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The Socialist issue 682

17 August 2011

Workers & youth unite!

2011 Back issues


The Socialist issue 682

The street eruptions and aftermath

spotCon-Dems to blame for anger of youth – mass, trade union-led workers’ response needed

The four days of riots that followed the shooting dead of Mark Duggan by the police in Tottenham sent a massive shock wave across the country

Firefighters in Tottenham, August 2011, photo Paul Mattsson, photo Paul Mattsson

Firefighters in Tottenham, August 2011, photo Paul Mattsson, photo Paul Mattsson


spotWorkers & youth unite!

Fight for jobs, homes & services: It is no wonder young people are angry and that anger poured onto the streets of London. The bailed-out bankers, pampered parliamentary politicians, and anti-working class media and police are lining up

spotAfter the riots… A mass workers’ movement is needed

The explosion of anger on Britain’s streets was a condemnation of capitalism and its inability to offer the next generation a decent standard of living. The Socialist Party demands…

spotTell the TUC – call a 24-hour public sector general strike!

“If these attacks on our jobs, services and livelihoods go through there will be riots on the streets”, anti-cuts campaigners have warned

spotBirmingham peace rally shows need for jobs and services, not cuts

spotNorth London Unity demo – ‘Workers and youth, unite and fight’

Hackney-Tottenham demo, 13 August 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

Hackney-Tottenham demo, 13 August 2011, photo Paul Mattsson


spotDefend council tenants from eviction!

On Friday 12 August Tory-controlled Wandsworth council in London threatened a parent with eviction whose son has appeared in court

spotBuild strike action to defeat Con-Dems

The coalition government is stripping our communities of jobs and services. It intends introducing a worryingly harsh “welfare” regime in an unprecedented transfer of wealth and power from the majority

spotVital services “dying” because of cuts

A south London youth worker, Louie Silcott, spoke to the Socialist

spotExtracts from a statement from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU):

spotYouth workers’ warnings ignored across the country

Youth services have been targeted – not for cuts, but for closure. The policies of a few are wrecking our communities, writes Teresa Chalcroft

spotTrade union branch model resolution

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotWorld economy: Capitalists unable to stop the turmoil

Capitalists unable to stop the turmoil: As their system continues to slide further into its worst crisis since the 1930s, the frantic efforts of world capitalist leaders to reverse the process are farcical, contradictory and ineffective, writes Clare Doyle

spotNews in brief

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotStop the far-right EDL thugs

Keep the EDL out of Tower Hamlets: Supporters of the racist and hooligan English Defence League fought running battles with police in Eltham shortly after after the recent riots

Racists Out! Youth against Racism in Europe marches for jobs and homes not racism, photo Paul Mattsson

Racists Out! Youth against Racism in Europe marches for jobs and homes not racism, photo Paul Mattsson


spotEDL try to act as vigilantes in Leicester

Leicester 'Peace on the Streets' demo, 9.8.11, photo Becci Heagney


spotReports: Pride gets political

Brighton: This year Pride in Brighton charged an entrance fee for the first time. This excluded many working class LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer) people on low incomes

spotWinston Silcott – framed by the police and justice system

Socialist Party youth and students

spotDoors continuously shutting on young people’s futures

A video of a young man telling London’s Tory mayor Boris Johnson that he shouldn’t be surprised at the riots, because “everything has a knock-on effect, Boris!”, has taken social networking sites by storm, writes Sarah Wrack.

Youth Fight for Jobs demo April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson

Youth Fight for Jobs demo April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson


spotYouth march in Wales to demand jobs

Socialist history

spotThe Great Unrest 1911

When the press raged about ‘mob rule’: “Mobs” control British cities. “We are facing an absolute disintegration of society.” “Yesterday mob law reigned in London.”

Strikers gather in Liverpool's Lime Street surrounding trams during ‘Red Sunday’ on 13th August 1911, photo Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries

Strikers gather in Liverpool’s Lime Street surrounding trams during ‘Red Sunday’ on 13th August 1911, photo Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries


spotLiverpool 1911 – Jack’s story

In 1911 a rail strike spread across the country. A mass demonstration in Liverpool was called to show support for the strikers and to determine a course of action locally.

Socialist Party workplace news

spotMassive vote to continue action against Southampton cuts

At a packed meeting of over 600 union members, Southampton council workers voted by four to one to continue their industrial action

Over 1,000 council workers, striking Medirest cleaners and others marched through Southampton on 13 June in a powerful show of solidarity against vicious council cuts and the scandalous consequence of the private sector in the NHS , photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson


spotAngry construction workers meet to plan strike action

spotReinstate Paddy Brennan at Honda

The suspension from work of Paddy Brennan, Unite convenor at the Swindon Honda plant, is a provocative attack on a prominent trade union fighter

Comments and reviews

spotRacist Starkey attacks rap

David Starkey’s comments on Newsnight on Friday 12 August exposed the racist attitude of the British establishment, writes Wayne Scott, Socialist Party Scotland.

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