12 June 2013

Syria threatens sectarian middle east war

Urgent need for independent working class socialist organisations: The capturing of the strategically important city of Qusair by pro-government forces, including Hezbollah and Iraqi Shias, marks a new stage in the bloody quagmire of Syria and is likely to have wide ramifications, both for the country itself and the region as a whole, writes Peter Taaffe, General Secretary Socialist Party. More...

12 June 2013

Labour crosses the Rubicon - again

The Socialist Editorial In a series of speeches last week, the Labour leadership crossed the Rubicon and completely betrayed the poor and working class More...

12 June 2013

No to G8 austerity

London support for protests ion Turkey

End the rule of big business, poverty and war: The leaders of the most powerful nations in the world will soon descend on Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, for the 17-18 June G8 Summit, writes Niall Mulholland, Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). More...

17/6/13 Brighton

Bin workers strike for seven days  Hundreds of people rallied in support of Brighton CityClean workers as they began a 7-day strike against pay cuts from the Green controlled council More...

16/6/13 Turkey

Police launch brutal assault  Yesterday Turkey's security forces launched a large-scale brutal attack on a peaceful concert and protesters in Istanbul's Gezi park and Taksim square. It is urgent to send protests More...

11/6/13 Leicester

NUT members strike to defend teaching assistant posts  'Things are getting serious' a NUT member told me on the picket line at Uplands Junior School More...

10/6/13 Chesterfield

College lecturers strike against redundancies  Chesterfield College lecturers were supported by students in a one-day strike against compulsory redundancies More...

9/6/13 Tamils

Solidarity event - a great success  Organised by Tamil Solidarity and the British Tamils Forum, the 'solidarity day' brought together people from the Tamil community trade unions, the student movement and others More...