has in its arsenal. That is
exactly 4,802 more than we need. Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the
Senate to advocate approval of the so-called New Start treaty, signed
by President Obama and President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia last month.
The treaty's ceiling of 1,550 warheads deployed on 700 missiles and
bombers will leave us with fewer warheads than at any time since John
F. Kennedy was president. Yet the United States could further reduce
its reliance on nuclear weapons without sacrificing security. Indeed,
we have calculated that the country could address its conceivable
national defense and military concerns with only 311 strategic nuclear
weapons." (New York Times, 21 May)
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
"Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose work was later
condemned by the Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish
priests as a hero yesterday, 467 years after he was laid to rest in an
unmarked grave. His reburial in a tomb in the cathedral where he once
served as a church canon and doctor indicates how far the church has
come in making peace with the scientist whose revolutionary theory that
the Earth revolves around the Sun helped to usher in the modern
scientific age. Copernicus, who lived from 1473 to 1543, died as a
little-known astronomer working in what is now Poland, far from
Europe's centres of learning." (Independent on Sunday, 23 May)
UK Branches & contacts
London
Central London branch*
2nd
Wed ,6.30pm
The Coffee Republic (Travelodge),7-15 City Road,EC1Y 1AG.Nearest tube
and rail stations,Old St.& Moorgate. Bus stopepworth st. is outside
the venue.buses,21,43,76,141,205,
214 and 271.
tel.Tristan 0207 6223811
Enfield and Haringey branch*
Thursday , 1st and 29th July . 8pm. . Angel Community
Centre, Raynham Rd, NI8. Corres:
17 Dorset Road, N22 7SL.
South London branch
1st Tues.
7.00pm. Head Office. 52 Clapham High St, SW4 7UN.
Tel: 020 7622 3811
West London branch
1st & 3rd Tues.
8pm, Chiswick Town Hall,
Heathfield Terrace (Corner Sutton Court Rd), W4.
Corres: 51 Gayford Road,
London W12 9BY
Pimlico
C. Trinder, 24 Greenwood Ct,
155 Cambridge Street, SW1 4VQ.
Tel: 020 7834 8186
Midlands
West Midlands branch
Meets every two months on a Sunday afternoon (see
meetings page for details. Tel: Tony Gluck 01242 235615
Northeast
Northeast branch
Contact: Brian Barry,
86 Edgmond Ct, Ryhope, Sunderland
SR2 0DY. Tel: 0191 521 0690.
Northwest
Lancaster branch
P. Shannon, 10
Green Street, Lancaster LA1 1DZ. Tel:
01524 382380
Manchester branch
Paul Bennett, 6
Burleigh Mews, Hardy Lane, M21 7LB.
Tel: 0161 860 7189
Manchester
Branch
website
Bolton
Tel: H.McLaughlin.
Tel: 01204 844589
Cumbria
. Brendan Cummings, 19 Queen St, Millom, Cumbria LA18 4BG
Carlisle
Robert Whitfield.
tel: 07906 373975
Rochdale
Tel: R. Chadwick. 01706
522365
Southeast Manchester
Enquiries:
Blanche Preston, 68 Fountains Road,
M32 9PH
Yorkshire
Hull
Keith Scholey, 12 Regina Crescent,
Victoria Ave, HU5 3EA. Tel: 01482 444651
Skipton
. R Cooper, 1 Caxton Garth,
Threshfield, Skipton BD23 5EZ.
Tel: 01756 752621
South
South/SouthEast
Southwest
South West branch.
Meets every two
months on a Saturday afternoon
(see meetings page for details)
Tel: 01202 257556.
Bristol
Shane Roberts, 86 High Street,
Bristol BS5 6DN.
Tel: 0117 9511199
Canterbury
Rob Cox,
4 Stanhope Road, Deal,
Kent, CT14 6AB
Luton
Nick White,
59 Heywood Drive,
LU2 7LP
Redruth
Harry Sowden,
5 Clarence Villas,
Redruth,
Cornwall, TR15 1PB.
Tel: 01209 219293
East Anglia
East Anglia branch
meets every two
months on a Saturday afternoon
(see meetings page for details).
Quebec Tavern
93-97 Quebec Road Norwich NR1 4HY See meetings page for updates.
Here is a link to a map.
http://www.ukpubfinder.com/pub/21675
Pat Deutz, 11 The Links, Billericay,
CM12 0EX. n.deutz@btinternet.com
Richard Headicar,
42 Woodcote, Firs Rd,
Hethersett,
NR9 3JD.
Tel: 01603 814343.
Cambridge
Andrew Westley, 10
Marksby Close, Duxford, Cambridge
CB2 4RS.
Tel: 07890343044
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Northern Ireland
Newtownabbey
Nigel NcCullough. Tel:
028 90852062
Scotland
Edinburgh branch
.1st Thur. 8-9pm.
The Quaker Hall,
Victoria Terrace (above Victoria Street),
Edinburgh.
J. Moir. Tel: 0131 440 0995
Edinburgh Branch
website:
Lothian Socialist
Discussion Group
.4th Wednesday of each month 7.30pm
ACE 17 ,West Montgomery Place,
Edinburgh EH7 5HA
For more info contact Jimmy orFraser
Glasgow branch
. 3rd Wednesday of
each month at 8pm in
Community Central Halls,
304 Maryhill Road, Glasgow.
Richard Donnelly,
112 Napiershall Street,
Glasgow G20 6HT.
Tel: 0141 5794109.
Glasgow
Branch
website
Ayrshire
D. Trainer, 21 Manse Street,
Salcoats, KA21 5AA. Tel: 01294
469994. E-mail:
Dundee
Ian Ratcliffe, 16 Birkhall Ave,
Wormit, Newport-on-Tay, DD6 8PX.
Tel: 01328 541643
West Lothian
. 2nd Weds in
month, 7.30-9.30. Lanthorn Community Centre, Kennilworth Rise,
Dedridge,
Livingston.
Corres:
Matt
Culbert,
53 Falcon Brae, Ladywell, Livingston,
West Lothian,
EH5 6UW.
Tel: 01506 462359
Wales
Swansea branch
. 2nd Mon, 7.30pm,
Unitarian Church, High Street. Corres:
Geoffrey Williams,
19 Baptist Well Street,
Waun Wen,
Swansea SA1 6FB.
Tel: 01792 643624
Cardiff and District
. John James, 67
Romilly Park Road,
Barry CF62 6RR.
Tel: 01446 405636
International Contacts
Latin America. J.M. Morel, Calle 7 edif 45 apto
102, Multis nuevo La loteria,La Vega, Rep. Dominicana.
Africa
Kenya. Patrick
Ndege, PO Box 78105,Nairobi.
Swaziland. Mandla
Ntshakala, PO Box 981, Manzini.
Zambia. Kephas
Mulenga, PO Box
280168, Kitwe.
Asia
India. World
Socialist Group, Vill
Gobardhanpur. PO Amral, Dist. Bankura,722122
Japan. Michael.
Email:
worldsocialismjapan@hotmail.com.
Europe
Denmark. Graham
Taylor, Kjaerslund 9,floor 2 (middle), DK-8260 Viby J
Germany. Norbert.
E-mail:
weltsozialismus@gmx.net
Norway. Robert
Stafford.
Email: hallblithe@yahoo.com
Italy. Gian Maria
Freddi, Casella Postale n. 28., c/o Ag. PT VR 17, 37131 Verona
Spain. Alberto
Gordillo, Avenida
del Parque 2/2/3 Puerta A, 13200
Manzanares.
COMPAN ION PART IES
OVERSEAS
World Socialist Party of
Australia.
P. O. Box 1266 North Richmond
3121, Victoria, Australia.. Email:
commonownership@yahoo.com.au
Socialist Party of
Canada/Parti
Socialiste du Canada.
Box 4280,
Victoria B.C. V8X 3X8 Canada.
Email:SPC@iname.com
World Socialist Party (New
Zealand)
P.O. Box 1929, Auckland, NI, New
Zealand.
World Socialist Party of
the United
States P.O. Box
440247, Boston, MA
02144 USA.
Email: wspboston@covad.net
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