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THE SOCIALIST PARTY SAYS

TUSC banner on the May Day demo in Bristol, 1.5.21, photo by Roger Thomas

Fight the rotten establishment

5 May
VOTE TUSC on 6 MAY
For workers threatened with 'fire and rehire', young people facing job losses, local communities fighting cuts in services, the choice on offer from the establishment parties during the elections has been woeful More...

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NEWS AND SOCIALIST ANALYSIS

5 May 2021

Capitalist sleaze and cronyism

The latest round of scandals is meeting growing anger More...

28 April 2021

Protesting works - Unite to defend the right to protest

Protesting in Newcastle, photo by Elaine Brunskill

The past fortnight has shown the power of protest. Football supporters gathered in their thousands to defeat plans for a money-grabbing European Super League. More...

28 April 2021

Unite general secretary election nomination stage

Make sure there is a fighting left challenge on the ballot paper! More...

28 April 2021

International Workers' Day - struggle, solidarity, socialism

May Day greetings 2021 - one of the pages

May Day is an annual celebration of workers' struggle against capitalism. More...

More news and analysis...

REPORTS AND CAMPAIGNS

5/5/21 Elections

Why you should vote for TUSC 330 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates are standing in the elections on 6 May More...

5/5/21 National Education Union

Four Socialist Party members elected to NEU executive The NEU ballot shows a clear thirst for action and a fighting leadership More...

5/5/21 Unison

For a fighting, democratic, member-led union to stop the austerity attacks Branches have not been given a national campaign More...

5/5/21 East London

Goodlord strike forces talks - solidarity needed for crucial dispute The strike at lettings tech platform Goodlord has forced bosses into Acas talks More...

28/4/21 Socialist Students

Action marks the way for a national student movement for free education Socialist Students were out in force on 21 April More...

28/4/21 Post Office

39 'postmasters' cleared - now clear the rest The judgment still leaves over 860 with false convictions. More...

More reports and campaigns...

The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party

The Socialist newspaper, 5 May 2021, issue 1132

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The Socialist issue 1132

What we think

spot Capitalist sleaze and cronyism

Union elections

spot Unite general secretary election nomination stage

spot Unison: We need a fighting, democratic, member-led union to stop the austerity attacks

spot Four Socialist Party members elected to NEU executive - a thirst for action and a fighting leadership

International news

spot Biden's policies will not solve underlying US crisis

spot Colombia: Mass trade union-led protests force tax retreat

Mental health

spot Covid, capitalism and mental health

News

spot Fight the rotten establishment

spot Hands off our NHS

spot New law ignores economic barriers to escaping domestic abuse

spot Cladding: Tories refuse to protect leaseholders again

Workplace news

spot St Mungo's strikers fight on

spot Goodlord strike forces talks - solidarity needed

spot Sparks block Cardiff building site against deskilling

spot Vote 'yes' in the PCS DWP ballot

spot Beal High School strike against sick policy resumes

spot Go Ahead offers deal to Manchester bus drivers

spot Metroline buses to face summer of strikes unless it drops 'remote sign-on'

Local government

spot Can the 'Preston model' beat the cuts?

Campaigns news

spot Bellway must pay! Make our homes safe!

spot Police attempt to intimidate Newcastle protesters

spot Nottingham NHS pay protest

spot Establishing factory sales of the Socialist in Leicester

spot Plaque dedicated to Tony Mulhearn

spot Why you should join the Socialist Party

spot Defend the right to protest - to resist bosses' attacks

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 28 April 2021, issue 1131

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The Socialist issue 1131

Elections

spot Vote TUSC to oppose sleazy capitalism

spot Why you should vote for TUSC

spot Campaigning for a no-cuts, socialist Liverpool mayor

International news

spot India's health system in meltdown under Modi's misrule

Campaigns news

spot Socialist Student action marks the way for a national student movement for free education

spot South West regional conference shows that socialist ideas can grow

spot To get Socialist ideas out there, we need to have the funds

News

spot Protesting works - unite to defend the right to protest

spot No trust in billionaire football owners - kick them out and reclaim the game

spot Private sector is stealing the NHS

spot 39 'postmasters' cleared - now clear the rest

spot Generation eviction

Workplace news

spot Usdaw's virtual annual conference - a mockery of union democracy

spot PCS ballots members in Jobcentres over safety

spot Goodlord strikers fight fire and rehire as part of day of action

spot Devonport tugboat crews strike against rota changes

spot St Mungo's workers walkout

spot Thurrock bin strike in third week

Ireland

spot How partition of Ireland derailed a revolutionary struggle for national and social liberation

spot Irish police aid strike-breaking at Debenhams store in Dublin

Welfare state

spot Poverty increasing. Welfare state in crisis. Do we need a new Beveridge Report?

Environment

spot What councils can do to protect the environment

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

May Day Greetings 2021

spot International Workers' Day - struggle, solidarity, socialism

The Socialist newspaper, 21 April 2021, issue 1130

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Socialist Issue 1130: Build a socialist alternative

spot Build a Socialist alternative

spot Capitalism discriminates against us - Disabled people fighting for our rights

spot Football: no trust in billionaire owners - kick them out and reclaim the game

spot Left candidate, Pedro Castillo - surprise of Peruvian elections

spot USA: cop killings and the anti-racist movement

spot Superpowers' tensions continue to ratchet up

spot Don't trust the Labour right's empty promises

spot Fight to stop cuts

spot Keep Liverpool council's One Stop Shops open

spot Liverpool hustings - only TUSC has a strategy to take on the Tories

spot Essex: Why I'm standing for TUSC

spot Carlisle campaign day success

spot Socialist Party northern region meeting

spot With public campaigning back in full swing - now is the time to raise fighting fund

spot Socialist Party members - part of a left challenge for Unison's leadership

spot Fight back against British Gas bosses' 'fire and rehire' offensive

spot Retail workers desperately need a fighting and democratic union

spot CWU BT ballot - time for action now!

spot Thurrock bin workers solid in strike against pay cuts

spot Bus workers protest Go-Ahead's 'fire and rehire'

spot Ballots to defend reps on Woolwich Ferry

spot PCS leadership ballot underway

spot Long Covid: Fight for jobs, benefits and services

spot Climate change - Johnson spouts 'greenwash 2.0'

spot Covid and precarious workers - union organisation vital

spot News in brief

spot Housing activists storm rental firm's offices

spot Protests continue against proposed anti-protest laws

The Socialist newspaper, 14 April 2021, issue 1129

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The Socialist issue 1129

Covid-19

spot 'Covid passports' discriminatory and questionable - fight for workplace safety

spot Covid inquiry? Workers must decide

News

spot Tensions escalate in Northern Ireland

spot How to deal with the tax-dodging mega-rich? Nationalise!

spot NHS pay: reject Tories' miserly 1% 'offer' - Fight for full 15% rise

spot Amazon - union vote lost

spot Tory hypocrisy over housing benefit cut

spot US cops shoot dead another black man

Elections

spot Every voter in Wales has the opportunity to vote for TUSC

spot TUSC: Launching a working-class electoral alternative in London

spot London housing crisis: vote TUSC to fight back

Workplace news

spot PCS elections: Support the Broad Left Network for a democratic, fighting union leadership

spot St Mungo's maintenance workers on indefinite strike

spot Thousands of London bus workers strike across multiple companies

spot Rally for sacked RMT rep Declan

spot East London cleaners fight outsourcing and redundancies

spot Bristol Water workers walk out

spot SPS Technologies workers end strike after management backs down

spot Thurrock Council workers strike against pay cuts

spot Deliveroo workers strike and protest

Lessons from history

spot 1920s-30s Britain: A working-class movement fighting unemployment and capitalism

Campaigns news

spot Youth under attack

spot Students in action: Protest on 21 April

spot Why you should join the Socialist Party

spot Cardiff: Hundreds protest to free Siyanda

spot Worcester: Kill the Bill

spot Fighting fund target smashed. Can we do it again?

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 7 April 2021, issue 1128

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The Socialist issue 1128

News

spot Pay NHS staff 15%!

spot Racism exists! Unite to fight all inequality

spot Report condones vigil police violence - democratic community control a necessity

spot Low-paid workers shouldn't pay for Covid crisis

spot The system is broken... youth unite and fight back

spot Fighting Fund: An amazing £39,948 raised

Schools

spot Sexism in education: It shouldn't be like this!

spot Pimlico Academy protests: "Run by racists for profit"

spot Academy schools have become business ventures

Protests

spot Defiance continues against anti-protest bill

spot London: #BuhariMustGo protests are back

Local elections

spot Councillors have a choice - don't vote for cuts

spot Former Labour parliamentary candidate to stand for TUSC

Workplace news

spot NEU elections: Elect a socialist leadership to fight for national action and a united campaign

spot GMB general secretary election: A fighting, socialist leadership needed

spot Sparks take deskilling protests to Hinkley Point

spot Marley Tiles workers strike against bullying bosses

spot New British Gas deadline and strike dates

spot Bristol Water walkout

Childcare

spot Childcare in crisis: A socialist solution

Liverpool

spot Right-wing Labour and Tory commissioners out of Liverpool!

Brixton riots

spot 1981 Brixton riots: Racism and poverty - the anger explodes

International news

spot Brazil: Bolsonaro regime plunges into a deeper crisis

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 31 March 2021, issue 1127

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Issue 1127 frontpage

spot Mobilise Liverpool workers to defy Tory commissioners and austerity

spot London - We need socialists into City Hall

spot Warning: Labour Party cutters - careful who you phone!

spot Domestic Abuse Bill: So much still to fight for

spot We will not be the lost generation

spot Shrewsbury pickets exonerated after almost 50 years

spot 'Chingford skinhead' spills the beans over government surveillance of union activists

spot Freeports spell deregulation, low pay and a new race to the bottom

spot No start for life

Right to protest

spot Unite and fight - For the right to protest

spot Defending the right to protest

Socialist analysis

spot Preparing for the revolts to come

spot Cumberland hospital workers fight for stolen pay

spot NHS pay: 15% now!

spot Trade union fighters rally to support victimised workers

spot BT Openreach engineers step up the pressure with five-day strike action

spot Asda equal pay ruling victory - now fight for equal pay for all

spot SPS Technologies workers strike against potential pay loss of £3,000 a year

spot Deskilling protests by sparks electricians continue

spot Beal academy strikers demand equal sick pay

spot Goodlord strike starts to bite

spot Nationalise Liberty Steel to save jobs

spot British Gas workers strike ahead of 'fire and rehire' deadline

Reports & campaigns

spot Online rally - 150 years since the Paris Commune

spot Selling the Socialist

spot Donate now to fuel our election campaigns

Readers' opinion

spot Football abuse scandal: Reclaim the game for justice and democracy

spot Socialist Liverpool City Council inspired me

spot Women, violence and defiance

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 24 March 2021, issue 1126

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Issue 1126 front page

spot Protesting is not a crime

spot Defying the anti-protest restrictions

spot Police attempt to silence mothers

spot Police invade student homes

spot NHS pay: 15% now

spot Fighting NHS privatisation

spot Haringey: Hands off our GP practices

spot Battle for a fighting, anti-austerity Liverpool mayor

spot Why I am standing for TUSC

spot Help fund the Socialist Party's stand as part of TUSC

Fighting Sexual Harassment

spot Fighting sexual harassment and gender violence on campus

spot Justice for Blessing Olusegun

spot Film Review: Moxie

Paris Commune 150 Years

spot 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune

2011 Pensions Strike

spot Lessons of the 2011 pensions strike: when workers showed their power

spot PCS elections: increased support for Broad Left Network

spot Engineering workers strike against 'fire and rehire' in Leicester

spot 'Sleep-ins' ruling must lead to a huge campaign for social care workers' rights

spot Shrewsbury Pickets win: Convictions overturned

spot Sparks continue protests against deskilling

spot Beal High school strike as management refuse to negotiate over fair sick pay scheme

spot Preparing to organise workers in Enfield

spot Support victimised bus driver reps and Socialist Party members Declan and Moe

spot Goodlord workers continue all-out strike

spot Save John Carroll - fight is far from over!

spot Stop evictions and drop the debts

spot Online meeting - Ending violence against women, the socialist approach

spot Socialist Party regional conferences meet online

Readers' Opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 17 March 2021, issue 1125

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The Socialist issue 1125

End violence against women

spot Violence against women - we will not be silenced

NHS

spot Rich pickings for private companies - peanuts for health workers

spot NHS workers map out strategy to win 15% pay rise

Review

spot Judas and the Black Messiah - taste of Fred Hampton's politics, with lessons for fighting oppression today

Media

spot Can the capitalist media prevent socialist change?

Workplace news

spot British Gas strike at crucial stage

spot Electricians protest against deskilling and lower wages

spot Goodlord workers continue strike against 'fire and rehire'

spot Thousands of BT workers to ballot for strike action

spot Government's bus plans fall short of making up for the cuts

spot Reinstate Moe - stop trade union-busting at Abellio!

spot PCS members at Swansea DVLA to strike for safety

Elections

spot Council funding crisis - We need a workers' programme to restore the stolen millions

spot We need a fighting strategy to win funding from the government - why I'm standing for TUSC

spot Standing for TUSC in Worcester

spot Help fund the Socialist Party's election campaign as part of TUSC

Campaigns news

spot Build for the Socialist Students day of action on 21 April

spot I couldn't just stand and watch! - Why I joined the Socialist Party

spot Socialist Party LGBTQ+ members meeting

spot Selling the Socialist

International news

spot Myanmar: workers brave brutal military crackdown

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The Socialist Party is part of the Committee for a Workers‘ International (CWI) which fights for socialism world wide. www.socialistworld.net.

New book from the CWI

Leon Trotsky - A Revolutionary Whose Ideas Couldn't Be Killed. A collection of new articles from the CWI. Published by Socialist Books.

Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party

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Youth and student

Click here for the Socialist Students website

CONTACT US

Phone our national office on 020 8988 8777

Email: [email protected]

Locate your nearest Socialist Party branch Text your name and postcode to 07761 818 206

Regional Socialist Party organisers:

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London: 075 4018 9052

North East: 078 4114 4890

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Southern: 078 3368 1910

Wales: 079 3539 1947

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Yorkshire: 078 0983 9793

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MARXISM

Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels

Communism, grotesque caricature: see Soviet Union. See also What About Russia?

Dialectical materialism

Genuine communism: see Marxism, What is it?

Historical materialism

How would a socialist economy work?

Lenin: On Marxism

Marxism: What is it?

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Philosophy, Marxism

Russian Revolution

The State and Revolution

Socialism: What is it?

Socialist Countries?

Socialist Party manifesto

Terrorism: Marxism Opposes Terrorism

Trotsky: On the Russian Revolution

What about Russia?

What is Marxism?

What is Socialism?

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