The Socialist 27 July 2016
No compromise with Labour right
No compromise with Labour right wing
Anger against Blairite 'traitors' sweeps Portsmouth Momentum
Corbyn's 'rock-star welcome' in North West
End Victorian working conditions
Tories plan further fee hikes for uni students
What we saw: UB40 backs Corbyn
Europe and the workers' movement after Brexit
Why the Socialist Party opposed the EU
Turkey: no to military rule, no to Erdoğan's rule
Barcelona 1936: the people's Olympics
Fawley refinery strike against 'race to bottom'
Unite policy conference backs reselection of Labour MPs
Brookes workers continue the fight against 2Sisters
Black Lives Matter demo shakes Leeds
Sheffield solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Pent Valley school closure judicial review blocked
An explosion in sales of the Socialist
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Reverse Derby council cuts
A Unison picket, 10.4.14, Hackney, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)
Well over a hundred attended an enthusiastic rally for Jeremy Corbyn in Derby. But it was noticeable that one or two people were having a go, saying they would never support Labour. They were not Blairite or right wing, but were teaching assistants employed by the Labour controlled Derby council.
These members of Unison took strike action after new contracts were imposed on them on 1 June, cutting their wages by thousands of pounds a year. They see Labour imposing massive cuts to jobs and their terms and conditions.
There is a wave of enthusiasm for Jeremy Corbyn's anti austerity programme reflected in the new members joining Labour and the supporting rallies. But a no cuts policy will be needed to overcome the legacy of Labour cuts in local government in the eyes of many workers on the receiving end of these attacks.
Charlie Taylor
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#KeepCorbyn
No compromise with Labour right wing
Anger against Blairite 'traitors' sweeps Portsmouth Momentum
Corbyn's 'rock-star welcome' in North West
Socialist Party news and analysis
End Victorian working conditions
Tories plan further fee hikes for uni students
What we saw: UB40 backs Corbyn
Socialist Party feature
Europe and the workers' movement after Brexit
Why the Socialist Party opposed the EU
International socialist news and analysis
Turkey: no to military rule, no to Erdoğan's rule
Socialist history
Barcelona 1936: the people's Olympics
Workplace news and analysis
Fawley refinery strike against 'race to bottom'
Unite policy conference backs reselection of Labour MPs
Brookes workers continue the fight against 2Sisters
Fighting racism
Black Lives Matter demo shakes Leeds
Sheffield solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Pent Valley school closure judicial review blocked
An explosion in sales of the Socialist
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