The Socialist 2 June 2010

Stop Israeli state terror!

British Airways strike: Full support for the cabin crew

Oil spill is 'worst environmental disaster' to hit US

No to privatised academies: Defend public education

Millionaire cabinet plans cuts in benefits

One Law for the rich...

Them and us!

Interview with sacked Telegen workers

Youth Fight for Jobs: More trade unions add their support

Cardiff says 'no' to the racist EDL

Gateshead tenants demand decent homes

Socialists campaign for Pride not profit in Birmingham

Margaret Thatcher: Why workers cannot forget

Minority representation in Scotland for Westminster coalition of cuts

Socialist Party Scotland to be launched

Fighting council cuts: Planning for united strikes in Kirklees

PCS conference Defend the public sector

Coventry - time for mass action

Will the councils fight the cuts?

University and Colleges Union: Congress votes to fight

UCU young members' conference

NSSN conference 2010

Jamaican armed forces surround and storm poor neighbourhood

Workers' suicides: The human cost of an iPad

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Socialists campaign for Pride not profit in Birmingham

On Saturday 29 May, Socialist Party activists from across the West Midlands region campaigned at Birmingham's annual LGBT Pride event. Thousands of LGBT people and allies from across the Midlands attended the Pride weekend.

We argued for unity between all workers in response to the growing threat of public service cuts, and the threat of the far right. We put across the message that homophobia and transphobia are tools used to divide the working class.

We also argued for a socialist alternative to the growing commercialisation of LGBT politics. The enthusiastic response to our material demonstrated that there is a layer of working class LGBT people frustrated with the politics of organisations like Stonewall. Such organisations seem more concerned with promoting 'LGBT friendly' big businesses and attempting to buy gay liberation via the 'pink pound', and do not put forward radical change and genuine equality.

Socialist Party members handed out around 1,000 leaflets putting forward a socialist path to LGBT liberation and workers' unity, sold 40 copies of The Socialist and raised £80 fighting fund. Four people were interested in joining the Socialist Party.