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The Socialist 16 April 2008

‘We’re striking against low pay’

'We're striking against low pay'

Birmingham strike

Editorial: 24 April strikes: step forward in pay battle


Unison witch-hunt: Defend 'the four'

Stop the witch hunts!

National Shop Stewards Network


Re-elect a fighting PCS leadership

News in brief


Global food prices: anger erupts in mass protests

How the other 0.01% live


Elections 2008

Health campaigners fight council cuts

Standing up for socialism: candidate list

Campaign for a New Workers Party - conference 2008


The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill: why all the controversy?


Housing crisis: Britain's house of cards

Tax attack hits low paid workers

Water 'regulators' hide real prices


Rising class struggles across Europe

Italian election: new Berlusconi victory will provoke mass opposition

France 1968: 10 million workers occupied factories

France 1968: month of revolution by Clare Doyle

The radical life of Martin Luther King


Portsmouth Activists Academy day of debate

 
 
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Standing up for socialism

SOCIALIST PARTY members are standing in local council and Greater London Assembly elections on Thursday 1 May. They aim to put forward a clear socialist alternative to the mainstream parties - Tories, New Labour, LibDems - that base their policies on the needs of big business. Socialist candidates are standing in the wards or constituencies listed below.

Area Ward/Constituency Candidate
GLA elections Lewisham and Greenwich Cllr. Chris Flood 
Manchester Baguley ward Lynn Worthington 
Sefton Netherton and Orrell ward Peter Glover 
City of Lincoln Carholme ward Nicholas Parker 
Cardiff Adamsdown ward James Mapstone 
Cardiff Canton ward Lianne Francis 
Cardiff Pentwyn ward Stephen Williams 
Swansea Castle ward Alec Thraves 
Swansea Castle ward Sarah Mayo 
Nuneaton / Bedworth Camp Hill ward Peter Bradley 
Coventry St Michael's ward Cllr. Dave Nellist 
Coventry Sherbourne ward Jason Toynbee 
Coventry Whoberley ward Jim Donnolly 
Stoke on Trent Burslem South ward Jane Mellalieu 
Sheffield Graves Park ward Alan Munro 
Wakefield Wakefield East ward Mick Griffiths 
Huddersfield Crosland Moor and Netherton ward Ian Slattery (onbehalf of Huddersfield Save Our NHS)

In this issue

'We're striking against low pay'

Birmingham strike

Editorial: 24 April strikes: step forward in pay battle


Unison witch-hunt

Unison witch-hunt: Defend 'the four'

Stop the witch hunts!

National Shop Stewards Network


Workplace news and analysis

Re-elect a fighting PCS leadership

News in brief


Global food crisis

Global food prices: anger erupts in mass protests

How the other 0.01% live


Socialist Party election campaign

Elections 2008

Health campaigners fight council cuts

Standing up for socialism: candidate list

Campaign for a New Workers Party - conference 2008


Socialist Party feature

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill: why all the controversy?


Socialist Party news and views

Housing crisis: Britain's house of cards

Tax attack hits low paid workers

Water 'regulators' hide real prices


International socialist news and analysis

Rising class struggles across Europe

Italian election: new Berlusconi victory will provoke mass opposition

France 1968: 10 million workers occupied factories

France 1968: month of revolution by Clare Doyle

The radical life of Martin Luther King


Socialist Students

Portsmouth Activists Academy day of debate


 

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Coventry:

Defeating the poll tax

Coventry: Hands off our youth services!

Defend youth services

Cardiff:

Socialist youth conference and protest

Cardiff No2EU meeting

Huddersfield:

Huddersfield No2EU meeting

No to post office closures

Wakefield:

Wakefield No2Eu meeting

Reopen the battle on NHS pay

Swansea:

Swansea Socialist Party meeting

Swansea Socialist Party public meeting on Linamar victory

Stoke:

Stoke No2EU meeting

Fighting the racist BNP in Stoke

Chris Flood:

Lewisham Bridge primary school

Why we must Stop the Strip!

Lewisham:

Campaign to save Lewisham Bridge school continuing

Lewisham Socialist Party public meeting

Dave Nellist:

A Question Time carve up

London NO2EU election rally

Manchester:

Central Manchester & Salford Socialist Party meeting

Protests at BNP

London:

Pride not profit - London Pride Saturday 4 July

National Shop Stewards Network Conference Confident and enthusiastic

Lincoln:

Lincoln - fight council cuts plan

Opposing cutbacks in Lincolnshire

Greenwich:

Anger at council school closures

Hackney and Haringey No2EU meeting

Sheffield:

Sheffield Socialist Party meeting

Sheffield No2EU meeting