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International socialist news and analysis
Seattle: 90,000 votes for socialist change
4,500 miles away, in Seattle USA, the possibility of building a mass electoral voice for working class people has been glimpsed
Victory for socialist in Seattle!
Philippines: Typhoon damage worsened by capitalism
Typhoon Haiyan (‘Yolanda’ in the Philippines) has caused destruction on a massive scale. This storm was three times more powerful than Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1,400 people in the United States
Sri Lanka: Cameron’s empty promise of war inquiry
Prime Minister David Cameron recently shook the blood-stained hand of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Socialist Party news and analysis
Drive the profit vultures out of our NHS
The vultures are no longer circling our National Health Service (NHS). They have swooped in and are tearing it apart. Billions of pounds in profits are being bled from the NHS by private healthcare companies
Fight the Tory witch-hunt against Unite
Students must ‘fight for the right to fight’
Footage published on the Guardian website provides categorical evidence of paid informants being used to target peaceful protest groups and student activists, just two days after London students were violently confronted by police
Labour MPs absent in bedroom tax vote
On 12 November the Labour Party put forward an opposition day motion in the Commons calling for the immediate ending of the bedroom tax
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
We need you to stand against cuts
In the weeks running up to Christmas, local authorities around the country will be announcing more savage cuts to local services
TUSC byelection candidates: opposing all cuts
Socialist Party workplace news
Unite sector conferences: Union delegates seek strategy for resistance
Unite the Union held its biennial sector conferences from 11 to 14 November. They took place in the midst of attacks on the union’s methods of campaigning from the Tories, the capitalist press and Labour
Portsmouth: ‘Save the yards, nationalise’
The fight to save jobs at Portsmouth dockyards continued on 16 November with 300 trade unionists giving support and solidarity
Firefighters determined to fight on
Glasgow strike builds momentum
UPS workers resist bad working conditions
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Bedroom tax: Words are cheap – we need action now!
On 12 November I was part of the lobby that met in the House of Commons prior to the vote on Labour’s motion to scrap the bedroom tax
Birmingham children’s services – a victim of cuts
Birmingham city council’s Children’s Services Department faces the real threat of being taken over and possibly privatised by the hated government education minister Michel Gove if the upcoming Ofsted inspection fails to find significant improvements
Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance launched
One thousand march against EDL
Portsmouth: 30 students debate to vote or not to vote?
More than 30 people attended the 12 November Socialist Students discussion at the University of Portsmouth over the impact of Russell Brand expressing socialist views
‘Labour is indistinguishable from the Tories’
I have recently left the Labour Party and joined the Socialist Party. I joined Labour because I confused my hatred of the Tories with the hope that Labour would one day stand up for working people
Obituary: It’s with great sadness I have to announce that Daphne (aka Pat) Cross passed away peacefully on Tuesday 12 November 2013 at 12.30pm
Socialist Party comments and reviews
JFK assassination: Who gained?
Andy Ford reviews The Dark Side of Lyndon Baines Johnson by Joachim Joesten.
We need a real energy bill revolution
Soaring prices of gas and electricity make the onset of winter a season of dread. So I was pleased to come across a campaign called Energy Bill Revolution