The Socialist 6 July 2016
Stand firm against the Blairite coup
Stand firm and organise against the Blairite coup
Demo says: Keep Corbyn, sack the Blairites
Keep Corbyn demonstrations in Leeds
Meeting discusses how to get rid of 'blue or red' Tories
Join the Socialist Party to fight for socialist change
Why I joined: I want a future for my generation
Why I joined: My real education started when I joined
NSSN conference: Implacable opposition to austerity
After Chilcot: put Blair in the dock
Osborne plans to cut corporation tax again
Rough sleeper death sparks calls for action
Junior doctors renew battle over contracts
Teachers' strike: Angry and defiant
Unite policy conference 2016: Union could place itself at the centre of anti-austerity fight
RMT conference takes fighting position on urgent political questions
Bus drivers' strikes continue for fair pay
Manchester firefighters fight cuts
Hundreds protest to demand votes at 16
Defiant Butterfields tenants visit landlord's house
Southampton Rallies to counter fascist threat
Turkey: Deadly terrorist attack at Istanbul airport
Mexico: Teachers continue strike despite extreme repression
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Them & Us
Them and us fishes, image by Suzanne Beishon (Click to enlarge)
Super-rich supercars
The property developer son of a Tory MP has finally received justice for an accidental scratch to one of his many luxury cars. A tractor driver bumped him after hitting a pothole. The driver's insurer has had to pay out almost £46,000 in repair and legal costs.
Charles Gow's McLaren 12C supercar received cosmetic damage in the accident. The poor soul was reduced to hiring a Mercedes coupé because a temporary Ferrari was not available.
Apparently the Aston Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin DB7 and BMW M5 he also owns are all too 'common' to actually be seen out in.
Cycle couriers suffer
Meanwhile, cycle couriers have a fight on their hands just to receive basic employment rights.
Delivery cyclists are not entitled to the minimum wage, sick pay or annual leave. This is because - like Uber drivers - their bosses consider them 'self-employed' contractors rather than employees. The result is that bosses take all of the profits, but none of the risk.
Four couriers in trade union IWGB - which also organises some London cleaners and security guards - are pursuing an employment tribunal.
The Socialist offers their campaign full support. No to casualisation and the 'gig' economy. For flexible working on our terms, not the bosses'. For a real living wage and full employment rights for all from day one of employment.
"I've spent the past ten days speaking to business leaders, employers and entrepreneurs to reassure them"
London's Blairite mayor Sadiq Khan gets his priorities straight following the Brexit vote (Evening Standard, 4 July)
"If you have nothing, why would you vote to keep things as they are?"
Spoof news reporter Jonathan Pie (actor and comedian Tom Walker) shows more insight than many politicians on the Brexit vote
Cameron resigns
24 June 2016
Johnson withdraws
30 June 2016
Farage resigns
4 July 2016
84% - Majority of the public which wants EU migrants to be allowed to stay, according to a new ICM poll
77% - Majority of Leave voters who want EU migrants to be allowed to stay (same poll) - hardly a victory for the far right
"This rebellion wasn't caused by racism or a paroxysm of infantile anger. It was considered. The workers spied an opportunity to take the elite that despises them down a peg or two - and they seized it"
Right-wing bosses' mag the Spectator catches up with what the Socialist has been saying for months
"The big business-owned media's 'awakening' about racism has class motives and is temporary. They want to turn this against all Brexit voters.
"We say, stop demonising the working class. It is working class struggle that has challenged racist divisions"
Last issue of the Socialist, 'United working class resistance can cut across racism'
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Stand firm and organise against the Blairite coup
Demo says: Keep Corbyn, sack the Blairites
Keep Corbyn demonstrations in Leeds
Meeting discusses how to get rid of 'blue or red' Tories
Join the Socialist Party
Join the Socialist Party to fight for socialist change
Why I joined: I want a future for my generation
Why I joined: My real education started when I joined
National Shop Stewards Network conference 2016
NSSN conference: Implacable opposition to austerity
Socialist Party news and analysis
After Chilcot: put Blair in the dock
Osborne plans to cut corporation tax again
Rough sleeper death sparks calls for action
Socialist Party workplace news
Junior doctors renew battle over contracts
Teachers' strike: Angry and defiant
Unite policy conference 2016: Union could place itself at the centre of anti-austerity fight
RMT conference takes fighting position on urgent political questions
Bus drivers' strikes continue for fair pay
Manchester firefighters fight cuts
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Hundreds protest to demand votes at 16
Defiant Butterfields tenants visit landlord's house
Southampton Rallies to counter fascist threat
International socialist news and analysis
Turkey: Deadly terrorist attack at Istanbul airport
Mexico: Teachers continue strike despite extreme repression
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