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From The Socialist newspaper, 27 July 2016
Sharrow success
Socialist Party stall at Sharrow festival, Sheffield photo Jeremy Short (Click to enlarge)
For several years Sheffield South branch of the Socialist Party has held campaign stalls at two community festivals. We extended into a third this year in Sharrow which was a great success. Nearly £200 fighting fund was raised, including 33 copies of the Socialist sold and another £103 from Liz Morton's plant sales.
More importantly, many discussions were held with local residents, including young Labour Party members angry at the right-wing plot against Corbyn in the Labour Party. One young couple stated they had recently got active for the first time because of Corbyn. It is this enthusiasm among the youth that right-wing Labour politicians are trying to suppress.
One Socialist Party member challenged Paul Bloomfield MP on the Labour Party stall as to why he hadn't supported Corbyn. Understandably, he got no response - except a promise to support him if he wins the leadership election again! So why isn't he supporting him now, given that he was elected less than a year ago?
In addition to the record paper sale, seven people gave their details to join the Socialist Party. Nine members helped on the stall and they can't wait for next year's Festival to come round!
Jeremy Short
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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.
Inevitably, during the crisis we have not been able to sell the Socialist and raise funds in the ways we normally would.
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In The Socialist 27 July 2016:
#KeepCorbyn
No compromise with Labour right wing
Anger against Blairite 'traitors' sweeps Portsmouth Momentum
Corbyn's 'rock-star welcome' in North West
Socialist Party news and analysis
End Victorian working conditions
Tories plan further fee hikes for uni students
What we saw: UB40 backs Corbyn
Socialist Party feature
Europe and the workers' movement after Brexit
Why the Socialist Party opposed the EU
International socialist news and analysis
Turkey: no to military rule, no to Erdoğan's rule
Socialist history
Barcelona 1936: the people's Olympics
Workplace news and analysis
Fawley refinery strike against 'race to bottom'
Unite policy conference backs reselection of Labour MPs
Brookes workers continue the fight against 2Sisters
Fighting racism
Black Lives Matter demo shakes Leeds
Sheffield solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Pent Valley school closure judicial review blocked
An explosion in sales of the Socialist
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