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The Socialist issue 676

22 June 2011

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The Socialist issue 676

Socialist Party feature

spotAs the cuts bite, millions ask: ‘Does it have to be like this?’

Despite protests in Athens their country “is busted” and even “a socialist revolution would not change that reality”, claims the Independent newspaper. Peter Taaffe busts the myth and explains the socialist alternative.

Photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson


Building for 30th June

spotCon-Dems’ pension attack – brutal class warfare must be fought

John McInally, national vice-president PCS, personal capacity: The government is attempting to steal £2.8 billion from public sector pensions in Britain. This is a brutal act of class warfare directed against millions of mainly low-paid workers

HMRC PCS members' strike, Sherbourne House, Coventry 8.6.11 , photo Coventry SP

HMRC PCS members’ strike, Sherbourne House, Coventry 8.6.11 , photo Coventry SP


spotPOA to hold protest meetings

spotBusting the public sector pensions myths!

spotStaffordshire NSSN builds support for 30 June action

spotHillingdon workers back the pensions strike

A large crowd gathered in Friends Meeting House in Uxbridge on 16 June for a special Hillingdon Against the Cuts (HAC) meeting to build solidarity and support for the public sector pensions strike on 30 June.

Socialist Party workplace news

spotStrike action to defend Royal Mail jobs

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) recently announced its intention to hold a national strike ballot if any postal worker, anywhere in the country, is made compulsorily redundant.

Communication Workers Union, CWU, lobby of parliament over the privatisation of Royal Mail postal services Feb 09, photo Paul Mattsson

Communication Workers Union, CWU, lobby of parliament over the privatisation of Royal Mail postal services Feb 09, photo Paul Mattsson


spotLeeds Unison urges members to reject council’s final offer

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

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


spotColeg Morgannwg: Victory over victimisation

spotBarnsley lecturers fight job cuts

spotUnison conferences discuss action on pensions

In the days running up to Unison’s local government conference, on 19-20 June, general secretary Dave Prentis made announcements to the press about strike action to stop pension attacks.

Half-million strong TUC demo, central London, 26 March 2011, against the government's cuts, photo Paul Mattsson

Half-million strong TUC demo, central London, 26 March 2011, against the government’s cuts, photo Paul Mattsson


spotWorkplace news in brief

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotHousing crisis

Con-Dems are presiding over a growing social catastrophe: The latest government figures show that the number of people approaching their council as homeless is 23% higher than at the same time last year, writes Paul Kershaw.

Housing: homeless person, photo Paul Mattsson

Housing: homeless person, photo Paul Mattsson


spotCon-Dems still plan to destroy NHS – Save our health service!

The Con-Dems’ tinkering with the Health and Social Care Bill has not stopped their assault on the NHS or their agenda of privatisation, writes Andrew Walton, Unison rep (personal capacity), Leicestershire Partnership Trust.

spotNews in brief

International socialist news and analysis

spotGreece’s debt crisis threatens worldwide banking system

Workers resist Pasok’s savage cuts and privatisation programme: Greece’s deepening sovereign debt crisis is threatening to destroy the eurozone and trigger a worldwide banking collapse, according to the International Monetary Fund…

Xekinhma, Greek section of CWI, on massive general strike in Greece on 15 June 2011, photo Stephan Kimmerle

Xekinhma, Greek section of CWI, photo Stephan Kimmerle


Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotFinsbury Park – No to A4e cheap labour schemes

spotSouthern Cross bosses demand huge cuts in pay and conditions

After announcing 3,000 job cuts Southern Cross, the near bankrupt private care homes company has demanded that its workforce accept a new contract of employment that borders on slave labour

Reviews and comments

spotSri Lanka’s killing fields

100,000 strong demonstration calling for an end to the war in the north of Sri Lanka , photo Paul Mattsson

100,000 strong demonstration calling for an end to the war in the north of Sri Lanka , photo Paul Mattsson


spotReaders’ comment: apprentice sexists

Fighting the cuts

spotSouthampton: strikes set to continue

Following the failure of ACAS arbitration talks on 16 June, Unite and Unison have announced further strike action to intensify the pressure on Southampton council.

Photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson


spot200 workers challenge Labour council cuts

Photo Senan

Photo Senan


spotLabour MP fails to answer questions on cuts

At a trades council and University and College Union (UCU) meeting in Haringey, north London, attended by around 30 people, Labour MP David Lammy was billed as one of the speakers

Education

spotComprehensive education under attack

This year was supposed to be a special year for Coventry – a celebration of 50 years of comprehensive education in the city, writes Jane Nellist, Coventry NUT, personal capacity.

School students and teachers protest against academies at Tile Hill Wood school in Coventry, photo Coventry Socialist Party

School students and teachers protest against academies at Tile Hill Wood school in Coventry, photo Coventry Socialist Party


spotKeep Tidemill in public hands

spotSpreading to primaries?

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