Fighting the cuts
Build for 30 Nov strike – The fight of all our lives!
We’re just days away from 30 November, when up to three million public sector workers will be striking to defend their pensions.
This will be an overwhelmingly popular strike because all those who have suffered from these cuts want someone to stand up for them.
Jarrow March 2011: Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London, photo Paul Mattsson
Socialist Party event
Socialism 2011: Crucial preparation for the fightback
The Socialism 2011 event was a showcase for socialist ideas. With a huge choice of workshops during the weekend, there was a real thirst for an understanding of Marxism and for debate
Peter Taaffe addresses Socialism 2011
Socialist Party youth and students
Jarrow march ends, fightback continues
Jarrow March 2011: Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London, photo Paul Mattsson
We won’t pay £9K! – Scrap tuition fees
Last month it was revealed that as the Ucas university application service opened for 2012, applications were down by 9% on last year…
Socialist Party workplace news
Unison members say YES to strike
Unison members voted overwhelmingly to strike in defence of their pensions. It means 30 November will witness one of the biggest single demonstrations of working class power since the 1926 general strike and is a decisive step against the Con-Dem government and its austerity and cuts
Half-million strong TUC demo, central London, 26 March 2011, against the government’s cuts , photo Paul Mattsson
Bombardier protest against job losses
Socialist history
1935 – when angry Welsh protests forced a government u-turn
On 4 February 1935, Ceridwen Brown of Aberdare led an army of women, some carrying babies, to Merthyr Tydfil Unemployed Assistance Board (UAB) offices, writes Geoff Jones.
1915 – How strikes and rent strikes won gains for Scottish tenants
International socialist news and analysis
Failed G20 summit takes eurozone nearer to the abyss
The G20 meeting of the world’s most powerful government leaders on 3 and 4 November was a ‘No Cannes Do’ summit. The discussions were hijacked by the Greek crisis…
Greek workers must resist the dictatorship of finance capital
‘National unity’ government will pursue same austerity measures: Greek prime minister George Papandreou has been forced to leave office. His Pasok government will be replaced by a ‘national unity’ coalition government.
Socialist MEP among Gaza peace activists kidnapped by IDF
Solidarity action urgently needed: On 4 November, Socialist Party Ireland MEP, Paul Murphy, was detained by the Israeli Defence Forces, along with other activists from the Freedom Waves Flotilla
Israel: General strike over job security
A general strike took place in Israel on Monday 7 November, with workers in the civil service, public transport, universities, airports, sea ports and local authorities among those striking
Socialist Party news and analysis
The ever deepening housing crisis has been revealed by the latest new build figures. They show that the number of new homes built in 2010/11 in England has slumped to 121,200
A housing protest on the Seven Stars estate in Wrekenton, Gateshead, photo Elaine Brunskill