The Socialist

The Socialist 10 October 2012

Tories promise more pain ... Kick out the 'nasty party'!

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Tories promise more pain... Kick out the 'nasty party'!

Labour Party conference - not fighting austerity

Arguing the case for a 24-hour general strike

Birmingham Tory conference demo

'Millions crying out for leadership and for an alternative'

Anti-austerity candidates selected for November contests

No welfare cuts

Health workers must fight attacks on jobs and pay

Politicians line up to attack abortion rights

The hidden homeless - "Sofa surfing is my lot"

Them & Us


Send the transport privatisers packing


Venezuela presidential election

Greece: escalating the action against austerity

South Africa: 'What are we doing about this government that is killing us?'


Why we're marching on 20 October

More success for Socialist Students

Save East Midlands ambulances

Campaign Kazakhstan: A musical and political evening

Youth Fight for Jobs and Education fortnight of action 13-27 October

Dewsbury fights health service cuts

Waltham Forest: Parents and staff unite against school sell-off

Sunderland anti-fascists stand up against divisive EDL


South Wales bus workers receive strong support for strike

Fighting the construction industry blacklist

Workplace nurseries saved in HMRC

Leeds solidarity with Crossrail battle

Mid Yorkshire Health admin staff ballot for strike

Bin workers' strike threat

Workplace news in brief


TV review : Masters of Money - Karl Marx

Marx was right!

 
 
 

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The Socialist 10 October 2012, issue Tories promise more pain ... Kick out the 'nasty party'!

spotTories promise more pain... Kick out the 'nasty party'!

Strikers marching through London on 30 November 2011, photo Senan

Strikers marching through London on 30 November 2011, photo Senan

There's a whiff in the Birmingham air. The Tories met here in a state of panic. It's all going wrong! The Con-Dem government faces humiliating failure

spotLabour Party conference - not fighting austerity

spotArguing the case for a 24-hour general strike

spotBirmingham Tory conference demo

spot'Millions crying out for leadership and for an alternative'

spotAnti-austerity candidates selected for November contests

spotNo welfare cuts

spotHealth workers must fight attacks on jobs and pay

spotPoliticians line up to attack abortion rights

spotThe hidden homeless - "Sofa surfing is my lot"

spotThem & Us

Transport feature

spotSend the transport privatisers packing

RMT protest July 2012, photo Paul Mattsson

RMT protest July 2012, photo Paul Mattsson

Renationalise the railways: Take the whole rail system back into public ownership! That is the only logical conclusion from the fiasco over the franchise for the West Coast Main Line railway from London to Glasgow...

spotVenezuela presidential election

Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela, salutes the US-backed opposition, on a visit to Britain, photo Paul Mattsson

Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela, salutes the US-backed opposition, on a visit to Britain, photo Paul Mattsson

Chavez comfortably secures victory over neoliberal right: Thousands flocked to Miraflores, the Presidential Palace in Caracas, to celebrate the victory of Hugo Chávez in Sunday's (7 October) Presidential election, writes Tony Saunois in Caracas.

spotGreece: escalating the action against austerity

spotSouth Africa: 'What are we doing about this government that is killing us?'

spotWhy we're marching on 20 October

NSSN march to lobby of TUC, Brighton, 9.9.12, photo Sarah Mayo

NSSN march to lobby of TUC, Brighton, 9.9.12, photo Sarah Mayo

The plebs are revolting on 20 October - that is how the millionaire government will see it. You could write their press releases in advance: 'the protest is pointless, we will not change our policy' writes Derek McMillan, Brighton Socialist Party

spotMore success for Socialist Students

spotSave East Midlands ambulances

spotCampaign Kazakhstan: A musical and political evening

spotYouth Fight for Jobs and Education fortnight of action 13-27 October

spotDewsbury fights health service cuts

spotWaltham Forest: Parents and staff unite against school sell-off

spotSunderland anti-fascists stand up against divisive EDL

spotSouth Wales bus workers receive strong support for strike

Bus workers protest in July 2008, photo Paul Mattsson

Bus workers protest in July 2008, photo Paul Mattsson

Monday 1st October saw bus drivers and engineers in South Wales take strike action over pay despite their union recommending they refrain from doing so

spotFighting the construction industry blacklist

spotWorkplace nurseries saved in HMRC

spotLeeds solidarity with Crossrail battle

spotMid Yorkshire Health admin staff ballot for strike

spotBin workers' strike threat

spotWorkplace news in brief

Marxism

spotTV review : Masters of Money - Karl Marx

BBC Two: Masters of Money: BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders examines one of the most revolutionary and controversial thinkers of all: Karl Marx

BBC Two: Masters of Money: BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders examines one of the most revolutionary and controversial thinkers of all: Karl Marx

Stephanie Flanders concluded her BBC TV series Masters of Money by looking at Karl Marx, "capitalism's severest critic". Often "refuted", his ideas just won't go away!

spotMarx was right!