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Give us jobs not cuts

April 2013 will be remembered as the month when the government trampled millions of people at the bottom of British society into the dirt while millionaires got a £100,000 a year tax cut

IDS’ ‘wealthy pensioners’ smoke screen

Reasons for a 24-hour general strike: The proposal by Iain Duncan Smith, that “wealthier pensioners” should pay back universal benefits, is merely a cover to launch a full blooded attack on pensions and benefits

Them & Us

The ‘precariat’: fighting for real jobs

‘Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies

Review of ‘South Africa: The Massacre that Changed a Nation’, BBC2 April 24th

Labour MP Peter Hain returned to his native South Africa to try to discover why the ANC government is losing the support of the black working class

Cyprus economic meltdown: Build a socialist alternative to austerity

Although the media circus has moved on, the economic situation facing the population of Greek-speaking Cyprus is now even more dire…

Bangladesh building collapse – casualties of a rotten profit system

Local government: fight for decent pay, terms and conditions

Local government employers have come back with their so-called final offer for this year’s pay deal – a miserable 1%, writes Glenn Kelly.

Justice for ‘the 33’ sacked tube workers

Saying no to blacklisting in Southampton

Unison health conference

Fight to rebuild the NHS!: The Unison Health Care conference took place at a time of unprecedented attacks on the NHS, pay and workers’ terms and conditions

Land Registry: Fight Con-Dems’ privatisation plans

As well as trying to sell off Royal Mail, the government apparently has its eyes on Companies House, the Land Registry, the Met Office and Ordnance Survey

Unison: Defend the Four

Workplace news in brief

Liverpool rally marks 30 years since election of socialist council

Almost 500 people attended a tumultuous public meeting to mark the 1980s achievements of the ’47’

Scotland: Anti-bedroom tax federation launched

On Saturday 27 April over 250 delegates and visitors from across Scotland attended the conference to found the All Scottish Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation

Council Tax: Con-Dems turn screw on poorest

For the first time this April, hundreds of thousands of the poorest in society received a shock with their post – for the first time, they will have received a bill for their council tax

Southampton Labour council leader quits as anti-cuts pressure grows

Under pressure from the dire budget crisis and growing opposition from anti-cuts campaigners, Southampton’s Labour council leader dramatically resigned

Doncaster: For a mayor that would really stop the bedroom tax!

On Saturday 27 April, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition supporters were out campaigning for ‘Mary4Mayor’ in Doncaster

Thatcher’s funeral day in Newbridge