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The Socialist issue 829

15 October 2014

Raise the minimum wage: £10 now!

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The Socialist issue 829

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£££ Britain needs a pay rise

spotFight for mass action to end cuts and low pay

Britain needs a pay rise: How can we get it? When the TUC first organised their ‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ demonstration on 18 October, it is hard to believe that they saw it as an integral part of a campaign of co-ordinated strike action

photo Paul Mattsson

photo Paul Mattsson


spotA socialist world is possible

End poverty, inequality and capitalism: “Britain needs a pay rise” is the demand of the TUC’s demonstration on 18 October. The first question to ask is “Which Britain?” The bosses don’t need a penny more – they are gorging themselves

spotMark Serwotka: Building a strong, fighting union

The socialist-led Public and Commercial Services civil servants’ union is due to have an election for its general secretary. Bob Severn spoke to the current general secretary, Mark Serwotka, who is standing for re-election

Fight the cuts!

spotWorkers need a new party

Hundreds of thousands are striking and marching for better pay. The thorny question of a political voice for this struggle is also on thousands of minds

Workers need a new party

Workers need a new party


spotHow a mass campaign stopped the cuts

spotChallenging the austerity parties

spotBarking and Dagenham council at a crossroads

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotTories and Labour in crisis after Ukip win

Cameron and Miliband woke up on 10 October with a common sense of dread. Both their parties have been left reeling at the results of byelections in which Ukip has dealt them a hefty blow to the face

72% of Ukip voters support renationalising rail - unlike Ukip! photo Paul Mattsson

72% of Ukip voters support renationalising rail – unlike Ukip! photo Paul Mattsson


spotThem & Us

International socialist news and analysis

spotIreland: Stunning byelection victory for Socialist Party

11 October 2014 will be a day that’s remembered for years to come in Ireland. An estimated 100,000 marched in Dublin against water charges. On the same day, socialist Paul Murphy won the Dublin South West byelection

Paul Murphy (centre) celebrates his byelection victory

Paul Murphy (centre) celebrates his byelection victory


spotObama’s strategy to beat IS lies in tatters

Obama and his western allies such as Cameron argue that a policy of air strikes alone could defeat the advances made by ‘Islamic state’ (IS) forces in Iraq and Syria

Socialist Party workplace news

spotFirst NHS pay strike for 30 years

On 13 October, NHS workers in six unions – Unison, Unite, GMB, Royal College of Midwives (RCM), Ucatt and British Association of Occupational Therapists – went on strike for four hours, the first NHS pay strike for three decades

Members of RCM outside Newham hospital, East London, photo Helen Pattison

Members of RCM outside Newham hospital, East London, photo Helen Pattison


spotLocal government pay: reject offer, reinstate action!

spotCare UK workers mark 81st strike day

Doncaster Care UK strikers celebrated their 81st day of strike action on Friday 10 October with an overnight sleep-out outside the company offices followed by an indoor solidarity rally

spot600 St Mungo’s housing workers to strike for a week

spotRecycling workers strike over pay and conditions

spotSeverfields engineers strike against bonus cut

Youth Fight for Jobs

spotYoung workers say: decent jobs now

Millions of workers are ‘on the breadline’. That was the damming picture painted in a recent episode of the BBC documentary series Panorama. The programme gave us the story of Jason – a fast food worker

Youth Fight for Jobs supporters marching for jobs and decent pay, photo Sarah Wrack

Youth Fight for Jobs supporters marching for jobs and decent pay, photo Sarah Wrack


spotThe myth of ‘self-employment’

If you have friends or relatives in the construction industry, you know exactly what the Tories mean when they boast about how they have got workers “off benefits and into work”

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot‘Political awakening’ continues in Scotland

Over 10,000 participated in the Hope Over Fear pro-independence rally called by Tommy Sheridan in Glasgow’s George Square on 12 October

One of the Generation Fightback stalls at the Hope Over Fear rally, photo GF

One of the Generation Fightback stalls at the Hope Over Fear rally, photo GF


spotOn the road to higher wages

Workers in Waltham Forest are among some of the poorest in London. So the call for an immediate, big pay rise that rang out loud and clear from the Waltham Forest Trades Council motorcade really resonated

spotCoventry fans stung by Wasps

After spending a year playing in Northampton, 35 miles outside Coventry, the recent return of Coventry City Football Club (CCFC) to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena was welcomed by football fans across the country

spotJohnson’s housing crime scene

If you believed a word from London’s Tory mayor Boris Johnson, you might think he was committed to building affordable housing

Building the Socialist Party

spotWe need YOU to join the Socialists!

The trade unionist: I became involved with the Socialist Party over a period of time. It became obvious to me that the system does not work for most people

GMB members on strike, photo S O'Neill

GMB members on strike, photo S O’Neill


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