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From: The Socialist issue 917, 21 September 2016: #KeepCorbyn: Kick out the Tories and the Blairites

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Why I joined the Socialist Party

"I've had enough - it's time to fight back"

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Stephen Burrows

As a public sector worker, a social housing tenant and someone looking towards the last ten years of their working life, I fear this Tory government and what plans they have to exploit working people and give our assets and resources to their wealthy friends. I had the benefit of the post-war settlement where healthcare, housing and education up to post-graduate level was possible for me as a working class person.

All that is virtually gone. A young working class person now has a negligible chance of going to university due to crippling tuition fees and the return of the grammar schools which will only entrench inequality even further.

They cannot possibly buy a house or get on a social housing list and will be left to the mercy of private landlords who will continue their gouging till the system collapses. They are stuck with diminishing wages and rights at work as the elite demand a bigger slice of the pie year after year.

And of course, with the planned privatisation of the NHS they will live in fear of becoming ill as healthcare will become an unaffordable commodity. I've had enough and judging by the huge interest in politics in this country and abroad, so have millions of others.

It's time to fight back and demand that we, and the next generation, have a stake in society rather than be exploited for profit and for gain by the elite. This is why I've joined the Socialist Party.

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Finance appeal

The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the class character of society in numerous ways. It is making clear to many that it is the working class that keeps society running, not the CEOs of major corporations.

The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.

The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.

The Socialist Party's material is more vital than ever, so we can continue to report from workers who are fighting for better health and safety measures, against layoffs, for adequate staffing levels, etc.
When the health crisis subsides, we must be ready for the stormy events ahead and the need to arm workers' movements with a socialist programme - one which puts the health and needs of humanity before the profits of a few.