Brixton Hill: Opposing Labour's 'cuts cooperative'

Building a working class political voice

Steve Nally, Brixton Hill TUSC candidate

It may be freezing in Brixton Hill ward but our fighting message has been warmly received on the doorsteps and streets.

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) campaign for the 17 January byelection has challenged the bankruptcy of the three main political parties. Lambeth Labour's 'cooperative' council has bent over backwards in cooperating with the Con-Dems' cuts!

There have been £30 million of cuts since 2010 with a further £89 million to cut by 2016. Child poverty, overcrowding and unemployment are endemic in the south London borough, but Labour cuts the youth service, gets rid of its housing stock and makes redundancies.

Labour no longer fights for working class communities. TUSC is building a serious, fighting alternative to all the careerists and suits that use the working class as a stepping stone to better things.

TUSC has exposed the scandal of 670 Lambeth families facing eviction due to housing benefit cuts, the 13% of households that are overcrowded and the decimation of a much needed youth service.

From the top of Brixton Hill you can see the City of London and Canary Wharf offices of the big businesses stashing £800 billion away as they can't find any profitable outlet for it.

Working class people made that money and we now have to build a movement and political representation that will get that money back and to reclaim our future.

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) was set up in 2010 to enable trade unionists, anti-cuts campaigners and socialists to stand candidates against all the main parties.

It is supported by the RMT, leading members of trade unions such as the FBU, PCS, POA and NUT, and socialists including the Socialist Party.

www.tusc.org.uk

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The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the class character of society in numerous ways. It is making clear to many that it is the working class that keeps society running, not the CEOs of major corporations.

The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.

The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.

The Socialist Party's material is more vital than ever, so we can continue to report from workers who are fighting for better health and safety measures, against layoffs, for adequate staffing levels, etc.
When the health crisis subsides, we must be ready for the stormy events ahead and the need to arm workers' movements with a socialist programme - one which puts the health and needs of humanity before the profits of a few.