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The Socialist issue 827

1 October 2014

Pay cuts: Angry and ready to strike!

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The Socialist issue 827

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International socialist news and analysis

spotNo to imperialist war

Bombing will not stop sectarian violence: Once again the government is banging the drums of war. Parliament has now agreed airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) which will see the return of British military intervention in Iraq

spotUS led bombings will worsen divisions

spotHong Kong: “umbrella revolution” changes everything

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotMore brutal cuts from the imploding Tories

The Tory party conference is a vision of a party in peril, and a leader surviving by the seat of his pants

spotLabour: no real alternative

This year’s pre-election Labour Party conference was an opportunity to enthuse those people to vote Labour. They failed to do so because they provide no real alternative

spotHousing – a history of class struggle

spotThem & Us

Socialist Party workplace news

spotPay cuts: Angry and ready to strike!

Public sector workers – including in the NHS, local government, colleges and the civil service – are due to take part in rolling strike action on 13-15 October

spotLocal government pay: Reject employers’ proposal

spotHove Park victory: academies can be stopped

Hove Park will not become Gove Park after a tremendous campaign to prevent it from becoming an academy

spotDoncaster Care UK workers start record strike

Reported telephone conversation – Unison rep for Doncaster Care UK strikers: ‘We’re planning for Christmas’. Care UK senior manager: ‘Oh yes, I know that.’

spotContinuing Bob Crow’s legacy after RMT election

Mick Cash has been elected as the new general secretary of the RMT. The election was called after the tragic early death of Bob Crow earlier in the year

spotCWU’s political fund and political voice

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is this month balloting all members on whether to retain its political fund

Socialist Students

spotYork University – Student housing letting agency victory

It’s an old adage that student accommodation is always bad. Apparently, living with walls covered in damp and families of slugs just goes with the territory

spotRound up: Socialist Students at the freshers fairs

Leeds: Once again, Socialist Students has met hundreds of students wanting to join us across the three universities in Leeds

spotWhat party should students vote for?

The general election may be eight months away, but the three main parties have already embarked on a mission to remake their images and shore up support

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotSupport the E15 mums

“These people need homes – these homes need people”: Twenty nine unemployed single mothers face eviction for a second time by Newham Labour council. This time from the abandoned council block the mums have occupied

spotScotland is in a party joining mood

Ugh! That is the general response to the Labour and Tory conferences. The Etonites have once again taken time out (from what, expenses fiddling?) to stay in posh hotels and spell out their plans to continue our misery

spotFire and rescue… rescued

Warsop fire station in Nottinghamshire has been saved, writes Jon Dale and Neal Davis, Mansfield Socialist Party

spotWet books: send bucks!

Readers’ comments and reviews

spotLabour’s housing failure

A commitment to build new housing was trumpeted by Miliband at the Labour Party conference. As a document, agreed at Labour’s recent National Policy Forum, states: “Britain is in the midst of the biggest housing crisis in a generation”

spotA day in the life of an agency worker

Insecurity and exploitation: I wake up at 5.30am, throw on the uniform I spent my last pay cheque buying, leave at 6am to arrive at the pick up at 6.30am. If I’m late I risk losing not just one shift, but all future ones

spotFilm review: Still the enemy within

The popular “Pride” film based around the 1984-85 miners’ strike is not the only film on this epoch-making dispute getting its premiere this autumn

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