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Socialist Party news and analysis
End low pay – Fight until we win
The coordinated action over local government pay on 10 July will bring up to 1.5 million workers out on strike from across public sector unions
Needed: a political voice for the working class
Labour woos big business: Labour is offering an ‘olive branch’ or an olive tree to big business by promising even more tax breaks. This is despite corporation tax being at record low levels and ignoring the millions that are lost to tax scams by these companies
Coulson conviction: Cameron should go!
The great British housing disaster
One of the most pressing social problems facing millions of people is the lack of affordable housing to buy or rent
Jimmy Savile – a Tory union basher
Underfunding crisis threatens NHS
International socialist news and analysis
South Africa – victory in platinum miners’ strike!
The Workers’ and Socialist Party (WASP) hails the resolution of the five-month-long strike in the South African platinum sector as a victory not only for the mineworkers and their union Amcu, but for all workers and poor people
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Solidarity needed against nationalist attacks in Sri Lanka
Tamil Solidarity joined others in protest against recent attacks on Muslims in Sri Lanka. At least four people were killed and 100 injured as mobs ran riot in the southern coastal town of Aluthgama
Socialist Party workplace news
Camden caterers: Fighting for a living wage
Camden school caterers speak to the Socialist: Labour-run London borough of Camden is accredited as paying at least the living wage
RMT: Remembering Bob Crow through struggle
The 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) paid tribute to the magnificent role of our former general secretary, Bob Crow
Unite conference debates union’s Labour link
There was a vibrant debate on the relationship between Unite and the Labour Party at the union’s policy conference
NUT: Over 10,000 votes for Martin Powell-Davies
Socialist Party member Martin Powell-Davies received 10,470 (27%) votes in the election for the general secretary of the NUT teachers’ union
Doncaster Care UK workers continue pay struggle
PCS action stops sell-off: Workers have been informed that privatisation will not be happening within this term of government
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Kent TUSC stands up for Freedom Passes
Kent socialists, workers and students kicked off their Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) election 2015 campaign with four new candidates pledging to fight price rises for young people on local public transport, writes Mia Townsend.
Birmingham schools: Challenging Gove’s agenda
Obituary: Ian Whyles – miner, socialist and class fighter
Ian Whyles, a member of the Socialist Party and its predecessor Militant for 34 years, has died aged 78, writes Jon Dale.
Socialist Party review
Review: Murdered By My Boyfriend
A harrowing look at violence against young women: BBC Three’s ‘Murdered By My Boyfriend’ tells us from the start that it is a true story. The details are all as they took place for a real-life woman from Nottingham, who was killed by her boyfriend