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Socialist-led Liverpool city council's struggle in 1983-87 led to mass demonstrations and thousands of new council houses built, photo Dave Sinclair
6 October 2010
No excuses for not fighting cuts
IN THE mid-1980s Liverpool Labour council, under the political influence of the Militant (forerunner of the Socialist Party) and the pressure of a mass working class movement, successfully led a campaign to secure extra resources for the city's urban renewal programme from a hostile Tory government...
6 October 2010
WE HEARD a lot at the New Labour conference in Manchester about the party's 'proud record' for working people...
29 September 2010
The letter below is from Tony Mulhearn, who was a leading councillor in Liverpool's Labour council when it fought Thatcher's vicious attack on that city between 1983 and 1987...
24 September 2010
Every struggle has its own characteristics. Neither the poll tax nor Liverpool is an exact model for the battle against cuts that needs to be waged today...
24 September 2010
Uniting the movement will need to have an organisational, as well as a political form. In both Liverpool and the poll tax Militant played a key political role. However, contrary to the slurs against us...
22 September 2010
Trade unionists challenge Lib-Dems
ON SUNDAY 19 September, despite pouring rain, 4,000 trade unionists rallied in Liverpool to lobby the Liberal Democrat party conference, writes Paul Gerrard, Salford Socialist Party.
Trade unionists lobby Lib-Dem conference, photo Harry Smith
20 September 2010
Trade unionists lobby Lib-Dem conference
On Sunday 19 September, despite pouring rain, 4,000 trade unionists (according to the Liverpool Echo) rallied in Liverpool to lobby the Liberal Democrat party conference...
Liverpool city council 1983-87
1 September 2010
Slashing public services: do councillors have 'no choice'?
Campaigns against the Tory/Liberal government's cuts have wide support. But many councillors say they have "no choice" but to implement cuts.
From 1983 to 1987 the Liverpool Labour council, led by supporters of Militant (the predecessor of the Socialist Party), refused to make cuts or increase local rates to compensate for Tory cuts. Instead they led a mass movement to win more money from Margaret Thatcher's Tory government. Tony Mulhearn interview.
28 April 2010
TUSC: 'Hear your candidate' meetings
A chance to put your questions to your local Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates. Listing of meetings around the country.
31 March 2010
PCS budget day strike: Support grows across country
PCS pickets who work on security at the Houses of Parliament were out again in force. One of the pickets who has been working there for 20 years explained that during the last strike extra police were...
26 February 2010
Anti-poll tax victory: How 18 million people brought down Thatcher
The majority of trade union leaders are completely unprepared to meet the onslaught on jobs and public services, the worst for 40 years...
2 December 2009
Liverpool council's budget 'black hole': Establishment parties only offer swingeing cuts
ON 3 August 2009, the Liverpool Echo reported that Liverpool city council faces a budget 'black hole' of over £90 million in the next five years, writes Tony Aitman, Tony Mulhearn and Dave Walsh.
Liverpool City Councillors hold press conference at House of Lords 26 Jan 1987, photo Dave Sinclair
24 November 2009
Lessons of struggle: If you fight, you can win!
Liverpool Council 1983 - 1987: Young people face enormous attacks on their right to a future - unemployment, low pay, ever-increasing university fees and slashed public services.
Here, Socialist Party activists provide a small taste of some of the past battles they have been involved in where victories were won by working and young people.
23 September 2009
Liverpool bin workers score victory
Before our strike, Enterprise-Liverpool management told us: "You can walk out for six months if you want but you will come back with nothing", writes A Liverpool bin worker.
9 September 2009
'Time to fight back' march to welcome TUC
Join the Time to Fight Back march on Sunday 13 September. Called by Liverpool trades council to welcome the TUC Congress to Liverpool. The demonstration demands:...
9 September 2009
TUC fringe meeting: Respect the Irish 'No' Vote - Reject the Lisbon Treaty
Anti-Lisbon Treaty campaigners in the Irish Republic's forthcoming referendum are angry that two big corporations - Ryanair and Intel - are spending as much as 1 million euros on promoting a 'yes' vote...
9 September 2009
Socialist Party TUC meeting
Tuesday 15 September, 7:30 pm
The Liverpool bar, 14 James Street, Liverpool, (near James Street station)
Speakers:
Brian Caton, general secretary POA
Chris Baugh, assistant general secretary PCS, personal capacity
Tony Mulhearn, Liverpool 47
Jane James, Socialist Party executive committee
14 August 2009
The psychology of the New Labour apologists deserves some deep analysis, writes Tony Mulhearn. Jane Kennedy, Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, alarmed that her parliamentary seat was in jeopardy following Gordon Brown's European...
12 August 2009
Liverpool street cleaners and bin workers strike against fat-cats
On 11 August, street cleaners and refuse collectors employed by Enterprise-Liverpool are striking over pensions and bonus pay...
Liverpool City Council demonstration, November 1983, photo Paul Traynor
30 June 2009
25 years ago: Liverpool - a city that dared to fight
ON 9 July 1984 Liverpool City council, led by Militant (the Socialist Party's predecessor), won a sensational victory over the ruthless Tory government of Margaret Thatcher...
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