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What we think
Council cuts can be fought – and they must be
Editorial of the Socialist, issue 936: During February many council budget-setting meetings are taking place across the country, slashing millions more pounds off vital services.
Corbyn needs to stand up to Brexit rebels
What we think: While most Labour MPs have no problem with defying the large-scale opposition of their constituents to austerity, it’s a different matter for a section of them on the issue of the EU referendum
Socialist Party news and analysis
Our NHS is collapsing. On 4 March, we will march in London to save it.
Resist Trump and his rotten policies: why I’m walking out on ‘Day X’
I’ll be joining students from schools, colleges and universities across Britain in walking out on Day X – the day that President Trump first sets foot in Britain
Socialist Students: growing, brimming with confidence
Socialist Students conference 2017 showcased a growing organisation brimming with confidence and enthusiasm
Thousands march to defend Glenfield heart centre
2,000 people – including patients and their families, trade unionists and members of the public – took to the streets of Leicester in the second march against the proposed closure in four months
Save child refugees, fight the cuts
There was widespread disgust after a written statement from the Home Office announced it was to end a vital rehoming scheme for refugee children
The latest government statistics show yet another record high in prison deaths and violence
The ‘precariat’ is costing public funds nearly £4 billion a year in lost taxation and benefits
International socialist news and analysis
Spain: clear win for left at Podemos conference!
The attempt to remove left winger Pablo Iglesias from the leadership of Podemos, the left party formed out of Spain’s 2011 ‘Indignados’ movement, has been a terrible failure
CWI and Izquierda Revolucionaria – towards unification
We believe that the principled agreement between our organisations means there is the basis for concrete steps to be taken towards unification
Izquierda Revolucionaria central committee meeting
The discussion focussed on the impact of Trump’s victory internationally and the crucial role of a revolutionary party in the current and coming class battles
Possibilities for the left to make gains: The upcoming French presidential election is revealing big crises in the establishment parties
France: police attack triggers protests
Recently, around 100 workers demonstrated in front of the parliament buildings in Yemen, demanding unpaid wages and justice for murdered colleagues
Workplace news and analysis
United fightback needed as entire grade of rail worker is at stake
The Southern Rail dispute has been a high-profile battle in which the future of an entire grade of rail worker is at stake
“Disgraceful” treatment of sacked EHRC workers
Ten government equality staff were sacked by email and had to clear their desks
Vibrant Picturehouse pickets in continued living wage strike
For the first time, Bectu entertainment union members at four Picturehouse sites took simultaneous strike action across London
Ultimatum as Deliveroo drivers down tools in Brighton
Online food delivery company Deliveroo has come under fire in Brighton, where nearly 100 of its workers downed tools during busy Saturday trading
Solidarity with Tesco Ireland Valentine’s Day strike
Up to 15 Tesco stores in Ireland took strike action on Valentine’s Day 14 February after members of the trade union Mandate, which represents more than 10,000 workers at the company, voted 78% in favour of a walkout over contract changes
PCS union pledges to fight Jobcentre job losses
Reports from PCS campaigning in Llanelli and Sheffield
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Unite the Union gears up for leadership elections, and issues an ultimatum to Ford
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Anti-trade union laws used against ‘Trees Action’ protesters
It’s cheaper for Amey to cut trees down than it is to maintain them
Support floods in for the Cardiff no-cuts three
A solidarity meeting packed out the upstairs of a local pub to oppose Labour’s witch-hunt
The Socialist: 20 years old and more important than ever
This week is the Socialist’s 20th birthday. On Britain’s 30 January anti-Trump protests alone, 700 people bought the latest edition
Toxic fracking could start in England in 2017
It appears very likely that fracking is about to start in England in 2017
May Day greetings in the Socialist
May Day greetings help fund the best workers’ newspaper in England and Wales.
Socialist readers’ comments and reviews
No, Trumpism is nothing like Leninism
Steve Bannon, investment banker and chief strategist to US president Donald Trump, once called himself “a Leninist”!
Foreign aid’s not the problem – it’s capitalist thieves
Twenty-four times as much money is looted from poor countries in the global south than is sent in aid
Vivid visual account of the Paris Commune
Graphic novel review: ‘The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia’: The vivid artwork, detailed notes, and narration and dialogue drawn from the subjects’ own writings and speeches, can bring to life these events
Letters to the Socialist’s editors. NHS passport checks; housing white paper nonsense; BBC’s home-owning fantasy; response to attacks on strikers