The Socialist 27 January 2016

Housing: smash the Tory wrecking bill

Housing: smash the Tory wrecking bill

Davos summit: a broken capitalist system

Google pays pittance for avoiding £2bn tax

Red doors and wristbands scandal

Steelworkers may face benefit cut-off for not seeking bar jobs

Oscars snub black artists: fight racism and austerity in the arts

Labour councillor smears TUSC policy as 'BNP'

Them & Us

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Teaching: a perfect storm is brewing

Teachers need national strategy for a national struggle

A day in the life of a teacher and mother

New wave of protests in Tunisia

India: student death exposes caste oppression

Tories 'Prevent' civil liberties

Labour councillor suspended for fighting cuts

Dave Nellist's byelection appeal to Jeremy Corbyn: 'let's discuss how to fight the cuts'

Labour election post-mortem: nothing to report!

The dark arts of Labour's right

Councillors must fight to defend our services

'People's budgets' and local democracy

Lewisham: no backsliding in council cuts fight!

"I have left work many times in tears" - a council worker

Trade union bill will stretch resources and limit action

Birmingham teachers strike to resist academy attack

24-hour tube strike suspended

Care services under threat in Haringey

Workplace news in brief

The end for deep coal mining jobs in Britain

Obituary: Dean Meehan 1962-2016

Letters

Protesting against closure of Huddersfield A&E

Coventry children's services closure protest

New Socialist Party branch fights against St Austell austerity

Socialist Party discusses the fight for socialism

Socialist Students bake-off

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Socialist Party discusses the fight for socialism around the country

Socialism 2015 Saturday rally, photo Senan (Click to enlarge)

Three regions of the Socialist Party have held regional conference so far this year, below are reports of each:

Southern

Socialist Party members from the southern region met up on the 17 January for their regional conference. It was a great turnout with some new faces.

Deputy general secretary Hannah Sell examined the battle in the Labour Party and the possible directions it could take, leading to a new situation in Britain.

Contributions from the floor included anti-cuts councillor Keith Morrell who spoke of the lack of fight among local councillors.

The Southern region is steadily building, with a new branch in Basingstoke and one being set up in Didcot. The whole meeting was buzzing with fight and enthusiasm. A great political start to the year ahead.

James Bibey, Reading and Bracknell Socialist Party

West Midlands

West Midlands Socialist party held a very successful conference on 16 January attended by over 60 people, in which national, international and local political developments were discussed.

Following an afternoon session on how to build the Socialist Party in the region over £1,200 was raised in the collection, on top of bookshop sales and money raised through catering.

Mark Best

London

Socialist Party members from across London attended a regional conference on 24 January, discussing the political landscape in London since the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader. In the afternoon there were commissions on key issues affecting London like housing and council cuts with further discussion on building the Socialist Party.

There was a great mood from those present as contributions were made by young members, trade unionists and campaigners detailing the work they are involved in and ideas on building future campaigns.

The mood was supplemented by a tuck shop which added to the £822 raised for the party's fighting fund on the day.