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TUC demo, 20 October 2012
19 June 2013
Trade unions - call a 24-hour general strike: The People's Assembly on 22 June has attracted considerable support, which shows the widespread anger against government cuts. It should express unequivocal support for a 24-hour general strike to indicate the way to success in defeating the cuts
19 June 2013
Wales Shop Stewards' Network conference
At the WSSN conference on 8 June, some of the trade union movement's most determined leaders discussed the austerity onslaught and what we're going to do about it
19 June 2013
We can beat the bedroom tax - Supplement to the Socialist
Thousands have protested in fury against people being forced out of their homes or robbed of up to 25% of their housing benefit. This is a 'know your rights' guide for campaigners
19 June 2013
Lowest living standards in a decade
It was no shock when it was reported recently that living standards had fallen to the lowest levels in a decade, writes Frankie Langland.
19 June 2013
As the first evictions related to bedroom tax arrears are heard in the courts, campaigners are organising to beat them, writes Campaign stops eviction in Manchester.
Rape of the Fair Country by Alexander Cordell
19 June 2013
Budding trade unionists and passionate Chartists
The Rape of the Fair Country by Alexander Cordell is a novel set in the turbulent times of the industrial revolution in 19th century Wales
12 June 2013
When Tory Foreign Secretary William Hague says law abiding citizens have nothing to fear from government intelligence gathering, then be very afraid! Dave Carr writes.
National Shop Stewards Network demonstration and lobby of the TUC 11 September 2011 , photo by Paul Mattsson
12 June 2013
Build for mass anti-cuts action
Come to the National Shop Stewards Network conference 29 June
The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) annual conference is only two weeks away! On Saturday 29 June, trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners will come together in a vital meeting
12 June 2013
Syria threatens sectarian middle east war
Urgent need for independent working class socialist organisations: The capturing of the strategically important city of Qusair by pro-government forces, including Hezbollah and Iraqi Shias, marks a new stage in the bloody quagmire of Syria and is likely to have wide ramifications, writes Peter Taaffe
12 June 2013
Labour crosses the Rubicon - again
In a series of speeches last week, the Labour leadership crossed the Rubicon and completely betrayed the poor and working class
12 June 2013
End the rule of big business, poverty and war: The leaders of the most powerful nations in the world will soon descend on Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, for the 17-18 June G8 Summit, writes Niall Mulholland, Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).
A small group of BNP supporters gathered heavily out-numbered by anti-BNP protestors in London's Whitehall , 1 June 2013,, photo Paul Mattsson
12 June 2013
Far-right EDL march in Sheffield: class-based response needed
On 8 June as many as 2,000 local people turned out to oppose the far-right English Defence League (EDL) marching in Sheffield, writes Sam Morecroft and Chaz Lockett.
Len McCluskey addresses TUC demonstration, photo by Paul Mattsson
12 June 2013
Falkirk West: Labour bureaucracy blocks left Unite union candidate
New Labour has suspended its parliamentary selection process in Scottish constituency Falkirk West for the byelection to replace disgraced MP Eric Joyce, writes Kevin Parslow, Unite 1/1228 branch secretary (personal capacity).
12 June 2013
Hard times: Many people are struggling in these recessionary times, but spare a thought for our hard-pressed MPs
11 June 2013
Union condemns arson attack on Bromley school
The Unison branch secretary who represents school workers in the borough of Bromley issued this press statement
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