In this week's issue:

The Socialist 10 March 2010, issue Fight the cuts, not union members

Fight the cuts, not union members

Unison members in Wales protest against privatisation, photo Socialist Party Wales

Dawn raids on Unison branch offices: Fifteen unelected Unison trade union officials raided the Unison offices in Bromley and Greenwich in south London and the Tenant Services Authority (TSA) in central London in the early morning of Friday 5 March, writes Paula Mitchell, London Socialist Party secretary.

Young voters need real change

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Smug MPs fail to convince: Fifty-six percent of 17-24 year olds aren't registered to vote. Of those that are registered, many still do not vote come polling day. With this in mind, BBC3 hosted a 'first time voters' Question Time...

Michael Foot - the end of an era

Many "Old Labour" workers and socialists will be saddened at the death of Michael Foot and will see it as signifying the death of an era...

Trades Council demo unites Brighton fightback

Brighton trades Council demonstration against cuts, led by the save Our Nursery campaign, photo P. Knight

"THEY SAY cut back, we say fight back" was the chant that roared through the streets of Brighton on Saturday as over 600 working class trade union activists, socialists and campaigners brought the city's streets to a standstill, writes Peter Knight, Brighton Socialist Party.

Riot cops attack peaceful Sussex students' protest

Police clear path for racist EDL thugs

Anti-war campaigner Joe Glenton gets nine months

Civil Servants Strike reports (updated)

PCS workers on strike at the Passport Office, photo Socialist Party Wales

Members of the PCS civil servants' union took strike action today to oppose the changes to the civil service compensation scheme.

Solid two-day civil service strike shows anger of PCS members

Hands off our NHS!

Privatisation vulture, photo Alan Hardman

TRADE UNIONISTS, health activists and local communities have been protesting in recent weeks at plans to close critical care and maternity services in general hospitals...

Palestine: 'The Wall Must Fall!'

ONE THOUSAND people demonstrated on 19 February, in the Palestinian village Bil'in, in the occupied West Bank, writes Report from Socialist Struggle Movement, (CWI in Israel/Palestine).

Chile earthquake: Natural disaster, state catastrophe

Debate on women's oppression: Socialists propose solutions

PCS members were striking on International Women's Day, photo Paul Mattsson

Last week I addressed an International Women's Day anniversary meeting in the European Parliament. The meeting was called by the United Left group, of which Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins (CWI Ireland)...

Waltham Forest day of action: Socialists and trade unionists make a stand

Canvassing for support for socialists in Lewisham

Build solidarity with Sri Lankan Tamils

Solidarity with Yarl's Wood hunger strikers

National Shop Stewards Network: For undivided rank and file organisation

Justice for the Shrewsbury pickets

London Underground signals victory

On 5 February London Underground (LU) signal maintainers took 24 hour industrial action over management's attempts to impose rosters, breaches of framework agreements and outsourcing of work, writes London Underground Signal Maintainer.

Leeds university rally

CWU to put Royal Mail deal to ballot of members

Tower Block of Commons

Review: The ivory tower of Westminster politics has seldom looked as far from the struggles of everyday life as it did in Channel 4's 'Tower House of Commons', where four MPs spent eight days living in Britain's most deprived council estates, displaying naivety, dismay, but most of all, a gaping chasm i, writes Ben Norman.