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8 April 2020
Class collaboration and worker militancy in World War Two Britain
In the second of a series of articles on 'war, global crises and working class struggle', Alec Thraves - Socialist Party national committee - explains how workers' militancy broke the shackles of the World War Two coalition government in Britain
30 October 2019
Anti-austerity, socialist policies can be a winning formula
As the parliamentary Brexit crisis drags on, the already deep distrust of capitalist politicians is being further undermined
2 May 2018
Lib Dems backed benefit sanctions to win 5p carrier bag charge
A Lib Dem wonk has claimed credit for the plastic bag charge - saying all it took was agreeing more attacks on welfare
3 May 2017
Packed court laughs down cutter Joan Burton's comparison
Burton claimed to stand in the tradition of Marxist James Connolly!
8 February 2017
Universal basic income - what do socialists say?
The idea of welfare benefits being replaced by a 'universal basic income' (UBI) has resurfaced in recent years - a welcome discussion because it raises the fundamental right of everyone to have an income that meets their basic needs. Exact proposals vary but they are all based on the idea of everyone in society receiving an unconditional, tax-free, regular payment, regardless of whether they are working or the composition of their household.
8 February 2017
Stand with the RMT: unite against Southern Rail and the Tories
The transport union RMT, its members, and many across the union movement are fuming at the proposed Southern Rail 'deal'. It was made with the leadership of the Aslef transport union and presided over by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) - they and the Tories hope it will settle the Southern Rail dispute.
11 January 2017
Palestine/Israel: Everyday life under occupation
Discussion at Socialism conference in Tel Aviv: Just before Christmas the United Nations security council symbolically voted 14-0 declaring Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as illegal. A week earlier, Socialist Struggle Movement - the Israel/Palestine section of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) - hosted its annual Socialism conference in Tel Aviv.
7 December 2016
Slump in unfair dismissal cases - scrap tribunal fees!
Workers took 73% less unfair dismissal cases to employment tribunal last year than before the government introduced fees.
23 November 2016
Lessons of the 'N30' 2011 pension strike
The fifth anniversary of the public sector pension strike allows an opportunity to reflect on the most significant and defining trade union struggle of the recent period.
2 November 2016
Fight the 'burning' of our museums and libraries!
On 5 November trade unions and community campaigns will march together
26 October 2016
Jarrow March: an inspiring show of solidarity between workers and youth
Five years ago, marking the 75th anniversary of 200 unemployed workers marching from Jarrow to London, Youth Fight for Jobs followed in their footsteps
9 December 2015
Floods reveal effect of government cuts
While the world's capitalist politicians in Paris prevaricate over measures to halt global warming, people from Carlisle in Cumbria to Chennai in India are suffering from extreme weather
5 August 2015
Brief dispatches on the utter hypocrisy of bosses and their politicians.
4 February 2015
Greece: Syriza announces anti-austerity policies
The new Syriza-led government has announced a series of policies that will come as a huge relief to Greek workers after years of brutal austerity measures that have driven many into penury
Greek workers marching in Thessaloniki, photo Ged Travers
28 January 2015
Syriza victory shows austerity elite can be beaten
That's the message ringing out from Greece in the aftermath of the country's parliamentary elections on 25 January
1 May 2012
This document was first drafted in January 2012 by the Socialist Party executive committee; subsequently some amendments were incorporated during a discussion at the party's congress on 10-12 March 2012...
March to save the NHS 17 May 2011 , photo by Paul Mattsson
25 May 2011
In the Con-Dems' Health and Social Care Bill the NHS faces a serious attack on its very existence. But the huge anger the Bill has inspired is putting massive pressure on the coalition government. Health workers and activists explain what needs to be done
March to save the NHS, 17 May 2011, photo Paul Mattsson
18 May 2011
Britain now facing crisis on all fronts
If splits at the top denote opposition from below, then the character of the divisions between the alleged 'partners' in the Con-Dem government means that a massive social and political revolt is brewing in Britain
TUC demonstration 26 March 2011, photo Dave Beale
8 May 2011
Government Con-Demned at ballot box
National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) on the May Day 2011 in central London, photo Paul Mattsson
4 May 2011
Cracks grow in Con-Dem coalition
From the start the Con-Dem government has been weak. The Tories were forced into a coalition because they could not win a mandate for massive cuts in public spending. With the biggest drop in family income since 1977, and the cuts starting to bite, the unpopularity of the government has grown dramatically. As a result, the cracks in the coalition are widening.
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