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From The Socialist newspaper, 9 January 2019
North Tyneside Campaigning to save our footbridge
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Following an initiative of the North Tyneside Socialist Party, a 60-strong public protest took place on 29 December against Labour-run North Tyneside council's plan to demolish the historic Borough Road footbridge in North Shields' town centre.
Demolition would undoubtedly cause serious hardship to disabled and vulnerable people accessing the town centre.
The event received local media coverage, with Socialist Party branch secretary Will Jarrett interviewed for Look North and radio stations. 20 copies of the Socialist were sold at the protest.
Notwithstanding a failed attempt by pro-council cuts Labour Party members to hijack the campaign and exclude us at a meeting on 5 January, we will be attending another protest meeting at The Magnesia Bank pub (NE30 1NH) on Saturday 12 January, 11am.
A march through the town centre to save the bridge will take place on 19 January which, undoubtedly, will get a huge response from the community.
Peter Robson, North Tyneside Socialist Party
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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.
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In The Socialist 9 January 2019:
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Workplace news
PCS Left Unity assistant general secretary election rerun
Far right attack on Manchester rail workers' picket line - trade union fightback needed
Grayling's attacks on rail workers wages 'un-fare'
Solid strike by Arriva bus drivers
Ferry workers protest against £2.45 an hour pay
UCU Wales suspends FE strike action
German revolution 100 years on
Heroic martyrs of German Revolution
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Disruption of Leeds Socialist Party meeting shows need for unions to lead real struggle
Bringing socialist ideas into movements on women's rights
Tremendous effort sees Socialist Party smash fighting fund target in 2018
NHS funding crisis: Tory 'super-plan' is a super-con!
Linking LGBT+ rights to the fight for socialism
North Tyneside Campaigning to save our footbridge
Carmarthenshire council: Unison demands no-cuts budget
International socialist news and analysis
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Blocked for years, but the Socialist Party of Nigeria is now standing in elections
Opinion
Theatre review: Women of Aktion - the heroic story of how World War One was ended
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