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International socialist news and analysis
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
US led bombings will worsen divisions
Hong Kong: “umbrella revolution” changes everything
Socialist Party news and analysis
More 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
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
Housing – a history of class struggle
Socialist Party workplace news
Pay 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
Local government pay: Reject employers’ proposal
Hove Park victory: academies can be stopped
Hove Park will not become Gove Park after a tremendous campaign to prevent it from becoming an academy
Doncaster 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.’
Continuing 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
CWU’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
York 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
Round 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
What 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
“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
Scotland 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
Warsop fire station in Nottinghamshire has been saved, writes Jon Dale and Neal Davis, Mansfield Socialist Party
Readers’ comments and reviews
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”
A 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
Film 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