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Manchester bombing: unite against terror, war and racism
Young people out enjoying themselves were instead faced with one of the worst kinds of horror imaginable when a bomb was exploded in the foyer of the 21,000-capacity Manchester Arena
Socialist Party news and analysis
While Jeremy Corbyn has been speaking to thousands of ordinary people at mass rallies across the country, ‘strong and stable’ Theresa May has been running scared
Corbyn’s pledge: free education – May’s plan: hike fees
In an announcement which will galvanise the support of millions of young people, Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to immediately scrap university tuition fees for students
May’s ‘dementia tax’ wobble vs Corbyn’s extra funds
The Tories’ so-called dementia tax pledge and threats to winter fuel payments seem stupid measures to propose on the eve of a general election
Theresa ‘Lunch Snatcher’ May vs Jeremy ‘free meals’ Corbyn
Under plans unveiled in the Tories’ manifesto, free lunches for infant school students will be scrapped
Work doesn’t pay: Tory policies have meant another wages cut
While wages still sit £16 a week below their 2008 pre-recession peak, government figures have shown that the Tories have pushed pay ‘growth’ back below inflation – meanwhile, Corbyn pledges a higher minimum wage, end to the public sector pay cap, and ban on zero-hour contracts
Tory oil spoils v poisonous air
Six oil company bosses have donated a total of £391,300 to the Tory party since Theresa May became prime minister – and Britain’s place in the air pollution rankings is shameful
Corbyn and Brexit
Corbyn and Brexit: Why a socialist approach to the EU is the only way forward
An essential part of defeating the Tories and Blairites will be taking a clear, socialist and internationalist position – of opposition to the EU
Bias in the bosses’ media
The media, May and the general election
Complain to the BBC over bias: The capitalist-owned media and the BBC will not pursue questions about the interests of the working class
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Wave after wave: 5,000 at ‘rock festival’ Corbyn rally in Hull
They’d been queueing at the gates from 4pm, two hours early. They just kept coming. Wave after wave
Things are changing: 20,000 sing for Corbyn at Wirral rock festival!
About 6,000 people descended on West Kirby, on the Wirral, to hear Jeremy Corbyn on 20 May – then 20,000 chanted his name after he spoke ahead of The Libertines at a music festival
Socialist Students call on chicken May to debate Corbyn
Socialist Students called out the Tories and Theresa May for being chickens with a protest outside Conservative Central HQ in London on 17 May
Blairite warmonger misses chance to fight on Corbyn’s popular policies
Walthamstow’s Blairite MP, Stella Creasy, was reluctant to promote Corbyn’s recently released anti-austerity manifesto
March of 5,000 against Tory plans to cut 1,000 Bristol teachers
In Bristol, schools are due to lose more than £32 million, the equivalent of 1,000 teachers. Tory spending plans will see 98% of all schools worse off by 2020
Labour council’s threat to children’s care centre
Fight for legal no-cuts budgets: The campaign is on to save the Grange, the only residential home for disabled children in Salford. Parents of children in the home have petitioned and lobbied the pro-Corbyn council leader
Newcastle: fresh faces and the fight in Labour
A striking Durham TA spoke at a meeting including several new people interested in the Socialist Party’s ideas
Workplace news and analysis
Argos: aggressive bosses met by determined strike
Unite members at Argos regional warehouses are striking for two weeks
Human rights workers strike in support of sacked union members
PCS members at the Equality and Human Rights Commission in London are on strike as part of a month of national rolling action
Window workers walk out after seeing through contract changes
Unite members working for Sierra Windows in Paignton, South Devon, are on a rolling series of two-day strikes
Third strike against driver-only operated trains suspended but dispute continues
The third coordinated strike action involving 2,000 workers on Southern, Northern and Merseyrail against driver-only operation scheduled for 30 May has been suspended following the bombing in Manchester
Manchester: housing maintenance workers plan strikes every week
Across all of the key issues – pay, office closures, staffing, working conditions, welfare – the message that rang out loud and clear from PCS unnion members in the Department for Work and Pensions was one of total opposition to the Tories
LSE cleaners’ strike; BMW pensions strike; Crossrail construction strike; Hackney lobby against school cuts
National Shop Stewards Network conference
The 11th annual National Shop Stewards Network conference will be on 1 July 2017 in central London
International socialist news and analysis
Trump regime faces deepening crisis
Working class political alternative needed to drive him out: President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey has led to a spiralling political crisis in Washington
Short stories from other sections and co-thinkers of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Russia arrests socialists backing LGBT+ rights; solidarity march in Sweden; police exposed in Jobstown trial
Socialist readers’ comments and reviews
‘From Militant to the Socialist Party’ – new book now available
‘From Militant to the Socialist Party’ covers developments from the New Labour takeover to the first rumblings of the world economic crisis of 2007-8, and is the sequel to ‘The Rise of Militant’
Gentrification, class and race in Brixton film
Film review: A Moving Image: A stirring look at gentrification in Brixton, south London
Capitalist journal’s warning to the bosses: Marx was right, watch out!
There in the Economist, an authoritative journal of the bosses, was the heading: “The Labour leadership is right – Karl Marx has a lot to teach today’s politicians!”
Letters to the Socialist’s editors: Tory v Labour costings; May’s two fingers; is this an NHS election; nationalise energy; Jeremy Hunt’s dodgy deals; austerity and maternity rights
