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Mobilise for a mass movement after 8 June
The closing of the opinion polls, even after the horrific Manchester bombing, has confounded all wings of the capitalist establishment. The Blairites in Labour are a key part of this coalition and they are just as terrified of the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn being declared prime minister on 9 June.
How can Corbyn’s programme be implemented?
Is Labour’s manifesto ‘costed’?
Socialist Party news and analysis
After 8 June: build the socialist fightback
Whatever the result of the general election, politics has been shaken up. But after the election the fight goes on!
Workers warned BA boss of tech failure danger
Families to have £15,000 debt by 2020 – trade union action needed
The average family will be around £15,000 in debt by 2020, says the TUC. A Corbyn-led government would be an important step forward
Tories and Blairites in pockets of big business: kick them out!
Are you a boss of an oil company? Make sure the Tories have your best interests at heart and donate. Six of the Tories’ largest donors have taken up this smashing offer
Fighting Tory schools cuts
Struggle can beat Tories’ outlandish 7% cuts to schools
The Conservatives’ manifesto pledges a slashing of school budgets unseen in generations
Fighting Tory cuts to the schools budget
In many parts of England, education workers, parents and students have united in protest over their opposition to the Tory government slashing spending on schools
International socialist news and analysis
The constant smoke from wood fires, as township residents attempt to keep warm from the freezing winter nights in their flimsy tin shacks, is just one of the reasons for the night-time smog surrounding Johannesburg
Workplace news and analysis
PCS conference: Confident delegates back fighting strategy and Jeremy Corbyn
PCS conference took place in the middle of the general election and delegates voted for motions that mean PCS will do all it can to work for a Jeremy Corbyn-led government
Certification officer confirms that Unison did break the rules in general secretary election
The complaint that right-wing general secretary Dave Prentis’s team breached the rule that forbids the use of union resources to campaign for any candidate in the election was upheld
Gains for left in Unison national executive election
Unison Action increased the left’s vote to 29 seats. The Socialist Party increased our numbers on the NEC to seven
Shortened GMB conference to hear pro-Corbyn and anti-austerity motions
There are a number of fairly militant motions, some of which contain demands overlapping with Socialist Party policies
Strike action to save Sheffield Jobcentre
Staff at the Eastern Avenue Jobcentre are striking to save their jobs and continue providing the service in one of the poorest areas of Sheffield
Union stops finance for anti-Corbyn Labour MP
The Communication Workers Union has withdrawn campaign funding from the right-wing Labour MP Jess Phillips
Manchester housing workers’ strike solid
The three-day a week strike by housing maintenance workers in Manchester is continuing. Workers expect a long battle, one for which they are prepared
Bully bosses’ zero-hour backdown
What does it feel like to feel worthless at work? Well it goes like this…
National Shop Stewards Network conference 2017
The 11th annual National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) conference will be on 1 July in central London
Tory attacks on mental health care
Fight the Tory cuts and changes that take mental health back to Bedlam
The Tories’ manifesto pledges changes to the Mental Health Act to “tackle unnecessary detention”
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Don’t wait! Join the Socialist Party to transform society
Whatever happens on 8 June, we need the biggest socialist voice possible to continue the fight to transform society
Electric atmosphere at Jeremy Corbyn rally in Glasgow
More than 1,200 people packed into the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak at a rally over the bank holiday weekend
Why I joined: “To fight for an end to tuition fees and cuts”
As someone who was new to politics it was intriguing to see a party fighting against the never-ending fee hikes and cuts to student loans and grants
Manchester socialists campaigning against war, racism, terrorism and austerity
Following the horrific Manchester bombing on 22 May, Socialist Party members in the city have been campaigning against terrorism, war, racism and austerity and continuing our general election campaigning
Socialist Party hosts pro-Corbyn rally in Southampton
Student occupation at Chelsea College of Arts
University management rethinks restructure: Eight fine art research staff have been made redundant, and university management has been emailing all staff offering ‘voluntary redundancies’
North Bristol: angry march in defence of the NHS
Hundreds gathered at Horfield Common in Bristol North West, a marginal seat held by the Tories, close to Southmead Hospital, to demonstrate in defence of the NHS on 27 May
Book launch meeting: showing the Socialist Party’s active participation in events past and present
Women and austerity – scrap the ‘rape clause’
In Yorkshire, Socialist Party members have been organising with others under the banner of ‘Women’s Lives Matter’
Socialist readers’ comments and reviews
June 1917: when workers in Britain first tried to form soviets
The centrepiece demand – for the formation of workers’ councils – was the one the authorities feared the most. Yet this did not come to fruition
Heroic socialist fighters who sang as ship went down – new memorial
‘Solidarity Park’ is a new community memorial project in Catalonia about the sinking of the ocean liner ‘Ciudad de Barcelona’ on 30 May 1937 during the Spanish Civil War
Corbyn’s policies could help fight unhappiness for LGBT+ people
Lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain are reporting lower personal wellbeing than straight people in all areas measured by the Office for National Statistics
Obituary: Rhodri Morgan 1939-2017, architect of the ‘Welsh Labour’ brand
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