Millionaire ministers butcher public services
Con-Dem cuts – ‘only the beginning’
National Shop Stewards Network
National Shop Stewards Network conference: Time to organise against con/dem attacks
The fourth conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is now less than a month away. It comes at a time when trade unionists in workplaces throughout the country are facing many threats to…
RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson
On Monday 24 May strikers’ red flags could be seen flying around Heathrow, but the same could not be said for a lot of BA planes as cabin crew began their latest strike action…
Socialist Party news and analysis
The CWU protest February 2009 against Post Office privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson
NHS cuts: The Con-Dem sting in the tail
A GOVERNMENT for the rich, of the rich. Nothing new in that of course, but the Cabinet in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition with its 18 millionaires weighs in at least £15 million richer than it was in the previous…
Sri Lanka: One year after the war
Socialist Party national committee discusses building the fightback
Socialist Party workplace news
PCS conference: Preparing for action
Meeting barely a week after the horsetrading between the establishment parliamentary parties had finished, the 2010 conference of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) was an important event, writes Greg Maughan.
National Gallery workers, members of the PCS, walk out against low pay, photo Paul Mattsson
Local government: Where’s our pay award for 2010?
Youth
Young people: organise to fight the cuts
The first slice of cuts under the ‘Con-Dem’ coalition government makes it clear that young people face a bleak future under its stewardship…
Youth Fight for Jobs protest outsid the Houses of Shame, photo Alex Ivanov
Socialist Party National Youth meeting
Students must pay, say the rich
Pamphlet: Our Education Under Attack: why a mass campaign is needed
Socialist Party feature
London 2012 Olympics: A big business spectacle
IN 2012 the Olympics and Paralympics come to east London. On show will be the world’s elite sportsmen and women, flexing their muscles and straining their sinews in state-of-the-art stadia. The possibility…
International socialist news and analysis
Greece: 2,500 hear Socialist MEP Joe Higgins declare week of action
THE SOCIALIST Party (CWI Ireland) MEP Joe Higgins spoke at a recent meeting in Athens, which was attended by up to 2,500 members and friends of the left coalition group Syriza, writes Harris Sideris, Xekinima (CWI Greece).
Romania: Mass protests against EU/IMF deal
Puerto Rico: Students and workers fight austerity cuts
Education
Education under attack: Con-Dem government prepares for battle
HAS ANYBODY got any lingering doubts of the government’s intentions? The Financial Times – a house journal of the capitalist class – let the cat out of the bag in an article on 20 May, writes Derek McMillan, teacher, Sussex.
Unions must defend public services
Tory government says rich must pay less
Comment
Diane Abbott and the Labour Party leadership battle
Reader’s Comment: Diane Abbott’s entry into the race for the Labour Party leadership has thrown a banana skin under the feet of the ‘Labour Left’ in their quest to secure the 33 nominations needed to get John McDonnell’s name on the ballot paper, writes Mick Cotter, Hackney Socialist Party.
