The Socialist 19 August 2020

Students 2 : 0 Tories - Protests work!

Students 2 : 0 Tories - Protests work!

Student protests force government retreat

"As a working-class student, I already faced struggles"

Tory track and trace failure

Tory planning deregulation: a charter for building profitable slums

NHS workers demand improved pay - 15% for all now!

Revolutionary mood in Lebanon following horrific explosion

Mass protests and strikes rock Belarus

80th anniversary of Leon Trotsky's assassination

Yorkshire: Celebrating the life and ideas of Leon Trotsky

September school return must be safe for all workers and students

NHS pay: unions must take fight to U-turn Tories

75 years since the publication of Animal Farm: From 'two legs bad' to 'two legs better'

300 Covid cases at Northampton food plant - management to blame, not the workers!

PCS union: Vote Yes in DWP ballot! Reject longer opening hours

Support the Tower Hamlets council workers, vote for Hugo Pierre!

Black Lives Matter: this generation is willing to stand up and fight

We can't take any more cuts

Nottingham: oppose the far right and attempts to divide us

Your donations help us campaign

Leeds: Little London residents are celebrating

To push change we need to be organised - why we joined the Socialist Party

Sheffield: Support Sue

Brighton: Another luxury development

The Socialist: back to weekly soon

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Yorkshire: Celebrating the life and ideas of Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky reading The Militant newspaper in 1931 (Click to enlarge)

Yorkshire Socialist Party held a political education meeting on Zoom on the ideas of Leon Trotsky, and the relevance and influence of his work today.

Over 40 members and non-members attended. Tessa Warrington, Socialist Party national committee, introduced the discussion on the 80th anniversary of Trotsky's murder by an agent of Joseph Stalin.

Three morning workshops followed, focusing on some of the most fundamental work by the Russian revolutionary - the transitional programme, the theory of permanent revolution, and betrayal of the revolution under Stalin.

Three afternoon workshops looked into Marxist ideas today - the need for a new workers' party, fighting racism and the far right, and the state.

In between these workshops, Yorkshire Socialist Party organiser, Iain Dalton, gave an insightful introduction to the life and contribution of Pat Wall. Pat was Labour MP for Bradford North between 1987 to 1990, a Militant member, predecessor of the Socialist Party.

A committed fighter for the working class, this was a fitting tribute on the 30th anniversary of Pat's death.

This event demonstrated the determination of the Socialist Party to educate our members, both new and old.