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The Socialist issue 741

7 November 2012

Action to stop all cuts

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The Socialist issue 741

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Socialist Party Socialism event

spotAction to stop all cuts

With increased warnings now of a ‘triple-dip’ recession the need to step up preparations for a 24-hour general strike in Britain was a major theme of the Socialism 2012 weekend of discussion and debate on 3 and 4 November.

TUC demo 20 October 2012, photo Senan

TUC demo 20 October 2012, photo Senan


spotSocialism 2012

Socialism 2012, photo Senan

Socialism 2012, photo Senan


Education

spotStudent demo 21 November

March for jobs and education: In the winter of 2010,Cameron, Clegg and their rich mates managed to weather the storm of student protest and forced through the most draconian raft of education ‘reforms’ ever enacted in Britain

20 Socialist students activists marched round Sheffield city centre against tuition fees and to restore EMA, joined by NUT rep, photo Sheffield Socialist Students

20 Socialist students activists marched round Sheffield city centre against tuition fees and to restore EMA, joined by NUT rep, photo Sheffield Socialist Students


spotExeter Socialist Students leads campaign to victory

Socialist Students in Exeter did a debt-o-meter on the Campaign to Defeat Fees day of action in 2008, photo Jim THomsom

Socialist Students in Exeter did a debt-o-meter on the Campaign to Defeat Fees day of action in 2008, photo Jim THomsom


spotAttendance Policy campaign launched at UEL

spotTeacher bashing season continues

Socialist Party workplace news

spotUnited action to save all Ford jobs!

National Shop Stewards Network and Socialist Party members have been producing regular bulletins supporting the Ford workers fighting the closure of the Ford plants in Dagenham and Southampton…

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

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


spotTrain cleaners striking for decent pay and conditions

RMT cleaners at Churchill and ISS taking strike action, photo by Elaine Brunskill


spotNeath Port Talbot needs fighting unions

Recently I read a headline in the South Wales Evening Post – “Strike fears over council budget” – about Neath Port Talbot council, writes a Unison local government member

spotThe scandal of death at work

spotLondon Unite union: Strike threat pays off

spotWorkplace News in brief

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotHeseltine’s economy report is no solution

The end of October saw the publication of a report by former Tory minister Michael Heseltine on the economy, writes Alex Davidson, Manchester Central TUSC candidate.

Alex Davidson, Manchester Central TUSC candidate 15 November 2012, photo Senan

Alex Davidson, Manchester Central TUSC candidate 15 November 2012, photo Senan


spotWhen is a living wage not a living wage?

ISS picket line at Newcastle Central Station, 10.9.12 , photo by Elaine Brunskill

ISS picket line at Newcastle Central Station, 10.9.12 , photo by Elaine Brunskill


spotThem & Us

International socialist news and analysis

spotUSA: ‘Frankenstorm’ leaves massive trail of destruction

End the era of ‘disaster capitalism’: The gigantic ‘Frankenstorm’ hurricane Sandy has put thousands out of their homes, left millions without power, and claimed more than 100 lives across north eastern USA…

The gigantic Frankenstorm hurricane Sandy has put thousands out of their homes, left millions without power, and claimed more than 100 lives across north eastern USA, photo by NASA

The gigantic Frankenstorm hurricane Sandy has put thousands out of their homes, left millions without power, and claimed more than 100 lives across north eastern USA, photo by NASA


spotKazakhstan: Vadim Kuramshin facing arrest and new trial

Well-known human rights activist, Vadim Kuramshin, has been arrested and now faces a lengthy prison sentence

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotRotherham needs a workers’ MP instead of New Labour frauds

On Friday 2 November, Blairite Denis MacShane resigned as Labour MP for Rotherham, following a damning report exposing his fraudulent expenses claims, writes Alistair Tice, Yorkshire Socialist Party.

spotHull: Socialist policies needed for a real recovery

The recent announcement that we’re out of recession is laughable for most people. The reported 1% growth must be a misprint as the only growth working class people can see is in the income of the 1%!, writes Matt Whale, Hull Socialist Party.

700 strong march in Hull with Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow Marchers and workers from BAE in Brough., photo Paul Callanan

700 strong march in Hull with Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow Marchers and workers from BAE in Brough., photo Paul Callanan


spotWalsall councillor’s ‘defy cuts’ challenge to Labour

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition-backed Walsall councillor Pete Smith has made a public appeal to the West Midlands borough’s 28 Labour councillors

spotHospitals suffer from privatisation debt

spotSave our NHS – scrap the act!

spotLiverpool: Standing against ‘death by cuts’

spotBradford’s Hardest Hit lobby council

spotFar right attack Socialist sellers

spotInspiring cycle ride raises £550

spotSave Our Server

Socialist history

spotOctober 1992 battle against pit closures

Hundreds of thousands march against vicious Tory government: On 13 October 1992, the then Tory trade secretary, Michael Heseltine, announced the closure of 31 of the 50 deep coal mines that remained in the UK after Thatcher’s closures in the 1980s, writes Mike Forster.

Mary Jackson, formerly of Women Against Pit Closures, photo by Alison Hill

Mary Jackson, formerly of Women Against Pit Closures, photo by Alison Hill


Socialist Party feature

spotFootball: Showing racism the red card

Newspaper sports pages are filled with debate about racism in the ‘beautiful game’ or the ‘ugly game’ as the Sunday Mirror (4 November) now calls football…

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