Socialist Party news and analysis
30 November shows… We can win!
TUC must set the date: next united strike before 31 January: Extract of the speech given by John McInally, PCS civil service union vice-president, at the Bristol strike rally on 30 November:…
Huge London demo during 30 November public sector strike, photo Socialist Party
Con-Dems’ autumn statement: ‘pain now, pain tomorrow and more pain for longer’
As almost three million workers prepared to strike against one onslaught on their future, business secretary Vince Cable was announcing another, writes Dave Gorton, Unite LE/372 branch.
The Con-Dems don’t: Two recent reports highlight the plight of the elderly in England and Wales. Firstly, the Office for National Statistics reported 25,700 deaths due to cold weather in 2010/11
The Tory solution to pensioner poverty?
International socialist news and analysis
The Eurozone is at a tipping point. EU leaders are in disarray and have no clear strategy for resolving the crisis.
Fragmentation of the Eurozone could trigger another deep financial crisis and global economic downturn. Lynn Walsh, Editor, Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, analyses the crisis.
100,000 demonstrate in Brussels in 2010, photo Paul Mattsson
Egypt: Millions cast their votes in the first post-Mubarak elections
Kazakhstan: Demand Georgii Epshtein’s release!
There is new evidence that the Kazakh authorities’ charges against Russian Committee for a Workers’ International member Georgii Epshtein have been completely fabricated
Socialist Party feature
Preparing the ground for a mass movement of young people: On 1 October a group of young people from every corner of the country – mostly strangers to each other – gathered in Jarrow, just south east of Newcastle, writes Sean Figg, Jarrow marcher.
Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow March 2011 launch demonstration in Jarrow, photo Paul Mattsson
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Brighton Greens fail to fight the cuts
Brighton local government elections in May 2011 resulted in 23 Green councillors, 18 Tories and 13 Labour, giving the Greens, elected on an ‘anti-cuts’ election campaign, control over the council cabinet
‘Not guilty’ – support for Cardiff activists
Stoke Socialist Party’s public meeting success
Leeds Against Cuts: defiant mood to fight ‘daylight robbery’
London trade unionists support electoral opposition to cuts
Trade unionists are supporting the call for anti-cuts election candidates in the 2012 London assembly elections
Socialist Party workplace news
Construction workers defend the JIB
Strike to fight pay cuts: The pressure is building on the ‘Big 7’ major construction companies who want to withdraw from the Joint Industry Board (JIB) agreement and impose the new BESNA contracts which will cut pay by up to 35%.
Construction workers’ national protest outside the Pinnacle site, London, 9.11.11, photo Harry Smith
Electricians occupy building company HQ
Usdaw: Fighting against the policies of ‘social partnership’
Supporting N30: Steve Hedley, London regional organiser, RMT explained how the RMT is supporting N30: “We’re organising a march from the RMT HQ to support everyone who’s on strike…
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