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THE SOCIALIST PARTY SAYS

NHS Critical

1 December
Unions must lead fight for:
* 15% pay rise now
* End to privatisation
* Fully funded NHS and social care
Ambulances are already lining up outside of A&E, unable to discharge patients, even before the potential effects of the new Omicron Covid variant More...

SOCIALIST PARTY RALLY

Socialism 2021 rally, Saturday 20th November 2021: Our future at stake - What now for the struggle for socialism?

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NEWS AND SOCIALIST ANALYSIS

1 December 2021

After COP26: where next for the climate movement?

How is mass pressure going to be built to fight for the aspirations of the climate movement? More...

1 December 2021

27 dead in channel migrant tragedy

When the Channel tragedy news broke, there was widespread disbelief and sadness. More...

24 November 2021

Socialism 2021: A steely determination to change society

Last year, Socialism2020 was 'virtual'. This year, around 400 met in person, with a similar number joining online. More...

More news and analysis...

REPORTS AND CAMPAIGNS

2/12/21 Napo

Napo ballots for trade dispute, but members need strategy for industrial action Probation staff in the Napo trade union have made their anger clear at the insulting pay freeze. More...

1/12/21 UCU

Higher education disputes The impressive UK-wide turnouts in the USS and 'Four Fights' ballots indicate the anger. More...

30/11/21 Women

Marching to stop violence against women Southampton, Bristol and Nottingham More...

24/11/21 Higher Education

Support uni workers' walk-out on pay and pensions on 1 December, UCU members at 54 universities will strike for three days More...

24/11/21 Hackney

Victory! Hackney children's centres saved Fernbank and Hillside centres are saved More...

More reports and campaigns...

The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party

The Socialist newspaper, 1 December 2021, issue 1158

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Issue 1138

spot NHS Critical

spot Covid-19: New variant emerges but same old capitalist disease

spot 27 dead in channel migrant tragedy

spot Bulb bailed out, nationalise energy to solve price crisis

spot Khan threatens further London transport cuts

spot Kickstart scheme 'insufficient and flawed'

spot Tories strengthen repressive laws

spot After COP26: where next for the climate movement?

spot Argentine elections see deepening polarisation

spot Wales: The Labour-Plaid Cymru agreement - jam tomorrow, maybe

spot Behind the rural idyll - the problems of everyday life

spot NHS workers - vote yes for action to win a decent pay rise

spot Staff and students unite against university bosses' attacks

spot UCU higher education disputes

spot Education unions lead campaign against Leicester academisation

spot RMT strikes against abolition of night tube train operators

spot South Yorkshire Stagecoach drivers strike against measly 1% pay offer

spot Nottingham and Mansfield trade unions rally against cuts and for better pay

spot Oaks Park school strike ends following forced concessions

spot East London mass non-payment wins housing victory

spot Marching to stop violence against women

spot Housing campaigners protest CEO champagners

spot Building a political alternative to Tory and Labour cuts

spot Stop the cuts to Uni arts funding

spot Plymouth: Hundreds attend vigil for Bobbi-Anne McLeod

spot Socialism 2021: How we reached our fighting fund appeal target

spot End fuel poverty

Readers' opinion

spot TV review: Valley of the Tears

The Socialist newspaper, 24 November 2021, issue 1157

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The Socialist issue 1157

News

spot Workers' action can defeat weak and divided Tories

spot Working class strangled by price rises and pay cuts

spot Poorer pensioners fleeced by social care cap

spot Tories hammer nail in pensions triple lock coffin

spot HS2 eastern route cancelled: Fight for a workers' plan for public transport

spot Cricket's history of racism and elitism

NHS

spot Midwives march against unsafe staffing and for adequate funding

spot Tories responsible for NHS staff shortages

Violence against women

spot End sexism and violence against women

Socialism 2021

spot Socialism 2021: A steely determination to change society

spot What did you think of Socialism 2021?

Workplace news

spot Support uni workers' walk-out on pay and pensions

spot RMT to strike in London night-tube dispute

spot Panasonic workers strike against pay freeze

spot Tesco warehouse workers ballot for strike action

spot Sage care home workers' pay victory

International news

spot Historic victory of India's farmers

spot Sudan: "Hamdok has sold the revolution!"

spot USA: Right-wing vigilante Rittenhouse acquitted - capitalist courts will not defend the working class!

Working class history

spot Chartism: The world's first working-class movement

spot The struggle for accessible workplaces and an inclusive society

Obituary

spot Obituary: Ted Austin (1940-2021) - working-class socialist stalwart

Campaigns

spot Victory! Hackney children's centres saved!

spot West Sussex: Payouts for council bosses, cuts for us

spot Newham: Durning Hall - another shameful act of Labour gentrification

spot Slough: Adult service cuts will leave vulnerable homeless

spot Northampton: Phoney consultation to mask cuts

spot Selling the Socialist

The Socialist newspaper, 17 November 2021, issue 1156

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Issue 1156 frontpage

spot Cuts drag NHS to brink

spot NHS workers must take action now to save our NHS

spot Outsourced Barts health workers in strike ballot for a pay rise

spot Health and care staff shortages worsened by Tory vaccine sacking threat

spot Fund the fight for socialism

spot London MPs' second home swindle while workers and students struggle

spot Tory sleaze scandal continues, an ex-workers' MP responds

spot University bosses' pay piles up while workers are forced to strike

spot Youth fight for well-paid green jobs and socialist change

spot Sunak's climate finance agenda typifies capitalism's COP26 failure

spot China: Bureaucracy grapples with new crises

spot Ten years on - where has Podemos's radicalism gone?

spot Belarus refugees - caught between a rock and a hard place

spot S Wales Stagecoach bus drivers win £10.50 an hour

spot DVLA ballot turnout falls short of threshold

spot Striking Scunthorpe steel scaffs up the ante

spot Leeds cab drivers protest against taxi rank move

spot Fresh strikes on East Midlands Railway

spot An appeal to trade union members to stand as anti-cuts candidates

spot Clarks workers fight 'fire-and-rehire' pay cut

spot London couriers take action

spot St Mungo's report fails to address bullying and victimisation of workers

spot Resisting evictions in east London

spot Leeds solidarity protest says stop Sudan coup

spot Why I joined the Socialist Party

spot Why am I coming to Socialism 2021?

spot Birmingham People's Budget

Readers' opinion

spot Readers' opinion

The Socialist newspaper, 10 November 2021, issue 1155

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The Socialist issue 1155

COP26

spot Capitalism's COP26 failure: socialist planning vital

spot Thousands march in Glasgow and elsewhere to save the planet

Housing

spot Socialist planning to meet housing need

spot 75 years after the first new town

News

spot Fight together for a pay rise

spot Council workers ballot on pay offer that's really a cut

spot School staff need a pay rise

spot Harsh Tory regime for benefit claimants and workers

spot Tories under pressure in bid to remove pension triple lock

What we think

spot Sleaze and pay a toxic mix for Tories

Socialism 2021

spot Why I'm coming to Socialism 2021

Workplace news

spot CWU conference debates political strategy

spot RMT AGM: Delegates focus on the looming battles

spot University workers vote for action in two disputes

spot Sheffield bin workers strike: "End rubbish pay!"

spot Support for all-out scaffs strike spreads

spot Weetabix workers escalate action in crunch dispute

International news

spot Portugal's government falls: Left must adopt a new course

Review

spot John Barnes on class and capitalism. What's missing?

The Socialist newspaper, 3 November 2021, issue 1154

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The Socialist issue 1154

COP26

spot Socialist change to end climate change

spot Fight for socialism to end climate destruction

spot COP26 begins - workers strike for pay

spot COP26 News in brief

Campaigns news

spot Why I joined the Socialist Party

spot Fund the fight for a socialist world

spot Sheffield students tirelessly campaigning for socialist change

spot Hackney children's centres: Campaigners see through council deception

spot East London gentrification plans exposed

News

spot Fight for a real wage rise for all

spot Local government cuts set to continue - we need councillors prepared to fight

spot Race to top for bankers

spot Fight for a £15-an-hour minimum wage and an end to youth rates

spot Water companies put profits before protecting our environment

spot Tories threaten arts students: we are prepared to fight back!

spot Tory Universal Credit crumbs no solution to cost of living crisis

spot Tory plans won't fix social care

spot Pay freeze lifted for civil servants - prepare now for the struggle for a decent rise

Workplace news

spot NEU: Strategy needed to bring members together to take national action

spot Oaks Park school strike spurred on by head's lies

spot Scunthorpe scaffs strike into fifth week

spot Unite leaflets supermarkets to build support for Weetabix fire and rehire strike

spot Plant engineers pay dispute

Fighting sexism

spot Sexism, safety and the profit system

International news

spot Sudan - mass protests and general strike against coup

spot Chile: International solidarity campaign to free political prisoners

spot Vaccine inequality - the ugly face of capitalism

spot Hunger strike in Calais for refugee rights

spot Protests against Sudan coup reach Britain

The Socialist newspaper, 27 October 2021, issue 1153

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Issue 1153 frontpage

spot TORY BUDGET CON

spot Public spending under further threat from Tories

spot Tory NHS funding won't fix staff shortage

spot Public sector pay thaw - union fight is on for a real rise and funding

Fighting sexual harassment

spot Fighting sexism and harassment, and for a safe night out

spot Tory climate plans set to fail - socialist planning needed

spot COP26: protest for Socialist change to reverse climate chaos

spot Youth climate protests

spot News in brief

spot Unite policy conference

spot Gwent Stagecoach workers driving for victory on pay

spot Clarks shoe workers strike to give 'fire and rehire' the boot

spot Royal Mail workers stand against 'unachievable workloads'

spot GPs vote to reject government plans

spot Workplace news in brief

spot The fight for Hackney's children's centres continues

spot Southampton People's budget Building an alternative to Tory and Labour austerity

spot Save Southall youth centre - stop all cuts

spot Carlisle says make the richest pay, not the poorest!

spot Military coup in Sudan - Defiant masses take to the streets

Readers' opinion

spot TV review Maid

spot TV review The Riots 2011: One Week in August

The Socialist newspaper, 20 October 2021, issue 1152

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Issue 1152 frontpage

spot Fight for a socialist recovery

spot Tories to blame for GP crisis

spot Container delay carnage makes the case for socialist planning

spot Socialist nationalisation not bailouts for the bosses

spot Unite union policy conference

spot University workers ballot for strike action

spot Unite and fight for 30,000 permanent DWP jobs

spot Gwent valleys Stagecoach bus drivers strike for fair pay

spot Reinstate Gary Evans! Llanelli postal workers strike

spot Napo AGM 2021: Union placed on war footing

spot Scunthorpe scaffs strike for pay

People's budgets

spot People's Budgets - a socialist answer to cruel cuts

spot Brighton bin workers' victory in sight

spot Fight to defend homelessness services

spot Ealing People's Budget - cuts can be resisted

spot Northampton People's Budget - cuts and privatisation is a failed strategy

spot Fighting the cuts at the ballot box in Liverpool

Fall of apartheid

spot The fall of Apartheid in South Africa

spot COP26: Trade unions must fight for a socialist transition to renewables

spot Save the planet from capitalist climate catastrophe

spot Austria: Chancellor Kurz resigns amid allegations of corruption

spot Obituary - Tony Davison: "I work for Militant, but Laing's pay my wages"

spot "Are you the socialist cabby?"

spot Housing crisis: Tories and Labour are not on our side

spot Liverpool arms fair: Hundreds of protesters defy police 'dispersal zone'

spot Hackney children's centres - more education cuts are devastating

spot Biggest protest yet to save Stratford Circus

spot Doncaster: Vigil condemns violence against women

Readers' opinion

spot I'm unemployed: For me vacancy crisis is a lie

spot TV review: Squid Game

The Socialist newspaper, 13 October 2021, issue 1151

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The Socialist issue 1151

We need a pay rise!

spot Fight for the pay rise we deserve

spot Workers need a pay rise

What we think

spot Cynical Johnson government no friend of workers

News

spot Pandora property speculators fuel housing crisis

spot Social care funding needed now

spot News in brief

Workplace news

spot Who runs Unison: lay members or the paid officials?

spot Place Unite at the head of the anti-Tory movement

spot Oaks Park pickets vote for more strikes to defeat bullies

spot National Education Union deputy general secretary election

spot College strikes continue into third week

spot 60 steelworks scaffs march in second week of all-out strike

spot DVLA: Workers ballot on further strike action

COP26

spot Build a mass working-class climate movement with socialist policies

Youth Fight for Jobs

spot Hundreds march with Youth Fight for Jobs

Winter of Discontent

spot The 'winter of discontent' - When workers could take no more

Campaigns news

spot Hackney: Stop closure of children's centres

spot Durning Hall: Hands off our community space

spot March to save Stratford arts jobs from Newham Labour attacks

Readers' opinion

spot Newcastle United takeover - no to billionaire Ashley or Saudi despots

spot Ridley Road: An engaging story of fighting fascism

spot Readers' comments

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