Ian Pattison, The Socialist campaigns editor
Almost nothing can stop the Socialist. The Socialist Party has kept our paper, the Socialist, going almost every week, even during the pandemic.
Then it was hugely important to put forward an independent working-class voice to answer the Tories’ claim that ‘we’re all in this together’. We weren’t.
The strikes show the power of the working class. Rail workers in the RMT, posties in the CWU, and others taking strike action are an inspiration to all workers.
The Socialist Party fought to keep our paper in print, and out to subscribers during a global pandemic. We will fight to get it into strikers’ hands throughout the strike wave.
Striking is the most effective way to win pay rises from the bosses. Coordinated strike action could force a general election.
When an election is called, workers need their voice to be heard. But we won’t get that from Keir Starmer’s Labour – they are against the strikers, and are preparing the way for more austerity too.
Now the Royal Mail workers that normally handle our newspaper have escalated their strike action – a necessary response to the Royal Mail bosses’ brutal offensive. We’ll be on the picket lines supporting the strikers.
Socialist Party members will be doing everything possible to make sure that our members, supporters and workers on strike can get copies of the Socialist over the next few weeks.
They will be giving up their time and money to drive copies of the Socialist to where they are needed. Can you volunteer to help us?
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We want to raise a socialist alternative to the rapidly changing Tory crisis. And how the working class can win needs to be said. This is what the Socialist does every week. Help us get the Socialist into workers’ hands.
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