Articles from the Socialist, issue 586
30 June 2009
Militant action pays!
Youth fight for jobs
Decent jobs not poverty schemes!
No to mass youth unemployment: Young people make up 21% of the population, but 40% of all those unemployed. In an increasingly decimated jobs market, many young people understandably expect help finding work from the government. But,…
Socialist Party editorial
Victories show the way forward for struggles
The third conference of the National Shop Stewards’ Network (NSSN) could not have been better timed, coming just one day after the victory of the Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) construction workers…
Total’s fat fingers in every pie
“We came out with Lindsey and we’ll go back with Lindsey”
Socialist Party campaigns
New Labour’s house building plans amount to just a drop in the ocean
NEW LABOUR, like all the establishment parties, is planning to decimate the public sector after the general election, writes Hannah Sell.
Pride not profit – London Pride Saturday 4 July
Campaign to save Lewisham Bridge school continuing
BNP: Looking beneath the suits
National Shop Stewards Network
National Shop Stewards Network Conference Confident and enthusiastic
Saturday 27 June 2009 may well be remembered for the day the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) really came into its own, writes Dave Gorton, Unite 1/372 branch delegate, personal capacity.
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
25 years ago: Liverpool – a city that dared to fight
ON 9 July 1984 Liverpool City council, led by Militant (the Socialist Party’s predecessor), won a sensational victory over the ruthless Tory government of Margaret Thatcher…
Workplace news and events
Glasgow council: Social work dept staff start all-out strike
Frontline clerical/admin workers in Glasgow council’s social work department began an all out indefinite strike action on 1 July, writes Brian Smith, Glasgow Unison branch secretary.
Justice for the Shrewsbury pickets march and rally