The Socialist

The Socialist 6 June 2012

NHS cuts... Pension cuts... RESIST CUTS!

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NHS cuts... Pension cuts... RESIST CUTS!

National Shops Stewards Network

Liverpool TUSC: Standing against Labour's cuts

Tory leader chauffeur driven while slashing services

Children still getting raw deal


Energy bill puts profits before the planet

Andy Coulson charged with lying

Youth unemployment sky-rocketing

Them & Us


Syria: Is there a way to avoid a bloody civil war?

Ireland: Austerity Treaty


Fighting cuts and sexism at Newcastle's Slutwalk

Heathrow protest against warmonger Rajapaksa

We won't be a lost generation - Fight for jobs and education!

Campaigning for EMA and youth services

Disabled people's organisations condemn views of Tory minister IDS

A royal debate in Lincoln


DVLA workers strike to defend services

Solid strikes show that Veolia privatisation is rubbish

Support Churchill cleaners on Tyne & Wear Metro

Leeds university Unison - Save our pensions!

Privateers not welcome at Sussex University

Workplace news in brief


Britain's hidden homeless

Why I joined the Socialist Party

 
 
 

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The Socialist 6 June 2012, issue NHS cuts... Pension cuts... RESIST CUTS!

Fight the cuts!

spotNHS cuts... Pension cuts... RESIST CUTS!

Protesting in London, May 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

Build for a 24-hour general strike: The coalition government is looking increasingly lonely in its insistence on austerity. Doctors are the latest section of workers voting to strike

spotNational Shops Stewards Network

spotLiverpool TUSC: Standing against Labour's cuts

spotTory leader chauffeur driven while slashing services

spotChildren still getting raw deal

spotEnergy bill puts profits before the planet

Profit at all cost, cartoon by Alan Hardman

Profit at all cost, cartoon by Alan Hardman

Socialist planning needed: A recent poll has shown 68% support - 80% among 18-44 year olds - for building wind farms across Britain...

spotAndy Coulson charged with lying

spotYouth unemployment sky-rocketing

spotThem & Us

spotSyria: Is there a way to avoid a bloody civil war?

The killing of 108 people near the Syrian town of Houla shocked and appalled people everywhere. Particularly abhorrent was the cold blooded murder of 49 children, many of them shot at close range.

spotIreland: Austerity Treaty

spotFighting cuts and sexism at Newcastle's Slutwalk

Second annual Newcastle SlutWalk , photo by Elaine Brunskill

Second annual Newcastle SlutWalk , photo by Elaine Brunskill

Seventy men and women of all ages took part in the second annual Newcastle SlutWalk on 2 June, writes Lizi Gray, Newcastle Socialist Party.

spotHeathrow protest against warmonger Rajapaksa

spotWe won't be a lost generation - Fight for jobs and education!

spotCampaigning for EMA and youth services

spotDisabled people's organisations condemn views of Tory minister IDS

spotA royal debate in Lincoln

spotDVLA workers strike to defend services

DVLA strike, Leeds, photo by Iain Dalton

DVLA strike, Leeds, photo by Iain Dalton

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) took strike action on 1 June against government plans to close all 39 of the DVLA local offices, ten enforcement centres and three processing centres

spotSolid strikes show that Veolia privatisation is rubbish

spotSupport Churchill cleaners on Tyne & Wear Metro

spotLeeds university Unison - Save our pensions!

spotPrivateers not welcome at Sussex University

spotWorkplace news in brief

Reviews and comments

spotBritain's hidden homeless

On 28 May, BBC3 broadcast Britain's Hidden Homeless, presented by rap artist Speech Debelle. The programme follows "sofa surfers", who aren't included on homeless counts

spotWhy I joined the Socialist Party