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10 July 2019
Victory for Stagecoach bus strikers!
Stagecoach workers in Central Lancashire have successfully fought for a pay increase
26 June 2019
Lancashire Stagecoach drivers continue their fight
Drivers and supporters gathered at Preston bus station for the ninth day of strike action
6 June 2019
Stagecoach strike - bus workers show how it's done
Preston and Chorley's Stagecoach bus workers are demanding an extra 50p an hour
13 March 2019
Obituary Joan Beale - Labour women's activist and Militant supporter
An active supporter of Militant (forerunner of the Socialist Party) in Lancashire in the 1970s and 80s, Joan Beale sadly passed away last month. Although her health had not been good in recent years, her death was sudden and unexpected.
31 October 2018
The huge demonstration in 1819 demanded democratic rights.
17 October 2018
Toxic fracking gets the go-ahead while protesters jailed
After seven years of an England-wide ban on fracking, high court judge Justice Supperstone has overturned a request for an injunction on the soon to be opened fracking site in Lancashire run by Cuadrilla.
14 March 2018
Campaigners continue to demand Chorley A&E is fully reopened
There was a great turnout on Saturday 10 March when over 200 people rallied in support of the community based campaign to demand the full re-opening of Chorley and South Ribble A&E department.
15 November 2017
Is cuts-making Preston 'beating Tory austerity'?
Fight for no-cuts budgets: Labour-controlled Preston Council has received press coverage as "beating Tory austerity" (Mirror), "where workers are in control of wealth" (Guardian) and "Jeremy Corbyn's model town" (Economist)
1 November 2017
Skipton show proves draw of socialist art
How did we manage to attract nearly 100 people and local press coverage to a political arts event, the 'Bad Art' Skipton exhibition?
18 October 2017
'Dazzling' Bad Art show points to socialist future
Skipton is a quiet market town better known as the 'Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales' than it is for revolution. But on 6 October, socialist artists and activists, as well as the general public, from Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire gathered to view a dazzling selection of work by artists loosely grouped around the 'Bad Art' project.
18 October 2017
Nationalise to save jobs at BAE Systems
Arms manufacturer BAE Systems has announced that up to 2,000 jobs will be cut in locations across the UK. These job cuts will have a devastating effect on the lives of workers losing their livelihood but will also have a wider impact on the local economy.
30 August 2017
Community and artists campaign to save Todmorden College
The town of Todmorden has had a community college since the 1950s - now slated for closure
29 March 2017
GMB union should support anti-fracking campaigners in Fylde
The GMB union has issued a joint statement with the Chamber of Commerce calling on police to crack down on anti-fracking protesters in Fylde, Lancashire, where Cuadrilla is currently drilling for shale gas
15 February 2017
Toxic fracking could start in England in 2017
It appears very likely that fracking is about to start in England in 2017
8 February 2017
Letters to the Socialist's editors including Roger Bannister's retirement, Sri Lankan strikes and ambulance staff shortages.
25 January 2017
Lancashire: Hospital workers protest consultation
Despite millions being spent on state of the art buildings in 2007 and 2013, NHS England is now proposing closing all or most of them and building new hospitals in a different location.
2 November 2016
"Our problems cannot be solved by capitalist politics"
Why I joined the Socialist Party: We ought to be actively campaigning against the latest actions of the capitalist state, regardless of whether or not there are Tories or Blairites in government. That is why I have joined the Socialist Party.
12 October 2016
Tory minister Sajid Javid is permitting Caudrilla to drill wells to frack for gas at Preston New Road, Little Plumpton
25 May 2016
150 bikers blocked the road outside Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, revving their engines in time with the chants of a further 400 protesters on 21 May. They were there for the sixth week in a row since the trust's announcement it would close the A&E department.
6 January 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Prison officers' conference to discuss attacks at work; junior doctors' strike back on; fighting the anti-union bill in Lancashire.
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