In this week's issue:

The Socialist 7 December 2011, issue Con-Dems pile on the misery: ‘Enough is enough’

Con-Dems pile on the misery - 'Enough is enough'

N30 - Millions of public sector workers strike on 30 November 2011, photo by Paul Mattsson

"We are the 99%" - that has been the rallying call of the year. Worldwide, 2011 will go down in history as a year when the poor, the oppressed, the working class - the majority in society - rose up, writes Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary

Eurozone crisis - capitalists have no solution

As we go to press crisis meetings are taking place across Europe - the countdown to "save" the euro and possibly even the European Union...

Cuts and misery - it doesn't have to be like this

Photo Paul Mattsson

Unsurprisingly a doom-laden response has greeted Tory chancellor George Osborne's devastating attack in the autumn statement, writes Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party London secretary.

Socialist MEP supports public sector strike

"The genie is out of the bottle"

30 November strike: a historic day!

Building a fighting union - interview with Steve Hedley

Defend the JIB, victory to the sparks!

Reinstate Paul Kelly: Solidarity with Portsmouth RMT

Workplace news in brief

Tory sleaze is back!

Cameron dunce, placard on the N30 30 November public sector strike, photo by Paul Mattsson

The squeamish should look away now. With 'Murdochgate' ongoing, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has exposed further rotten sleaze at the top of government with claims from Bell Pottinger, a 'lobbying'...

Reading the riots

All in it together

Them & Us

Climate change and extreme weather

Flooding in the centre of Gloucester, 2007, photo Chris Moore

Scotland enjoyed its warmest November on record and the UK's autumn was the second warmest since records began in 1910, the Met Office confirmed this week, writes Pete Mason.

Homes Crisis: Fund housing need - not fat cat greed!

Flooded with Debt, photo Suz www.squashdonkey.co.uk

The Con-Dems have announced a 'housing strategy' that benefits big building companies and banks, including selling off more social housing stock and underwriting banks that offer 95% 'subprime' mortgages for newly built houses, writes Paul Kershaw, Unite LE 1111 housing workers' branch.

Portugal: Build on the general strike action

The magnificent UK public sector workers' strike against cuts in pensions, jobs and services on 30 November was preceded by a general strike in Portugal on 24 November against austerity measures - an event barely reported in the British media...

Ireland: Resist latest austerity attacks

Tamil Solidarity: Gearing up for 2012

Brazilian socialists remember Socrates

Theatre review

Goodbye Barcelona: The idea of a musical commemorating the epic Spanish civil war (1936-39), and inspired by the heroism of the International Brigades may appear incongruous, writes Tony Saunois.

When workers planned production: the Lucas Aerospace plan