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TUSC protest outside Camden town hall, March 2013, photo Neil Cafferky
8 May 2013
Capitalist parties rejected: Time for a new mass workers' party
The results of the county council elections on 2 May marked a new low for all three major parties. For the first time ever not one of them got 30% or more of the vote; another illustration of the hollowing out of their base of support
Hull protest against the Bedroom Tax , photo by Lash
8 May 2013
While people struggling to survive on low incomes are being hammered by pay cuts, bedroom tax, cuts in council tax support and other benefits, George Osborne recently slashed the top rate of income tax for himself and his millionaire chums
8 May 2013
May Day - fighting capitalist oppression internationally
CWI members, often in difficult circumstances, organised and participated in May Day events around the world. Here are a few short reports..
8 May 2013
One in five borrow to buy food
Five million families in Britain are struggling to pay for food and are reaching "breaking point" according to a 'Which?' survey...
8 May 2013
Food banks and fighting austerity
Time to get political: In the last six months an extra 100,000 people have been added to the food bank queues. Attendance at food banks seems to be one of the few growth areas of the economy, writes Nancy Taaffe.
7 May 2013
Leeds North Socialist Party: How can we have a green economy?
With the recent cold snap and seeming never-ending snow, the latest sign of the impact of global warming, we discuss how we can fight climate change and establish an economy that will benefit workers without destroying the planet, writes Tuesday 7th May 2013.
3 May 2013
Middleton anti-bedroom tax meeting
A packed meeting in Middleton, Greater Manchester, launched Middleton and Rochdale Against the Bedroom Tax on Thursday 2nd May...
1 May 2013
IDS' 'wealthy pensioners' smoke screen
Reasons for a 24-hour general strike: Iain Duncan Smith's proposal that "wealthier pensioners" should pay back universal benefits is a cover for a full blooded attack on pensions and benefits
Jarrow March 2011: Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London, photo Paul Mattsson
1 May 2013
April 2013 will be remembered as the month when the government trampled millions of people at the bottom of British society into the dirt while millionaires got a £100,000 a year tax cut, writes Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary
1 May 2013
Education civil servants' walkout this afternoon
Civil servants in the Department for Education are walking out on strike at 3pm this afternoon, 1st May, in opposition to the closure of half of the department's 12 offices in England...
1 May 2013
Bangladesh building collapse - casualties of a rotten profit system
It is said that where labour is cheap, life is cheap. This is never more so than in the recent horrific deaths of over 400 garment workers crushed in a collapsed building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh...
Mary Jackson speaking at the excellent pre-election rally attended by 55 people, many at their first TUSc meeting, 29 April 2013, photo by Mary4Mayor
1 May 2013
Doncaster: For a mayor that would really stop the bedroom tax!
On Saturday 27 April, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition supporters were out campaigning for 'Mary4Mayor' in Doncaster
1 May 2013
Council Tax: Con-Dems turn screw on poorest
For the first time this April, hundreds of thousands of the poorest in society received a shock with their post - for the first time, they will have received a bill for their council tax
1 May 2013
Scotland: Anti-bedroom tax federation launched
On Saturday 27 April over 250 delegates and visitors from across Scotland attended the conference to found the All Scottish Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation
1 May 2013
Cyprus economic meltdown: Build a socialist alternative to austerity
Although the media circus has moved on, the economic situation facing the population of Greek-speaking Cyprus is now even more dire...
29 April 2013
Scottish Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation launched
Saturday 27th April saw over 250 delegates and visitors from across the length and breadth of Scotland attend the conference to found the 'All Scottish Anti Bedroom Tax Federation'
26 April 2013
Ordsall anti-bedroom tax campaign launched
Over fifty people attended a lively launch of Salford's newest anti bedroom tax campaign
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