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17 February 2016
If I had been in 1980s Labour, I'd have supported Militant
Featured letter: I joined the Labour Party in 1995 as a 20-year-old student. Most if not all of Militant (then in Labour, now called the Socialist Party) had already been expelled or had resigned from Labour, writes Richard Price, Gloucestershire Socialist Party.
13 January 2016
For a mass programme of council house building: Cameron has announced plans to demolish around 100 decrepit tower block estates. He is subsiding private developers to build homes to buy on public land - no doubt mostly luxury flats.
13 January 2016
Letters to the Socialist's editors. Letwin's poll tax guinea pigs; poll tax agents provocateurs.
6 January 2016
"I chose to be involved in politics, Michael Crick"
Featured letter: Last month, a television crew barged into a meeting in an east London cafe. Walthamstow Socialist Party had organised a discussion with a group of school students interested in campaigning against bombing Syria. Nancy Douglas, 15, responds.
6 January 2016
Letters to the editors of the Socialist. Labour's right wingers are the real bullies, not the left; New Labour grandees rewarded by the banks.
2 December 2015
How the Iron Lady was reduced to iron filings
Margaret Thatcher resigned as Tory prime minister 25 years ago. After 11 years in power she was forced out before her third term was over.
18 November 2015
The end of social housing? How can we solve the housing crisis?
The cat is out of the bag. As the Financial Times reported: "Chancellor George Osborne is considering a radical multibillion-pound plan to privatise the government's stake in housing associations".
11 November 2015
Step up the fight for trade union rights
The Tories' anti-trade union bill could be law as early as January or even December.
3 November 2015
The shift in the political landscape marked by Jeremy Corbyn's election to Labour leader will be central to discussions at Socialism 2015, an event organised by the Socialist Party, formerly Militant.
21 October 2015
Organising to defend Corbyn's anti-cuts mandate
Around the country campaigns are establishing networks to defend Jeremy Corbyn's anti-austerity politics. Socialist Party members are enthusiastically taking part.
7 October 2015
Jeremy must give genuine socialists in the Labour Party the mechanisms to kick the Tory entryists out once and for all!
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.
23 September 2015
1985: police murder sparks Brixton riot
30 years ago, the police shot blameless mother Cherry Groce. We look back on the murder and ensuing riots.
18 September 2015
Corbyn victory: A political earthquake
Jeremy Corbyn's victory is a political earthquake that transforms the situation in Britain and poses stark questions for how a new mass socialist force can be built. Peter Taaffe writes for the October issue of Socialism Today.
19 August 2015
Gulf War 'unfinished business' remains today
25 years since invasion of Kuwait: 25 years ago, Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded neighbouring Kuwait. Western powers responded with a build-up of forces that led to the Gulf War the next year.
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.
6 August 2015
Pat Wall - a lifetime fighting for socialism
25 years ago today, Pat Wall - a giant of the workers' movement - passed away. Here we republish an obituary from the Militant newspaper
5 August 2015
Police spying: campaigners demand full disclosure
This inquiry will give an opportunity to expose the extent of political policing and step up campaigns for the right to organise and protest, free from state interference.
28 July 2015
Corbyn's support shows anti-austerity message is popular
Panic is gripping the right-wing clique that dominates the Labour Party, at the possibility of Jeremy Corbyn becoming the Labour leader
27 July 2015
Blairites' terror at popularity of left-wing ideas
A Socialist Party press release: Right wing Labour backbencher John Mann has called for the Labour leadership contest to be halted as the Labour Party is supposedly being infiltrated by 'Militant Tendency types'
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