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22 February 2012
Portsmouth: Anti-cuts activists present an alternative budget
Austerity is not working! That was the message delivered to Portsmouth city council on Tuesday when 100 anti-cuts activists lobbied the annual budget setting meeting, before presenting a 'needs budget'...
7 December 2011
Reinstate Paul Kelly: Solidarity with Portsmouth RMT
On 11 November Paul Kelly, an elected transport union RMT rep at Wightlink Ferries in Portsmouth was dismissed on trumped-up charges and what many workers see as an anti-union vendetta by management...
Lobby Outside Council Meeting: Portsmouth Against Cuts Together (PACT) presented an alternative budget to the council meeting, photo by Portsmouth Socialist Party
10 February 2011
Portsmouth anti-cuts campaign presents an alternative
As Portsmouth City Council voted on Tuesday for a budget to make over £20 million worth of cuts, the only voice of opposition came from Portsmouth Against Cuts Together (PACT). An edited version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Socialist.
19 November 2010
Workers and students launch Portsmouth anti-cuts campaign
Over 150 trade unionists, students and community activists packed into a university lecture theatre on 18 November to officially launch the Portsmouth Anti-Cuts Campaign...
Portsmouth anti-cuts rally
1 November 2010
Portsmouth workers vow: Not one single cut!
"We will not accept one single cut! We will not accept one single job loss!" That was the rallying cry in Portsmouth city centre on Saturday 30 October as over 150 trade unionists and students marched...
20 September 2010
Portsmouth: Preparing to defeat the cuts
Portsmouth trade council's anti-cuts campaign saw 80 trade unionists and community activists debate with RMT, Unite and Unison speakers...
Mick Tosh, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidate , photo TUSC
21 April 2010
Portsmouth North: "An ordinary guy to represent ordinary workers"
AS IBM announced a 'consultation' over threatened redundancies in Portsmouth, Mick Tosh, TUSC parliamentary candidate for Portsmouth North, called for solidarity with the workers facing job losses, writes Ben Norman.
3 March 2010
Portsmouth students and workers unite to fight cuts
Wednesday 24 February saw the first protest organised at Portsmouth University in opposition to the proposed cuts in education funding, writes Andy Waterman, Portsmouth Socialist Students.
23 September 2009
Portsmouth shipbuilders vote for strike
Four hundred GMB shipyard workers in Portsmouth have voted to take strike action over working conditions and proposals forcing them to work in other parts of the UK, writes Portsmouth Socialist Party.
16 April 2008
Portsmouth Activists Academy day of debate
On Saturday 12 April, Portsmouth students union, aided by Socialist Students members, held its inaugural Activist Academy, which brought together around 30 campaigners during the course of the day from groups across the south. Will Schafer-Peek, Southampton Socialist Students reports.
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