Why you should join the socialists

Ask yourself the following questions:

Are you sickened that in the last year one million people had to rely on food banks?

Does the fact that the average chief executive takes home more in three days than one of their employees gets paid in a year make your blood boil?

Does seeing privatisation killing our NHS make you furious?

Do you shout abuse at the telly every time you see establishment politicians promising more cuts?

Do you agree with the idea of nationalising the banks and taking the wealth off the super-rich 1%?

Is it time for change and do you want to be part of making it happen?

If you answered yes to these questions then it’s time to join the Socialist Party. Get in touch – www.socialistparty.org.uk 020 8988 8777

If we fight back we can win!

The Socialist Party fights for every possible improvement in the lives of working class people. Socialist Party members are campaigning for TUSC in the elections to help build an independent working class political voice. All over the country the Socialist Party is part of and leading campaigns to defend jobs, public services and the rights of working class people.

In Seattle it was Socialist Alternative, our co-thinkers in the US, who linked up with low-paid workers and the unions and led the successful battle for a $15 an hour minimum wage.

Kshama Sawant wrote that: “A real mass movement must welcome everyone who wants to join the struggle, but history has shown again and again that movements are most effective when they have a core leadership that refuses to accept the limitations of capitalism and who can build mass support behind a vision of an alternative.

“In my election campaign in 2013 and in the movement for $15, I learned that working people are inspired by an unapologetic, principled approach.

“Let’s demand what people need to live a dignified life, not just what the political establishment says is ‘realistic’.

“To push things forward, we’ve got to provide a vision of what’s possible with the huge wealth working people create – and not confine ourselves to the crumbs this broken system of capitalism can ‘afford’ to give us.

“The victory in Seattle was an excellent first step. We must use the energy to spread the fight for $15 nationally and to expand the struggles on other key issues facing working class communities. If we organise with a bold perspective and a socialist vision, we have a world to win.”

What does joining the Socialist Party mean?

The Socialist Party asks everyone who agrees with our ideas to join us. The views set out in the Socialist will have given you a good taste of what we are about. Fundamentally the Socialist Party is fighting for the socialist transformation of society. See page 15 for our ‘what we stand for’ column.

We ask our members to be as active as they can and promote our ideas in their workplaces, trade unions, colleges and communities. This can be done in many ways including through reading, writing for and selling our newspaper, the Socialist.

We also ask our members to make a financial sacrifice to help build our organisation. Big business pours money into the parties that do its bidding, we get our financial backing from the people we fight for and struggle alongside – the working class.

We hold weekly branch meetings in local areas across the country to discuss and debate. There we all learn more about socialist ideas and the struggles of workers and young people, but also organise and plan our campaign action.

There is a role for everyone – taking on an organising position in your local branch, spreading socialist ideas, asking the questions that help everyone understand things better.

If you want to fight to change the world and transform the lives of workers and young people the Socialist Party is the party to join.

See www.socialistparty.org.uk/whatson for details of meetings near you – every branch is holding a post-election public meeting in the next few weeks