The Socialist

The Socialist 12 September 2012

Build a 24-hour general strike

The Socialist issue 733


Build a 24-hour general strike

TUC passes general strike motion

NSSN lobby demands a 24-hour general strike

Teachers must unite against Tories


Nationalise the banks

Cabinet reshuffle

Con-Dem housing measures - in 'the thick of it'?

After the Paralympics... Stop the Con-Dems' assault on disabled

Cable attacks health and safety

'Red tape' bonfire puts workers at more risk

More bad news from media mogul Murdoch


Quebec Solidaire's electoral gains show potential for left

Honduras: Privatised cities in the global economy


We need a political voice to fight austerity


Socialist students: Fighting for education

Bristol YFJ: "We're not lazy - we're fighting back"

Global youth unemployment rises

Youth Fight for Jobs in action! Coming events


Workers' unity against brutal bosses at Cranswick Foods

East Coast train cleaners on strike

RMT assistant secretary arrested on picket line


NHS under attack - Stop the closures, stop the cuts

Bromsgrove meeting opposes A&E closure

Demo against heart unit closure in Leicester


Sheffield Socialist Party pickets strike-breaking facility

Brent Labour: Making families homeless

Young tenants to lobby Leeds council over housing crisis


The Reunion rewrites history: the Poll Tax

The shame of sexism in sport

How we stopped the racist EDL

 
 
 

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The Socialist 12 September 2012, issue Build a 24-hour general strike

spotBuild a 24-hour general strike

Build a 24-hour general strike

Build a 24-hour general strike

We can stop this austerity: What a fantastic moment. Chants for a 24-hour general strike rang out along the Brighton seafront, as sun-seeking families lined the route of the National Shop Stewards Network march and applauded

spotTUC passes general strike motion

spotNSSN lobby demands a 24-hour general strike

spotTeachers must unite against Tories

spotNationalise the banks

DWP group president Fran Heathcote (with flag) at Leeds Remploy picket line, 26.7.12, photo by K Williams

DWP group president Fran Heathcote (with flag) at Leeds Remploy picket line, 26.7.12, photo by K Williams

This is an extract of the speech at the TUC congress given by Fran Heathcote, group president of PCS in the Department for Work and Pensions, in support of a motion from the Fire Brigades Union on nationalising the banks

spotCabinet reshuffle

spotCon-Dem housing measures - in 'the thick of it'?

spotAfter the Paralympics... Stop the Con-Dems' assault on disabled

spotCable attacks health and safety

spot'Red tape' bonfire puts workers at more risk

spotMore bad news from media mogul Murdoch

spotQuebec Solidaire's electoral gains show potential for left

On 4 September, Quebec voters elected the Parti Québecois (PQ) to lead a minority government, with Pauline Marois as the first female prime minister in Quebec's history

spotHonduras: Privatised cities in the global economy

Socialist Party feature: TUSC

spotWe need a political voice to fight austerity

TUSC on the 28 March 2012 NUT London strike and demonstration, photo Socialist Party

TUSC on the 28 March 2012 NUT London strike and demonstration, photo Socialist Party

Next steps in filling the vacuum: A conference of Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) supporters meets in London on 22 September...

spotSocialist students: Fighting for education

Student protest 29 January 2011, photo Senan

Student protest 29 January 2011, photo Senan

Fees tripled, EMA scrapped, youth unemployment skyrocketing. This government will leave behind a brutal legacy

spotBristol YFJ: "We're not lazy - we're fighting back"

spotGlobal youth unemployment rises

spotYouth Fight for Jobs in action! Coming events

spotWorkers' unity against brutal bosses at Cranswick Foods

Striking workers at the Cranswick Foods meat processing factory at Preston near Hull have won a temporary reprieve from brutal new working conditions

spotEast Coast train cleaners on strike

spotRMT assistant secretary arrested on picket line

Fighting NHS cuts

spotNHS under attack - Stop the closures, stop the cuts

March to save the NHS, 17 May 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

March to save the NHS, 17 May 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

Two Bristol health trusts are pursuing a 'money-saving' merger, it has been revealed. One of the most startling proposals would be the closure of the central A&E unit in the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI),...

spotBromsgrove meeting opposes A&E closure

spotDemo against heart unit closure in Leicester

spotSheffield Socialist Party pickets strike-breaking facility

Protest picket at MHH Contracting, Sheffield

So Mr Scott, councillor responsible for waste (mis) management, how much council taxpayers' money did you waste this weekend on your strike breaking operation?

spotBrent Labour: Making families homeless

spotYoung tenants to lobby Leeds council over housing crisis

Reviews and comments

spotThe Reunion rewrites history: the Poll Tax

Militant: Scrap the Poll Tax, photo Dave Sinclair

Militant: Scrap the Poll Tax, photo Dave Sinclair

BBC radio review BBC Radio 4's The Reunion recently had a programme on the anti-poll tax movement of the late-1980s and early 1990s, Britain's biggest mass movement of civil disobedience for centuries...

spotThe shame of sexism in sport

spotHow we stopped the racist EDL