Fight the cuts, not union members

Don’t let Unison democracy go up in smoke!

Don’t let Unison democracy go up in smoke!

Join Unison members outside Congress House on Great Russell Street, London, Monday 15 March 6pm onwards

Unison members – bring your letters from Unison HQ to burn!

Then come to a Defend the Four meeting, 7pm at University of London Union (ULU), Malet Street (just around the corner)

Young voters need real change

Smug MPs fail to convince: Fifty-six percent of 17-24 year olds aren’t registered to vote. Of those that are registered, many still do not vote come polling day. With this in mind, BBC3 hosted a ‘first time voters’ Question Time…

Michael Foot – the end of an era

Many “Old Labour” workers and socialists will be saddened at the death of Michael Foot and will see it as signifying the death of an era…

Trades Council demo unites Brighton fightback

“THEY SAY cut back, we say fight back” was the chant that roared through the streets of Brighton on Saturday as over 600 working class trade union activists, socialists and campaigners brought the city’s streets to a standstill, writes Peter Knight, Brighton Socialist Party.

Riot cops attack peaceful Sussex students’ protest

Police clear path for racist EDL thugs

Anti-war campaigner Joe Glenton gets nine months

ANTI-AFGHANISTAN war campaigner Joe Glenton, a Lance-Corporal in the logistics corps, was found guilty of going absent without leave at a court martial and jailed for nine months…

Civil Servants Strike reports (updated)

Members of the PCS civil servants’ union took strike action today to oppose the changes to the civil service compensation scheme.

Solid two-day civil service strike shows anger of PCS members

Hands off our NHS!

TRADE UNIONISTS, health activists and local communities have been protesting in recent weeks at plans to close critical care and maternity services in general hospitals…

Palestine: ‘The Wall Must Fall!’

ONE THOUSAND people demonstrated on 19 February, in the Palestinian village Bil’in, in the occupied West Bank, writes Report from Socialist Struggle Movement, (CWI in Israel/Palestine).

Chile earthquake: Natural disaster, state catastrophe

Debate on women’s oppression: Socialists propose solutions

Last week I addressed an International Women’s Day anniversary meeting in the European Parliament. The meeting was called by the United Left group, of which Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins (CWI Ireland)…

Waltham Forest day of action: Socialists and trade unionists make a stand

Canvassing for support for socialists in Lewisham

Build solidarity with Sri Lankan Tamils

Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood hunger strikers

National Shop Stewards Network: For undivided rank and file organisation

The steering committee of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) met recently and discussed a number of important issues, including preparing for the national conference on 26 June, writes Bill Mullins.

Justice for the Shrewsbury pickets

London Underground signals victory

On 5 February London Underground (LU) signal maintainers took 24 hour industrial action over management’s attempts to impose rosters, breaches of framework agreements and outsourcing of work, writes London Underground Signal Maintainer.

Leeds university rally

CWU to put Royal Mail deal to ballot of members

Tower Block of Commons

Review: The ivory tower of Westminster politics has seldom looked as far from the struggles of everyday life as it did in Channel 4’s ‘Tower House of Commons’, where four MPs spent eight days living in Britain’s most deprived council estates, displaying naivety, dismay, but most of all, a gaping chasm i, writes Ben Norman.