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From The Socialist newspaper, 20 March 2019
Help build the workers' press: send May Day greetings to the Socialist!
- 20% discount deadline: 29 March
May Day greetings in the Socialist, 2018 (Click to enlarge)
James Ivens, Socialist May Day greetings organiser
The early-bird deadline for May Day greetings is fast approaching! We want full payment for as many greetings as possible by 5pm on Friday 29 March, the cut-off for the 20% advance discount.
Every year, groups of workers, trade unionists and community campaigners send paid greetings to the Socialist on International Workers' Day. These vital expressions of working-class solidarity help spread socialist ideas and fund the Socialist newspaper.
Make sure you're visiting workplaces and picket lines with our May Day sign-up sheet to collect contributions towards a greeting. Send motions for a greeting to trade union bodies now. And don't forget the student societies and community campaigns!
The final deadline for May Day greeting pledges is 11 April. Getting greetings agreed can take time, so don't miss out - get those greetings in now!
- For more information, and to pay and send greetings, visit socialistparty.org.uk/mayday, call 020 8988 8781, or email jamesivens@socialistparty.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.
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- 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.
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In The Socialist 20 March 2019:
What we think
May's government facing endgame
News
End austerity. Fight for a living wage!
New Zealand mosque terror atrocity
Top unis threaten cuts if tuition fees
Cash-strapped schools now 'fourth emergency service'
Climate walkouts
Youth strikes show the way - mass action can oust Tories
Massive protests over catastrophic climate change
Workplace news
Victory for Birmingham bin workers
PCS civil servants' union: Vote Yes to strike for better pay
Midlands machine bearing makers launch all-out strike
Hackney school bus workers walk out
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Socialist Party's Sue Atkins wins big support for anti-cuts, socialist policies
Union fightback key to movement against racism and austerity
Socialist Party Northern conference: Workers are sick of cuts and have the power to fight back
Stop cuts to women's services in Leicester
Help build the workers' press: send May Day greetings to the Socialist!
International socialist news and analysis
Spanish state: Historic 8 March action
Opinion
Exhibition: Don McCullin - a life in pictures
Theatre: Banner Theatre's Nottingham 'Free for All'
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