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The Socialist issue 677

29 June 2011

Next Step: One-Day Public Sector Strike

2011 Back issues


The Socialist issue 677

30 June pensions strike

spotNext step: one-day public sector strike

After 30 June pensions walkouts: On Tuesday 28 June, two days before 750,000 public sector workers walked out against vicious pension cuts, Tory prime minister David Cameron said: “At a time when discussions are ongoing, I would say to you: these strikes are wrong”…

Socialist Party editorial

spotCon-Dems’ pension attack demands coordinated and determined response

Editorial: As the Socialist goes to press 750,000 public sector workers are gearing up for coordinated strike action on 30 June…

UCU strikers defend pension rights, photo by Iain Dalton

UCU strikers defend pension rights, photo by Iain Dalton


Unison conference

spotUnison conference Socialist Party meeting spells out action needed

A packed Socialist Party fringe meeting at Unison conference played host to a vital discussion on how to build for coordinated public sector strike action

Socialist Party fringe meeting at June 2011 Unison conference, photo by Greg Maughan

Socialist Party fringe meeting at June 2011 Unison conference, photo by Greg Maughan


spotUnison delegates reject leadership proposals

This year’s Unison conference was far livelier than previous years. Unusually for a union conference, the rules revision session was one of the most lively debates, which showed a lack of trust in the…

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotUniversities on the cheap!

This week has seen further announcements about the sweeping privatisation set to hit our higher education system unless it is successfully fought, writes Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socilaist Students.

University staff strike in Sheffield to save pensions, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party

University staff strike in Sheffield to save pensions, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party


spotTrade unionists must fight for LGBT rights

spotWestern governments more concerned about business deals than human rights in China

spotNews in brief

Socialist Party workplace news

spot‘Hard lesson’ for tube management as driver wins reinstatement

On 23 June Arwyn Thomas, a victimised London Underground train driver was reinstated following a long battle against a vicious management

Tube strike: RMT strikers picket the London Underground, photo Paul Mattsson

Tube strike: RMT strikers picket the London Underground, photo Paul Mattsson


spotShafted By AEI cables

AEI Cables, sacked workers protesting, June 2011, photo Elaine Brunskill

AEI Cables, sacked workers protesting, June 2011, photo Elaine Brunskill


spot‘No redundancies!’ say Forest Hill school teachers

Forest Hill school strike, Lewisham, June 2011, photo Martin Powell Davies

Forest Hill school strike, Lewisham, June 2011, photo Martin Powell Davies


spotTrade union news in brief

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotSave heart services for children!

A public meeting was held in Leicester recently as one of many ‘consultations’ on changes to children’s congenital heart services in England, writes Becci Heagney.

Marching against NHS cuts and privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson

Marching against NHS cuts and privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson


spotJobs threat at Derriford hospital

spotNuneaton: exterminate the cuts!

spotMarching against cuts in Haringey

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

spotWho speaks up for workers?

The battle to defend public sector pensions shows again the political vacuum that exists in Britain today, with no mass party representing workers’ interests…

Photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson


Socialist Party news

spotWhy I left Labour – and joined the socialists

Being the son of a south Wales valley miner, I have always been a socialist, a trade unionist and I was also a long-time Labour Party member, writes Caerphilly Socialist Party.

spotPublic money into private firms’ hands

International socialist news and analysis

spotGreece, Spain, Britain… We won’t pay for their crisis

“Liars and thieves!” That’s the accusation that Greek workers and youth are hurling at those in the Greek parliament voting for further cuts, writes Sean Figg.

Xekinhma, Greek section of CWI, on massive general strike in Greece on 15 June 2011, photo Stephan Kimmerle

Xekinhma, Greek section of CWI, on massive general strike in Greece on 15 June 2011, photo Stephan Kimmerle


spotSyria: Regime steps up repression… but opposition continues to grow

Eyewitness reports of horrific brutality have been emerging from Syria. In and around the northern city of Jisr al-Shughour, the Syrian army has pursued a ‘scorched earth’ policy, evicting whole villages…

Socialist Party review

spotThe Pitmen Painters

Play review: Lee Hall, creator of Billy Elliot, focuses here on the real experiences of Ashington miners who, through the Workers Education Association (WEA), become celebrated artists in their spare time, writes Mark Baker.

The Pitmen Painters, photo by Keith Pattison

The Pitmen Painters, photo by Keith Pattison


Socialist Party features

spotWorkers say: Renationalise the railways!

McNulty report points to further fragmentation and privatisation: The McNulty report on railway ‘value for money’ stands alongside Lansley’s NHS ‘reforms’ as a brazen attack on our public services by this aggressive government, writes TSSA rail union, personal capacity.

RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson

RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson


spotPrivate railways rip off fares

Research undertaken for the RMT transport union shows that passengers on privatised UK trains have to fork out £4.6 billion a year more than equivalent travellers in France, where railways remain publicly owned.

spotNational Pensioners Convention parliament

Socialist Party events

spotSocialist Party summer camp – bigger and better than ever!

Friday 26th August to Monday 29th August 2011
New venue, Epping Forest:
Debden House Centre, Debden Green,
Loughton, Essex IG10 2NZ

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