10 April 2013

Thatcher death: readers respond 2

I went to get my morning newspaper and also needed a sympathy card for a relative. When I asked Shah, my local shopkeeper, where his sympathy cards were his eyes nearly popped out of his head

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5 March 2013

Labour-led council inflicting £82 million of cuts

Bradford's Labour and Green councillors do Pickles' dirty work, while Respect just abstains

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14 January 2013

Fighting Racism and Fascism & Student Work

The issues of racism and fascism, and how to combat them and the far-right British National Party (BNP) - which has, in its leadership, fascist elements - has recently assumed greater importance in Britain...

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14 January 2013

Attitude to the Labour Party and the Left

To many who experienced the past sectarian behaviour of the SWP combined with abstract propaganda - 'One solution, revolution!' - the seeming metamorphosis to a 'broad' approach in this decade was a revelation...

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14 January 2013

Introduction

The Socialist Party in England and Wales, and the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) are the two largest organisations on the 'Marxist left' in Britain...

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5 December 2012

November by-elections: Building an anti-cuts alternative

"November was an unusual month. You can wait a long time for a byelection and then six come along in one month...

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4 September 2012

Bradford demo against Galloway's rape comments

On Saturday 1st September around 100 men and women gathered in Bradford city centre to protest against MP for Bradford West, George Galloway's, recent ridiculous and offensive comments about rape...

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2 April 2012

George Galloway's stunning Bradford West victory

Potential shown for anti-cuts election challenges: Support for the main parties haemorrhaged in Bradford West, as Respect's George Galloway swept back into parliament

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7 May 2010

Election results: TUSC stands for socialism, prepares for battles ahead

May 2010 will probably be remembered by history not for the British general election, but as the start of a heroic mass struggle of the Greek working class.

This is a fight to defend their living conditions against the savage onslaught of capitalism. The Greek working class showed their defiance with a gigantic general strike and the biggest demonstrations since the overthrow of the military dictatorship in 1974.

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18 February 2009

Meeting on Lindsey oil refinery dispute: Workers strike back

Around 200 people attended a joint meeting in London on 13 February, organised by the Socialist Party and Respect, to discuss the lessons of the Lindsey oil refinery strike...

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14 February 2009

Video: the Lindsey oil refinery strike

Keith Gibson and Jerry Hicks speak

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21 January 2009

What's going on? The meanderings of a comic mind in confusion, by Mark Steel

Mark Steel at Socialism 2008, photo Paul Mattsson

Mark Steel was one of the new wave of political ('alternative') comedians who emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, writes Ken Douglas.

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10 December 2008

Socialism and left unity - a critique of the Socialist Workers Party

Socialism and Left Unity

Book review: When people first become interested in socialism they often ask: "Why are there different socialist groups? Why can't we just get together and fight the common enemy?"

This desire for unity is understandable and very important because of the need to build a strong left-wing alternative, and a new mass workers' party in particular, especially now that the economic crisis is exposing the failings of capitalism to many more people.

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11 November 2008

The working class needs its own mass party

The closing rally of Socialism 2008, hosted by the Campaign for a New Workers' Party (CNWP), was on the theme of the fight for a working class political voice, writes Dave Carr.

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8 July 2008

The working class needs its own party

Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference 2008, photo Socialist Party

Editorial: THIS MONTH talks will be taking place between union leaders and the New Labour government. Most of the national trade union leaders are hoping that the talks will lead to a 'Warwick Two' agreement, which they hope will result in a few scraps being thrown...

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2 July 2008

Campaign for a New Workers' Party

On Sunday 29 June, 300 people filled the main hall in South Camden Community School in London to round off a very important weekend for the labour movement in Britain and to address the central question facing workers in Britain today: How can we fight for a working class political voice...

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8 April 2008

London elections: working class alternative needed

On Thursday 1 May, Londoners will be voting for the Mayor of London and Greater London Assembly (GLA). London Socialist Party secretary, Paula Mitchell, explains the political ideas on offer.

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1 March 2008

New mass workers' party

The struggle to create a mass independent political voice for the working class is the most important task we face in this period...

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27 February 2008

Building the Campaign for a New Workers' Party

Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

Debate: Pete McLaren, national secretary of the Socialist Alliance and press officer of the Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP), joins the debate began by PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka in The Socialist newspaper.

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6 February 2008

How can an alternative to the main political parties be developed?

Socialism 2007 Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary, photo Paul Mattsson

General secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), Mark Serwotka, has sent the contribution printed below to The Socialist, describing the attacks being made on public-sector workers by the government...

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