Anti-cuts campaign
THE THREE main establishment parties – Tories, New Labour, Lib Dems – have so far succeeded in limiting political debate on the cuts in public services, writes Dave Nellist, Socialist Party councillor and acting chair, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.
Greenwich demo against council’s cuts package, photo Lorraine Dardis
Lib Dem spring conference: A HOME-made placard on the 400-strong protest against Sheffield Liberal Democrat council budget cuts on 4 March read “Barnsley Central today, Sheffield in May” This referred to the Lib Dems’ sixth place in the parliamentary by-election, writes Alistair Tice.
Rage against the cuts at the Lib Dem spring conference protest, Sheffield
Labour councils should fight cuts, not implement them!
Demonstrations against council cuts
Over 1,000 marched through Manchester on Saturday 5 March as banners from local campaigns mingled with trade union and campaign banners from nearby towns including Salford and Bury, writes Paul Gerrard. Also reports from Liverpool, Salford, Gateshead and Newcastle
Socialist Party youth and students
For a fighting student leadership
Before Christmas we saw an explosion of students and young people onto the streets. This movement marked the start of a whole generation taking part in struggle for the first time, fighting for their very…
Young people march for a future: Youth Fight for Jobs and Socialist Students on the 29 January London demonstration against education cuts, photo Senan
Jarrow march for jobs: Why Hull is marching
International socialist news and analysis
Middle East uprisings: The unfinished revolutions
As the dates for elections in Tunisia and Egypt are announced, the Libyan masses, despite their herculean efforts, have not yet been able to overthrow the Gaddafi dictatorship, writes Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary.
Egyptians in Newcastle demonstrate in support of the Egyptian revolution, photo Newcastle Socialist Party
Socialist Party news and analysis
Lib Dems ‘get a kicking’ in Barnsley
“The voters here in Barnsley have given me and the Lib Dems a kicking”, admitted candidate Dominic Carman after coming sixth and losing his deposit in the Barnsley Central by-election on 3 March, writes Alistair Tice.
Wales votes ‘yes’ but workers’ party needed
There was a predictably low turnout in the referendum for more law-making powers for the Welsh Assembly, but the result shows a significant support for devolution just as the cuts from Westminster come crashing into Wales, writes Dave Reid.
Thousands of workers, students and anti-cuts campaigners marched through Cardiff on Saturday 5 March to tell visiting Con Dems we don’t accept your cuts, photo by Paul Mattsson
Lewisham: Vote for a real fight against the cuts
On 24 March the voters in Bellingham ward in Lewisham, south east London will have a real choice in the council by-election, writes Chris Newby.
Cardiff march and rally against cuts
Thousands of workers, students and anti-cuts campaigners marched through Cardiff on Saturday 5 March to tell visiting Con Dems we don’t accept your cuts, photo Paul Mattsson
Brighton: Labour and Green Party councillors fail to stop Tory budget
Tories allow growth of Murdoch media empire
TUC must address demo access issue
FOLLOWING INITIAL reports in February that coaches bringing demonstrators to the Trades Union Congress ‘March for the Alternative’ on 26 March would not be allowed into central London, disability rights group Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) wrote to the TUC raising concerns about disability access, writes a Unison member.
Socialist Party workplace news
BP Hull Saltend construction workers win victory through strike action
A one day strike took place on Wednesday 2 March at BP Hull where a multi-million pound biofuels plant is being constructed
Lindsey Oil Refinery workers strike, photo Sean Figg
Fighting the anti-trade union laws
UCU members vote for action on pensions, jobs and pay
Disgracefully Onay Kasab, a Unison member for 17 years, has been expelled from the union. Kaz explained to the Socialist that this follows a ban from office after a witch-hunt against him and three other Socialist Party members in Unison by the leadership.
Medirest NHS cleaners returned to the picket line on 7 March for a three-day strike in their ongoing battle over unpaid wages and sick pay…
Socialist Party feature
Casualties of cuts – and a rotten system
BANKERS AND speculators have been bailed instead of jailed. But for our class, the cruel casualties of this rotten system have been mounting for a decade, writes Wally Kennedy, Secretary, Hillingdon Against Cuts.
Social care workers on strike in Scotland, photo Duncan Brown
Needed: a fair deal for carers!
EVERY MORNING for 25 years he’s brought his wife a cup of tea in bed – these days, she’s likely to ask “who are you?” She doesn’t recognise him any more, writes a Socialist Party member.
