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In this week's issue:
The Socialist 26 May 2010, issue Millionaire ministers butcher public services Millionaire ministers butcher public services
The new Tory/Lib Dem government has not wasted any time in starting to slash public spending. Round one, cuts totalling £6.2 billion, is designed to send an early message to its masters - the capitalist...
 Con-Dem cuts - 'only the beginning'
National Shop Stewards Network conference: Time to organise against con/dem attacks RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson The fourth conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is now less than a month away. It comes at a time when trade unionists in workplaces throughout the country are facing many threats to...
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Royal Mail not for sale The CWU protest February 2009 against Post Office privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson DELEGATES TO the Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference have voted unanimously to fight the government's privatisation plans for the Royal Mail service, with a "broad-based public campaign", writes Gary Clark, Assistant Branch Secretary, Scotland No.2 CWU.
NHS cuts: The Con-Dem sting in the tail
Fast News
Sri Lanka: One year after the war
Socialist Party national committee discusses building the fightback
PCS conference: Preparing for action National Gallery workers, members of the PCS, walk out against low pay, photo Paul Mattsson Meeting barely a week after the horsetrading between the establishment parliamentary parties had finished, the 2010 conference of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) was an important event, writes Greg Maughan.
Local government: Where's our pay award for 2010?
Fighting university cuts
Workplace news in brief
Young people: organise to fight the cuts Youth Fight for Jobs protest outsid the Houses of Shame, photo Alex Ivanov The first slice of cuts under the 'Con-Dem' coalition government makes it clear that young people face a bleak future under its stewardship...
Socialist Party National Youth meeting
School student socialist
'Sussex Six' result
Students must pay, say the rich
Pamphlet: Our Education Under Attack: why a mass campaign is needed
London 2012 Olympics: A big business spectacle IN 2012 the Olympics and Paralympics come to east London. On show will be the world's elite sportsmen and women, flexing their muscles and straining their sinews in state-of-the-art stadia. The possibility...
Greece: 2,500 hear Socialist MEP Joe Higgins declare week of action THE SOCIALIST Party (CWI Ireland) MEP Joe Higgins spoke at a recent meeting in Athens, which was attended by up to 2,500 members and friends of the left coalition group Syriza, writes Harris Sideris, Xekinima (CWI Greece).
Romania: Mass protests against EU/IMF deal
Puerto Rico: Students and workers fight austerity cuts
Education under attack: Con-Dem government prepares for battle HAS ANYBODY got any lingering doubts of the government's intentions? The Financial Times - a house journal of the capitalist class - let the cat out of the bag in an article on 20 May, writes Derek McMillan, teacher, Sussex.
Unions must defend public services
Tory government says rich must pay less
Diane Abbott and the Labour Party leadership battle Reader's Comment: Diane Abbott's entry into the race for the Labour Party leadership has thrown a banana skin under the feet of the 'Labour Left' in their quest to secure the 33 nominations needed to get John McDonnell's name on the ballot paper, writes Mick Cotter, Hackney Socialist Party.
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