In this week's issue:

The Socialist 2 November 2011, issue Bosses prosper, workers suffer... join the 30 Nov strike

Bosses prosper, workers suffer...

Manchester: 30 June coordinated strike action by the PCS civil service union and NUT, ATL and UCU teaching unions, photo Hugh Caffrey

Join the 30 Nov strike: A recent survey of top 100 FTSE chief executives has shown that in the last year these bosses have received, on average, 50% pay rises

30 November and beyond

Workers can show their power in 30 November strike

An interview with Mick Dooley

Mick Dooley, barred from standing for UCATT general secretary after he exposed previous election to be illegal, photo by Paul Mattsson

Defending building workers' rights: The election for the general secretary of the building workers' union Ucatt starts on 11 November. This election has been called after the 2009 general secretary election was found to be illegal

'Virgin' on the outrageous

Workplace news in brief

Why you should join the Socialist Party

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

The 'Occupy' movement has rapidly spread across the world. Support for it is huge. Why? Because of the growing understanding that we, the vast majority of humanity, are being forced to pay for a crisis that is not of our making

Read the Socialist - the paper that fights all the cuts

Bradford joins the 'Occupy' movement

Anti-capitalist protest outside St Pauls in London following the Wall Street protests - We are the 99%, photo Paul Mattsson

Following Occupy London Stock Exchange (LSX), and similar protests in Glasgow, Nottingham, Bristol and Newcastle, among others, a group has established Occupy Bradford outside the city hall

Jarrow marchers in solidarity action at Northampton university

Liverpool council 'does its best' for the bankers

Lansley closes another hospital A&E department

As the Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London... Youth demand their future!

Youth Demand a Future, photo The Socialist

On 5 November thousands will join the Jarrow marchers to take their message right to the government's door. We don't accept that 'there's no money'. FTSE bosses have seen their earnings go up 49%. Billions of pounds have been committed to renew Trident nuclear weapons...

No return to hire and fire - Tories consider abolishing more workers' rights

Fast News

Tunisia: Elections mask the growing anger from below

Following the revolutionary events at the start of 2011 in Tunisia, in which the country's youth, unemployed and workers overthrew the 24-year long dictatorship of president Ben Ali, elections have recently taken place for a constituent assembly...

Ireland: Spectacular election result for socialists

Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party Ireland, with the Irish Socialist Party's Joe Higgins TD, photo Socialist Party Ireland

Along with the Irish presidential election, a parliamentary by-election took place in Dublin West on 27 October which Ruth Coppinger of the Socialist Party Ireland contested...

Tony Blair advises Kazakhstan's dictatorial regime

Battle for Bexley Square

Review: Salford Socialist Party member Paul Gerrard has produced a new pamphlet on Salford's 1931 'Battle for Bexley Square'...

The World's Biggest Bomb

1985 school strike exhibit shows how young people can organise to fight back