The Socialist

The Socialist 20 June 2012

Fight their profit system

The Socialist issue 723


Fight their profit system

2012 earth summit

British economy: "black cloud overhead"

Leveson inquiry - The 1%: "definitely in this together"

Flight of the rats

The child poverty mirage

Them & Us


Greece election - majority vote against austerity

Egypt's military instigates a 'soft coup'


Join in the Austerity Games!

Gloucestershire: Countywide protests to stop NHS sell-off

Bus bosses can't stop the Socialist!

Support the final sprint to the fighting fund quarter finish line


Striking at Fords to defend pensions

Five hundred food processing workers strike in Leicester

Packed Coryton refinery meeting backs action to win

Support the London bus strike

UCU: Time to fight on pay and pensions

Improved offer in Metro workers' pay fight

Workplace news in brief


GMB delegates question link to Labour

Unite needs strategy to step up fight against austerity

Unison conference: members show anger at pensions 'offer'

Fighting teachers' association network launched


Secret History of the Streets, Deptford High Street

 
 
 

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The Socialist 20 June 2012, issue Fight their profit system

spotFight their profit system

30 November 2011 public sector strike, photo by Paul Mattsson

30 November 2011 public sector strike, photo by Paul Mattsson

World in crisis - make the super-rich pay: As the G20 leaders meet in Mexico, once again it's clear that none of them has a clue about how to end the spiralling crisis of capitalism.

spot2012 earth summit

spotBritish economy: "black cloud overhead"

spotLeveson inquiry - The 1%: "definitely in this together"

spotFlight of the rats

spotThe child poverty mirage

spotThem & Us

spotGreece election - majority vote against austerity

Greece: protests during general election 18 June 2012, photo RT free video

Greece: protests during general election 18 June 2012, photo RT free video

Clear socialist programme for struggle needed: The outcome of the elections in Greece has left the majority of the population with mixed feelings. On the one hand, there is the victory of the right-wing New Democracy...

spotEgypt's military instigates a 'soft coup'

spotJoin in the Austerity Games!

Austerity Games, photo Suzanne Beishon

Austerity Games, photo Suzanne Beishon

This summer London will host the costly Olympic Games; while many look forward to a 'summer of sport', in its shadow, workers and young people in London and around the country face poverty and homelessness

spotGloucestershire: Countywide protests to stop NHS sell-off

spotBus bosses can't stop the Socialist!

spotSupport the final sprint to the fighting fund quarter finish line

spotStriking at Fords to defend pensions

Picketing at Fords Dagenham, 18 June 2012, photo by Pete Mason

Salaried workers at Fords staged a 24-hour strike across the UK on Monday against Ford tying pay negotiations to closing the final salary pension scheme to new entrants

spotFive hundred food processing workers strike in Leicester

spotPacked Coryton refinery meeting backs action to win

spotSupport the London bus strike

spotUCU: Time to fight on pay and pensions

spotImproved offer in Metro workers' pay fight

spotWorkplace news in brief

Trade union conferences

spotGMB delegates question link to Labour

N30 - GMB members joined the 2 million striking against Con-Dem government austerity on 30 November 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

N30 - GMB members joined the 2 million striking against Con-Dem government austerity on 30 November 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

The 2012 congress for the GMB general union, one of Britain's fastest growing unions, showed some successes in the private sector but also frustration from rank and file delegates over pensions and the union's relationship with New Labour

spotUnite needs strategy to step up fight against austerity

spotUnison conference: members show anger at pensions 'offer'

spotFighting teachers' association network launched

Socialist Party review

spotSecret History of the Streets, Deptford High Street

TV review: A previous BBC TV programme, The Tower, about Deptford in south London, said that the area was full of drunks and criminals and the 'cure' was to move in rich yuppies, writes Pete Redfarn.