Isai Marijerla, Socialist Party national treasurer
Socialism 2022 is taking place days after the Tories announce their autumn budget. At the time of writing we don’t know the exact details – but the pain it will contain has been well trailed. The Tories want working-class people to pay for the crisis, again.
But there is nothing inevitable about that; mass working-class struggle can change the course of events. Socialist ideas to unite the struggles and chart a way forward are crucial.
Socialism 2022 is also taking place as a new phase of the strike wave is beginning, with public sector unions joining the fray. The results of the first nationwide ballot in the Royal College of Nursing’s history show the determination of health care workers to fight for a pay rise and for our NHS.
The massive national strikes of Royal Mail and BT workers in the CWU, and rail workers in RMT, ASLEF, TSSA and Unite have transformed things – strikes are back and the massive potential power of the working class has been glimpsed by a new generation.
The Socialism weekend event is perfectly timed to provide the opportunity to discuss the ideas needed to build this fightback in a new era of intensified class struggle. Whether you can attend or not, and we hope you can, either in person or on Zoom if necessary, every member and supporter can participate in the vital financial appeal.
The Socialist Party is asking for donations towards funding the fight for socialist ideas.
Can you give £5, £50 or £500, or more? Every donation, no matter how big or small, will make a difference, and all of it will go to building support for socialist ideas.
Can you ask other members and supporters to donate too?
We have set a target to raise £25,000. A third of this will be to help build our international work, supporting our comrades in the Committee for a Workers’ International. We need the resources to help intervene in this new situation as effectively as possible – to make sure socialist ideas get heard by the working class and young people moving into struggle against the bosses, the Tories and the rotten capitalist system.
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