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The Socialist issue 821

6 August 2014

Unite to fight pay robbery

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The Socialist issue 821

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International socialist news and analysis

spotEnd the siege of Gaza

Mass struggle to end Israeli state terror: A hail of death has roared down on Gaza for weeks. Working class people in Britain and worldwide are shocked and angered at images of a Palestinian father carrying his dead children’s body parts in a plastic bag

Demonstrating in London against the slaughter in Gaza, photo Paul Mattsson

Demonstrating in London against the slaughter in Gaza, photo Paul Mattsson


spotArgentina: Another debt default

spotScotland: Countdown to independence referendum

For an independent socialist Scotland: Intense discussion and debate are developing over the independence referendum in Scotland on 18 September. The vote will not be the end of this process, writes Matt Dobson.

spotAnniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis strikes

Revolutionary US Teamsters: This year marks the 80th anniversary of one of the greatest labour revolts in US history, the strikes of the Minneapolis Teamsters, writes Alan Jones and Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative, USA.

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotUnite to fight pay robbery

Workers in Britain have been hit by the biggest fall in pay since 1880. Increasingly, work simply does not pay! But as incomes drop, the anger is rising

Striking workers march in Sheffield, 10 July 2014, photo Karl Lang

Striking workers march in Sheffield, 10 July 2014, photo Karl Lang


spotLabour policy forum: continuing Tory austerity

spotCapitalist crisis continues

spotRegulating the banks? Don’t make me laugh!

spotEnergy giants’ profits continue to defy the laws of gravity

The next Chief Executive of Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, will be the aptly named Mr Conn, formerly of oil giant BP, writes Matt Gordon.

spotThem & Us

Socialist Party workplace news

spotSacked for union activity

On 4 August, Sodexo catering staff working at London Underground took strike action to demand the reinstatement of RMT union rep Petrit Mihaj

Picketing Sodexo's London Ungerground catering office at Baker Street to demand the reinstatement of RMT union rep Petrit Mihaj, third from right , photo RMT

Picketing Sodexo’s London Ungerground catering office at Baker Street to demand the reinstatement of RMT union rep Petrit Mihaj, third from right , photo RMT


spotDoncaster: uniting against anti-union bosses

Alistair Tice reports on two Doncaster struggles against anti-union firms

spotLand Registry sell-off halted – now jobs fight needed

spotTax workers walkout against cuts

spotWorkplace news in brief

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotRuffling feathers in Cornwall

Socialists strike a chord in Truro: Socialist Party members ruffled feathers and connected with Cornish people in a foray into England’s furthest-flung corner, writes Rob Rooney.

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