The Socialist

The Socialist 9 September 2009

We demand real jobs!

One million unemployed young people: 'We demand real jobs!'

Youth Fight for Jobs action

Youth unemployment: Future jobs or fake schemes?


Bring the troops back now!


TUC conference: Workers willing to fight - in spite of leadership

Socialist Party TUC meeting

No to bosses' agenda

Time to fight back!


Workers' action can stop NHS cuts

PCS members prepare to fight cuts and privatisation

Unite election: United Left hustings

Witch-hunted Unison member given extra charge

Construction workers protest

Inaugural meeting to establish a North Wales branch of the National Shop Stewards Network

Socialist Party trade unionists meeting


Postal workers national ballot: Vote 'yes' for strike action

Protesting against scabbing managers


RMT action: Bus workers strike for pay rise

Vestas workers: Stop the blades

Comment: Vestas protest

RMT wins no compulsory redundancy position but future battles loom


Marxists and the Second World War


Return of al-Magrahi to Libya ignites a political storm

Northern Ireland: Councillor joins Socialist Party


Failing academies


City of Life and Death

 
 

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The Socialist 9 September 2009, We demand real jobs!

Youth Fight For Jobs march 2 April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson

Youth Fight For Jobs march 2 April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson

One million unemployed young people: 'We demand real jobs!'

The head of the International Monetary Fund told a recent meeting of G20 finance ministers that the economic crisis has shifted from finance to a "third phase" of high unemployment, writes Ben Norman, Portsmouth Youth Fight for Jobs.


Youth Fight for Jobs action

Protest at 11am on Wednesday 16 September at the Churchill statue in Parliament Square when the next unemployment figures are announced.
National demonstration in London on Saturday 28 November. Book your transport now.

See www.youthfightforjobs.com for more information.


spotYouth unemployment: Future jobs or fake schemes?

On WednesDAY 16 September, Youth Fight for Jobs activists will be holding a protest at parliament at 11am to coincide with the latest unemployment figures, writes Ben Robinson, chair, Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ).

Young people protest against war and terrorism in Manchester 2006, photo Manchester Socialist Party

Young people protest against war and terrorism in Manchester 2006, photo Manchester Socialist Party

spot Bring the troops back now!

spot TUC conference: Workers willing to fight - in spite of leadership


Socialist Party TUC meeting

Tuesday 15 September, 7:30 pm

The Liverpool bar, 14 James Street, Liverpool, (near James Street station)

Speakers:

Brian Caton, general secretary POA

Chris Baugh, assistant general secretary PCS, personal capacity

Tony Mulhearn, Liverpool 47

Jane James, Socialist Party executive committee


spotNo to bosses' agenda

TUC fringe meeting: Respect the Irish 'No' Vote - Reject the Lisbon Treaty
Anti-Lisbon Treaty campaigners in the Irish Republic's forthcoming referendum are angry that two big corporations - Ryanair and Intel - are spending as much as 1 million euros on promoting a 'yes' vote...

spotTime to fight back!

Join the Time to Fight Back march on Sunday 13 September. Called by Liverpool trades council to welcome the TUC Congress to Liverpool. The demonstration demands:...

Postal workers protest against scabbing managers, photo Bob Severn

Postal workers protest against scabbing managers, photo Bob Severn

spot Postal workers national ballot: Vote 'yes' for strike action

spot Protesting against scabbing managers

The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were meant as a warning to Russia - Japan was already suing for peace

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a warning to Russia

spot Marxists and the Second World War

Socialist Party review