Cameron and Clegg’s public spending cuts. Cartton by Suz, photo Suz
National Shop Stewards Network
Come to the NSSN conference unite the fightback!
The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) conference on 26 June promises to be the most important conference in the NSSN’s relatively short existence, writes Bill Mullins, Socialist Party industrial organiser.
Clara Osagiede, RMT Cleaners Grade Secretary for London Underground cleaners, tells NSSN conference 2009 of the cleaners’ struggle for a living wage, photo Socialist Party
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
Why public sector cuts are not inevitable
Editorial: The Tories claim that massive cuts are necessary because of New Labour’s excessive public spending on services and welfare…
Socialist Party news and analysis
Marches show opposition to Israeli state terror
THE BRUTAL murder by Israeli commandos of nine civilian aid volunteers aboard a ship attempting to bring humanitarian relief to besieged Palestinians in the Gaza strip was met with furious opposition internationally, writes Sean Figg.
Demonstration against the murder by Israeli commandos of civilian aid volunteers on aboard a ship attempting to bring aid to Gaza , photo Jules Mattsson
Determined BA cabin crew ready to reballot
EDL thugs sent packing from Cardiff
EDL protest stopped in Swansea
Socialist Party workplace news and analysis
CWU ballots BT workers for strike over pay
The CWU is set to ballot its members in BT for industrial action over pay for the first time since 1987, writes Clive Walder, CWU Birmingham, Black Country and Worcester Branch, personal capacity.
Unite conference – union at the crossroads
Wales TUC – rank and file delegates support socialist fightback
Socialist Party youth and students
Future of cuts a nightmare for youth
In a recent speech Iain Duncan Smith, the new employment minister, talked about how “aspiration is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy…”
From school direct to the dole, photo Alan Hardman
Socialist Students national meeting: Preparing for a student fightback
Youth Fight for Jobs open steering committee
On the back of recent important steps forward nationally, including securing support from Bectu, Unite and UCU, representatives of Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) groups came from across the country to discuss how to take the campaign forward, writes Tom Bower.
Lobby Iain Duncan Smith at his surgery
Socialist Party youth meeting: ready to build a fightback
Socialist Party feature
Soccer World Cup 2010: South Africa, the ugly backdrop to the beautiful game
NOTHING SYMBOLISES more graphically the ugliness that forms the backdrop to the beautiful game than all the scandals, corruption and greed surrounding the 2010 World Cup, writes Sheri and Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement, South Africa.
Environment and socialism
Oil spill shows hazards of the profit system
IT IS still difficult to assess the scale of the disaster that followed the explosion on the BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on 22 April, which killed eleven workers, writes Pete Dickenson.
Bhopal – little justice 25 years on
News and comment
Will the Lib Dems survive coalition?
THE LIB Dem decision to enter into the government coalition alongside the Tories casts questions about the future for that party and its support base, writes Jim Thomson.
