The Socialist

The Socialist 29 February 2012

We won't work for free!

The Socialist issue 707


We won't work for free!

Working class needs real political opposition to Con-Dem millionaires

A4e: workfare vultures in crisis

'We want jobs - not slave labour!'

Interview with a jobcentre worker


Stop the Health Bill

Solidarity with Occupy London protesters

Unison leadership found guilty of "unjustifiable discipline" against four Socialist Party activists

Sun launch can't hide corrupt practices

It's bonuses for bankers

Them & Us


Why I'm standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in the London Assembly election

Student walkout - build mass action

Kirklees Sure Start children centres

Voluntary sector cuts expose Big Society lies

Stop North East NHS childcare cuts

Sheffield housing - failed by privatisation

Campaign news in brief

The battle against internet censorship

May Day Greetings in the Socialist


Iran: Tensions with the US and its allies are ratcheted-up

Europe - Young people fight ACTA


'Priceless victory' of sparks against the Dirty Seven

Continuing the pensions battle: PCS consultative ballot

Continuing the pensions battle - Universities

Three-year pay freeze hits hard

Workplace news in brief

 
 
 

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In this week's issue:

The Socialist 29 February 2012, issue We won't work for free!

Fighting workfare

spotWe won't work for free!

Youth Fight for Jobs protest against Workfare in Stratford's Westfield shopping centre in London 25 February 2012, photo Senan

Youth Fight for Jobs protest against Workfare in Stratford's Westfield shopping centre in London 25 February 2012, photo Senan

Workfare? Fair it's certainly not! The bankers help cause the biggest economic crisis in generations and get rewarded with billions. Yet ordinary people are now being told to work for free.

spotWorking class needs real political opposition to Con-Dem millionaires

spotA4e: workfare vultures in crisis

spot'We want jobs - not slave labour!'

spotInterview with a jobcentre worker

spotStop the Health Bill

Public Health not private wealth - protest against privatisation in the NHS 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

Public Health not private wealth - protest against privatisation in the NHS 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

We can save our public services!: Tory Andrew Lansley's infamous Health and Social Care bill has been described as a "great mistake", "a mess", "unnecessary in many ways" and "setting the NHS back"

spotSolidarity with Occupy London protesters

spotUnison leadership found guilty of "unjustifiable discipline" against four Socialist Party activists

spotSun launch can't hide corrupt practices

spotIt's bonuses for bankers

spotThem & Us

spotWhy I'm standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in the London Assembly election

Alex Gordon, President, RMT and TUSC candidate, GLA elections, photo by Paul Mattsson

Alex Gordon, President, RMT and TUSC candidate, GLA elections, photo by Paul Mattsson

I am pleased to be leading the excellent list of candidates standing as TUSC in elections for the Greater London Assembly (GLA) in May 2012, writes Alex Gordon, RMT President (personal capacity).

spotStudent walkout - build mass action

spotKirklees Sure Start children centres

spotVoluntary sector cuts expose Big Society lies

spotStop North East NHS childcare cuts

spotSheffield housing - failed by privatisation

spotCampaign news in brief

spotThe battle against internet censorship

spotMay Day Greetings in the Socialist

spotIran: Tensions with the US and its allies are ratcheted-up

Workers and poor must rely on their own strength to resist: War clouds are gathering, once again, over the Middle East. Heightening tensions over the last months between the US and its allies and Iran have seen covert assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists,...

spotEurope - Young people fight ACTA

spot'Priceless victory' of sparks against the Dirty Seven

Construction electricians gained a tremendous victory against the multinational Balfour Beatty and six other building contractors, photo by SP Wales

Construction electricians gained a tremendous victory against the multinational Balfour Beatty and six other building contractors, photo by SP Wales

The tremendous victory of construction electricians against the multinational Balfour Beatty and six other building contractors, confirmed yesterday, is a hugely significant moment for these workers and the rest of the union movement

spotContinuing the pensions battle: PCS consultative ballot

spotContinuing the pensions battle - Universities

spotThree-year pay freeze hits hard

spotWorkplace news in brief