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Action now to save the NHS!


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In this week's issue:

The Socialist 23 May 2012, issue 719

Fighting the cuts

spotHospital jobs scandal - Action now to save the NHS!

March to save the NHS, 17 May 2011 , photo Paul Mattsson

March to save the NHS, 17 May 2011 , photo Paul Mattsson

Lies about protecting the NHS helped the Tories get into government. Now the Con-Dems' destruction of the health service could trigger their downfall.

spotCon-Dems' hypocrisy over children's care

spotOur education under attack

spotCouncil workers in Cheshire strike against attacks on pay

spotWe stand 100% with the Greek workers

Greek workers protest outside parliament

Greek workers protest outside parliament

In Britain, as in every country of Europe, millions of working people are following events in Greece with baited breath

spotRochdale: far right attempts to exploit tragedy of abuse

spotThem & Us

spotIreland: 31 May referendum

Mass boycott of the household tax in Ireland, photo  Socialist Party Ireland

Mass boycott of the household tax in Ireland, photo Socialist Party Ireland

Reject the EU fiscal compact treaty: Across Europe, in the face of growing resistance at the polls and on the streets, the capitalist class is ramping up its campaign to terrify people into accepting its ongoing austerity...

spotEurovision hosts are top of the charts for repression

spotBack to work? How the system fails the unemployed

Female unemployment has been rising fast and a lack of affordable childcare rules out many low paid jobs. Photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show a slight fall in unemployment. But behind that headline are trends that indicate the impact of the Con-Dems' cuts.

spotMullivaikal 2012 - Solidarity with the Tamil people

spotLincolnshire academies in crisis

spotProfit hungry 'Big Oil' backs climate change deniers

spotThe housing crisis - action needed now

spotYouth Fight for Jobs Northern Ireland launched in Belfast

spotBuilding the electoral alternative in Brent

spotStockland Green march for jobs

spotMore attacks on right to campaign

spotInterview with RMT assistant general secretary candidate

National Shop Stewards Network national conference 2010, Steve Hedley, London Regional Secretary, RMT, photo Socialist Party

National Shop Stewards Network national conference 2010, Steve Hedley, London Regional Secretary, RMT, photo Socialist Party

United struggle needed against train bosses: Steve Hedley is the London regional organiser of the transport union RMT. He was one of the trade unionists on the TUSC list in the London Assembly elections

spotAEI Cables: "Thrown out in disgraceful circumstances"

spotLeadership shows weakness at CWU conference

spotWorkplace news in brief

spotNational Shop Stewards Network