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30 March 2011
BBC Radio 4's Analysis programme recently looked at 'Blue Labour' (BL), writes Steve Score Secretary, East Midlands Socialist Party.
24 March 2011
A socialist alternative to the cuts
To be fully effective, a workers' party would need to put forward socialist ideas. Socialists do not accept that cuts are necessary...
Dave Nellist at the TUSC Launch rally, London March 2010, photo Alison Hill
23 March 2011
On 5 May millions of voters will pass judgement on the Con-Dem coalition in elections to local councils, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly, writes Councillor Dave Nellist, Acting chair, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.
Socialist Party members sell The Socialist, photo Paul Mattsson
23 March 2011
What has socialism got to do with fighting the cuts?
Each week members of the Socialist Party sell copies of the Socialist newspaper at workplaces, colleges, stations, town centres and working class estates all over England and Wales, as well as at protests and meetings...
March for Jobs 2011
23 March 2011
75 Years ago 200 Jarrow workers were forced to March for Jobs: Why is sky-high unemployment back?
David Cameron recently labelled the 20.5% youth unemployment rate a matter of "great regret" writes Dylan Hussey.
23 March 2011
Organise the fightback - from Tahrir Square to Wisconsin
The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI - the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated) fights for an alternative to cuts, crisis and capitalism worldwide, writes Stephan Kimmerle.
16 March 2011
The Guardian newspaper, which pretends to be 'progressive' and 'liberal' on social issues, disgracefully included Margaret Thatcher in its article on the "100 most inspiring women" to "celebrate" international women's day...
Egyptians in Newcastle demonstrate in support of the Egyptian revolution, photo Newcastle Socialist Party
9 March 2011
Middle East uprisings: The unfinished revolutions
As the dates for elections in Tunisia and Egypt are announced, the Libyan masses, despite their herculean efforts, have not yet been able to overthrow the Gaddafi dictatorship, writes Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary.
19 February 2011
What role will women play in the struggle for socialism today? Socialists and Marxists believe that the working class is the only force capable of leading the struggle to fundamentally change society...
17 February 2011
Where now for the Egyptian revolution?
Following hot on the heels of revolutionary events in Tunisia, the Egyptian masses took to the streets during 18 tumultuous days. PETER TAAFFE assesses the current critical situation and possible developments in Socialism Today magazine.
Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins
16 February 2011
Hopes and fears in upcoming Irish election
Irish Socialist Party support increasing amongst working class
THE IMMINENT general election in the Irish Republic was called because the dominant coalition party - Fianna Fáil - collapsed out of office in utter disarray. Socialist Party reporters in Ireland write.
2 February 2011
No to the racist EDL! Unite to fight the cuts
A GROUP of people sit chatting and eating in a fast food restaurant; men, women, children. Out of the blue, bricks start hitting the windows, hundreds of thugs come running past, directing their racist...
The campaign built by Liverpool city council in 1983-87 to win extra funding inspired thousands of workers, photo Militant
2 February 2011
'Struggle or starve!' 1932 - when Birkenhead workers beat the means test
To the present generation of workers and young people, the phrase 'means test' probably means little, writes Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary.
26 January 2011
Tunisia: Protesters demand real democracy and social change
Two weeks ago a powerful revolt of the Tunisian masses swept away the dictator, President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, after decades of autocratic rule, growing joblessness and high food prices...
Tunisians defied the repressive forces of the state to overthrow the dictator, president Ben Ali
19 January 2011
WIDESPREAD PROTESTS over unemployment, high food prices and a lack of democratic rights has resulted in a popular uprising in Tunisia and the overthrow of its hated dictator, president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Chahid Gashir, a member of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), reports on the uprising, its international impact and what programme is necessary to take the revolution forward.
Students protest, photo S Beishon
15 December 2010
Prepare to build the fight against all cuts in 2011
Even as term draws to a close, the student protests are continuing. Hundreds of thousands of students and school students understand that the struggle to defend their right to an education has only just...
Demonstrations in France against attacks on pension rights, photo Judy Beishon
15 December 2010
Europe: Working class enters the struggle
The tenth world congress of the socialist international to which the Socialist Party is affiliated, the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), took place in Belgium between 1 and 9 December...
23 November 2010
Mass organised action can stop cuts
Editorial: "Ireland will have to cut fast and deep". These were the words of the Dutch finance minister describing the 'strings' that come with the IMF and EU loans to Ireland. The population of Ireland has already...
Student demo
23 November 2010
When 50,000 students marched through London on November 10 both the police and student union leaders were shocked at the scale of the mobilisation.
This was, however, an indication of the depth of the anger at the Con-Dem coalition's savage cuts and a growing determination to fight back, writes Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary
Jobs and Homes Not Racism - Youth Fight For Jobs banner on anti-EDL demonstration in Tower Hamlets, London, photo East London Socialist Party
3 November 2010
We need jobs, homes and services - not racism
Anti-racists and socialists don't shed any tears for Nick Griffin when the British National Party (BNP) leader is again called to court to defend his organisation's racist membership rules, writes Ross Saunders, Cardiff East Socialist Party.
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