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The Socialist 6 January 2016

Fight the flood of cuts

2016: Crisis-ridden capitalism will meet with bitter mood of resistance

No retreat on resisting council cuts!

Fight the flood of cuts

Support junior doctors' and student nurses' action

Another black man shot dead by the police

UK's private rail fares six times public rates

Birmingham Labour to axe at least 1,200 jobs in £165m cuts onslaught

UK wage growth will be lowest since 1920s

NHS England chiefs block hospitals from publicising emergencies

What we saw: Sadiq Khan's promises on London transport

Them & Us

Floods, climate change and capitalism

Carlisle Socialist Party's action plan on floods

Profit system exacerbates flooding

Tories' hypocritical green policies pledge

Renationalise the water industry

No government majority as Podemos partially recovers

Union action needed to defeat attack on student nurses

Nationalise rail now! Rail workers strike around the country

Steel: public ownership needed as private buyers threaten pay and pensions

Condescending Tories savage Yorkshire fire service

Workplace news in brief

Dark comic book fantasy throws light on abusive relationships

"I chose to be involved in politics, Michael Crick"

Letters

A 'People's Budget' to defeat cruel cuts

Stop the closure of Calderstones hospital!

2015 marks best fighting fund total this century!

Eleanor Marx: celebrate a life of struggle for socialism

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Featured letter: school student fights back

"I chose to be involved in politics, Michael Crick"

Last month, a television crew barged into a meeting in an east London cafe. Walthamstow Socialist Party had organised the discussion with a group of school students interested in campaigning against bombing Syria. The journalist behind it, Michael Crick, has a long record of attacking the Socialist Party, and its predecessor, Militant. Crick, and detractors on social media, sought to intimidate, patronise and denigrate those involved. Nancy Douglas, 15, was one of the students there.

I chose to be involved in politics.

I chose to be involved because even at my age I can see the destruction being caused around me and the complete disregard for anyone who isn't white or rich.

I chose to be involved in politics because the government we have today doesn't stand for the people, they stand for themselves and their own profits.

I chose to be involved in politics because I saw a left-wing alternative that stands for the right thing and provides a contrast to the hypocritical politicians we know today.

I chose to be involved in politics because current politicians are making decisions for my future that I can't have a say in.

I chose to be involved in politics because the youth of today aren't fairly represented.

I chose to be involved in politics because by the next election I will be the one holding the ballot paper, making a decision for my future and choosing the MP I feel fit to do this.

I chose to be in politics because of my future.

I chose to be involved in politics because we are the future.

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2016: Crisis-ridden capitalism will meet with bitter mood of resistance