The Socialist 19 January 2010

Haitians abandoned, bankers rewarded: Fight for a socialist world

Haitians abandoned, bankers rewarded

Haiti - disaster compounded by capitalism

Defend jobs, nationalise Bosch

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition gets started

Support grows for new Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Donate to help build a socialist alternative

Youth Fight for Jobs - demonstrate on 13 March

Civil service compensation scheme: A fight for jobs and services

Victory for hospital workers

South Yorkshire firefighters forced to strike again

Virgin Trains ticket office workers walk out

Obama and the Democrats in power

Sri Lankan government condemned

'Stop and search' unlawful

Non jury trials undermine democratic rights

Spinning the war

LibDems show their true colours

Marching off the dole?

Socialist Party national committee

Education trusts are "academies lite"

Stop the cuts in higher education

No business in our education

Angry reaction to Unison witch-hunt

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Support grows for new coalition

HUNDREDS OF declarations of support have been received for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Tusc) election challenge to New Labour.

Serving on the coalition steering committee, in a personal capacity, are, among others, Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT transport workers' union, Brian Caton, general secretary of the Prison Officers Association (POA), and Chris Baugh, assistant general secretary of the PCS civil service union.

The coalition's stand, for a working class alternative to the pro-cuts agenda of the capitalist parties, is receiving enthusiastic support from fighting trade unionists.

To add your name as a sponsor of the Tusc, in a personal capacity, either return the slip below to Tusc, 17 Colebert House, Colebert Avenue, London E1 4JP or email: electioncoalition@btinternet.com

Some of the initial sponsors, all in a personal capacity:

Richard Howard

Secretary, RMT Wessex regional council & Portsmouth RMT

Nina Franklin

National Union of Teachers (NUT) senior vice-president elect

Hannah Walter

Unison National Executive Committee (NEC)

Vicky Perrin

Unison NEC

Adrian O'Malley

Unison Health Service Group executive

Bernard Roome

Communications Workers Union (CWU) NEC

Gary Jones

CWU NEC

Katrine Williams

PCS DWP Group Vice President

Tony Church

Vice chair, PCS DWP Leicestershire general branch

Brian Smith

Secretary, Glasgow City Unison

Jon Woods

Chair, Portsmouth City Unison

David Read

Secretary, Unison Manweb branch

Paul Couchman

Secretary, Surrey County Unison

Martin Powell-Davies

Secretary, Lewisham NUT

David Plews

Vice president, Lewisham NUT

Ken Smith

Chairman, National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Wales

Suzanne Muna

Unison Tenant Services Authority branch secretary

John Reid

RMT rep, Edgware Group LU

Andrew Walton

Joint Unison convenor, Leicester Partnership Trust

Kevin Parslow

Secretary, Unite LE 1/1228 branch

Ian Prior

Bath & NE Somerset NUT committee

Patrick Gannon

Manchester Metro University Unison Equalities Officer

Terry Pearce

Chair, Bracknell Unite

Christian Bunke

Vice chair, Manchester NUJ

Doug Lowe

North Devon Unison Healthcare branch committee

Nick Parker

East Midlands PCS DWP Young members' officer

Roger McKay

Treasurer, Ipswich NUT & president, Ipswich Trades Council

Andrew Price

Secretary, Cardiff Trades Council

Matthew Caygill

Leeds Metro University UCU rep

Gary Freeman

South Derby Unison health branch rep

Valerie Pearce

Bracknell Unite branch committee

Steve Gee

West Midlands PCS Learning & Skills branch committee

Kevin Pattison

West Yorkshire CWU branch committee

Andy Pryor

North Somerset NUT branch officer

Spyros Katsaris

HSBC Bank Unite workplace rep

Paul Hunt

Coventry Unison steward

Dan Gilman

Waltham Forest NUT rep

Steve Glennon

Secretary, Stevenage Trades Council

Derek McMillian

Vice President, West Sussex NUT

In this issue

Haitians abandoned, bankers rewarded

Socialist Party editorial

Haiti - disaster compounded by capitalism

Socialist Party news and analysis

Defend jobs, nationalise Bosch

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition gets started

Support grows for new Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Donate to help build a socialist alternative

Youth fight for jobs

Youth Fight for Jobs - demonstrate on 13 March

Socialist Party workplace news

Civil service compensation scheme: A fight for jobs and services

Victory for hospital workers

South Yorkshire firefighters forced to strike again

Virgin Trains ticket office workers walk out

International socialist news and analysis

Obama and the Democrats in power

Sri Lankan government condemned

Socialist Party news and analysis

'Stop and search' unlawful

Non jury trials undermine democratic rights

Spinning the war

LibDems show their true colours

Marching off the dole?

Socialist Party national committee

Education

Education trusts are "academies lite"

Stop the cuts in higher education

No business in our education

Unison witchhunt

Angry reaction to Unison witch-hunt

Socialist Party review

Dear Granny Smith

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Workers demand pensions battle is stepped up

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Unison attacks TUSC candidate

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Unison Service Group Executive elections

NUT:

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Lincolnshire academies in crisis

Solidarity against far-right thugs

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PCS:

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M10: Angry workers walk out across the country

Council:

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Victory for Greenwich Unite library campaign

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