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The Socialist issue 688

5 October 2011

Fight for jobs!

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The Socialist issue 688

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotAs BAE threatens cuts… Fight for Jobs!

BAE Systems intends to cut 3,000 of its 40,000 UK jobs. Apparently this is necessary for BAE to “ensure its long-term future”, while the futures of the estimated 5,700 affected workers look bleak…

BAE workers protest at the Tory party conference, photo by Paul Mattsson

BAE workers protest at the Tory party conference, photo by Paul Mattsson


spotMiliband’s fruitless dreams of a ‘better capitalism’

Ed Miliband said at Labour Party conference that we would have to ‘live within our means’ and that “Most of the cuts implemented by the Con-Dems will not be reversed”

spotLabour Party conference – No way forward given by ‘reclaim Labour’ speakers

spotTory conference farce – Carry on cutting!

spotFast news

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotManchester: Thousands say no to cuts

Tories gathering for conference faced large demonstration: 35,000 people travelled to Manchester on 2nd October to march against the anti-working class policies of the Tories

Demonstration at start of Tory Party conference, Manchester  2.10.11, photo Paul Mattsson


spotGlasgow: Prepare for 30 November strike

spotLondon union leaders call for electoral challenge

In July, the London Transport regional council of the transport union RMT unanimously passed a resolution stating that the 2012 elections for the Greater London Assembly (GLA) and mayor present an opportunity for a trade union based anti-cuts challenge

spotPoplar and Liverpool: ‘If you fight, you can win’

Socialist Party feature

spotRight to protest under attack

What is happening to the democratic and civil liberties won over generations by working class people? In Britain, governments have used some of the repressive methods of totalitarian states

Police on student demonstration - hundreds of protesters have been injured by police violence, photo Senan

Police on student demonstration – hundreds of protesters have been injured by police violence, photo Senan


Socialist Party workplace news

spotNorth-west construction electricians meet

Getting organised for action: Up to 100 construction electricians from across the north and north-west met in Manchester on 1 October to organise in defence of pay and conditions, writes Hugh Caffrey.

The sixth London protest, photo Paul Mattsson

The sixth London protest, photo Paul Mattsson


spotConstruction electricians invade Kings Cross station

Construction workers protest at the Tyne tunnel site in North Tyneside, photo Elaine Brunskill


spotFighting library closures

Campaigners face bullying and harassment: Waltham Forest council in east London has recently spent £18 million on private consultants and agency staff

Socialist Party youth and students

spotExtract from Jarrow Marchers Blog: Day 1 & 2

Solidarity, support and blisters: I’m writing this at one in the morning in a kitchen in St Clare’s in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham…

Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow March 2011 launch demonstration in Jarrow, photo Paul Mattsson

Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow March 2011 launch demonstration in Jarrow, photo Paul Mattsson


spotDanger: young people’s futures at risk

Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow March 2011 launch demonstration in Jarrow, photo Paul Mattsson

Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow March 2011 launch demonstration in Jarrow, photo Paul Mattsson


spotCampaigners learn the ropes

spotStudents join the socialists as fury grows over cuts and fees

Socialist Students has had an excellent response at this year’s freshers fairs. Fury is the most frequently displayed emotion whenever the government or bankers are mentioned

Socialist Party review

spot‘Chav hate is class hate’

Book review: Jacqui Berry reviews ‘Chavs – The demonization of the working class’ by Owen Jones…

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, photo Owen Jones


International socialist news and analysis

spotUSA: Occupy Wall Street struggle spreads

Corporate greed and banks domination challenged: An anti-capitalist protest movement has sprung up in New York, occupying central plazas, inspired by the North African protests earlier in the year dubbed the ‘Arab Spring’ and similar actions in Spain, Portugal and Greece…

spotIrish trade unionists meet to launch Activists Network

Seventy Irish trade unionists launched the Trade Union Activists Network in Dublin on 1 October. Formed to counter decades of ‘social partnership’ in Ireland, which held down wages…

spotChilean students in fifth month of protests

Socialist Party events

spotJoin the fightback: come to Socialism 2011!

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