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23 May 2018
Letters to the Socialist's editors including witch hunts and private police.
22 March 2017
Livingstone's smear of Militant
Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone has accused Militant, now the Socialist Party, of bigoted political positions. Socialist Party deputy general secretary Hannah Sell demands the right to reply
23 November 2016
The Socialist Party and support for the Corbyn movement
The Socialist Party receives widespread support from Corbyn supporters for our calls for democratising Labour. But here we take up six distortions that come from Labour's right
16 November 2016
Support the campaign to readmit expelled socialists
75 socialists, with more than a thousand years' membership of the Labour Party between them, have collectively applied to the Labour Party's national executive committee (NEC) to be readmitted.
5 October 2016
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Excluded from Momentum; Sports Direct workhouse; Blairite councillor defects to Tories; Merton Blairite councillors are self-selecting; Sheffield byelection report.
Unison members on the 26th March TUC demonstration, photo Paul Mattsson
24 February 2016
Industrially and politically, Britain's largest public sector union is under siege from the Tories' relentless austerity agenda. Meanwhile, Unison's right-wing leadership and bureaucracy resort to dirty tricks to hold the struggle back.
9 December 2015
It's the quiz of 2015, compiled by the Socialist. The questions are drawn from articles covering events in the UK and internationally during the last year. Good luck and season's greetings.
9 December 2015
Unison general secretary election in crisis
The Unison general secretary election, and the union itself, were thrown into disarray last week with the release of a secret recording of a meeting of the London regional staff. In the meeting, held on 21 October, regional secretary Linda Perks can be heard organising staff to campaign for general secretary Dave Prentis.
30 September 2015
Lessons from the past: Liverpool City Council 1983-87
From 1983 to 1987 Liverpool was led by supporters of Militant (predecessor of the Socialist), who at the time were members of the Labour Party. When faced with cuts from central government, they refused to pass them on.
19 August 2015
The Labour Party, Militant and 'infiltration'
In fury at the popularity of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership campaign, right wing politicians and media alike have been referring to 'infiltration' of the Labour Party by Militant supporters. Militant was the predecessor of the Socialist Party - whose supporters in the past were members of the Labour Party.
1 July 2015
Escalate strikes to fight council's 90% sell-off
On the back of their shock general election win, the Tories think they are untouchable. In one borough in south-east London, they plan to outsource more than 90% of staff.
17 June 2015
Tower Hamlets election - Labour's Mr Biggs wins
John Biggs, long standing Labour right-winger and veteran of the witch-hunt against supporters of the Militant newspaper (forerunner of the Socialist), has been elected mayor of Tower Hamlets with executive powers. This comes after the undemocratic removal of the previously elected mayor by central government.
30 April 2015
Establishment witch-hunt in Tower Hamlets
In a blatantly undemocratic political act, an Election Court judge has barred Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman from office
10 September 2014
At Unison's 2007 conference, the union's standing orders committee ruled out of order a third of branch motions, including ones questioning union strategies and the union's link with Labour
20 November 2013
Fight the Tory witch-hunt against Unite
Tory Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into Unite's use of 'leverage' when trade union members are defending jobs and conditions
Defend the Four: protest against Unison witchhunt, 2009, photo Suzanne Beishon
12 June 2013
Unison conference - time to reclaim the union
How socialists fought off the witch-hunt: After six years, Unison's national leadership has thrown in the towel over a vicious witch-hunt against four Unison activists, all Socialist Party members
1 May 2013
On 3 May, after nearly six years of a tortuous fight with the Unison bureaucracy, an employment tribunal remedy hearing is to be held...
20 March 2013
Another victory in the battle against Unison witch-hunt
Socialist Party member Glenn Kelly has been re-elected secretary of Unison's Bromley council branch
22 February 2012
Unison leadership found guilty of "unjustifiable discipline" against four Socialist Party activists
Once again, the Unison leadership has been found guilty of "unjustifiable" disciplinary action against four activists
9 March 2011
Disgracefully Onay Kasab, a Unison member for 17 years, has been expelled from the union. Kaz explained to the Socialist that this follows a ban from office after a witch-hunt against him and three other Socialist Party members in Unison by the leadership.
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