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The Socialist issue 678

6 July 2011

Our fightback can win!

2011 Back issues


The Socialist issue 678

30th June strike and after

spotWhat next to defeat the cuts?

After the superb 30 June strikes, Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary, addresses the question everyone is asking

30 June coordinated strike action by the PCS civil service union and NUT, ATL and UCU teaching unions, photo Paul Mattsson

30 June coordinated strike action by the PCS civil service union and NUT, ATL and UCU teaching unions, photo Paul Mattsson


spotNext time – strike together…

Thursday 30 June was a great day of action for UCU – on our second strike day this academic year…

spot24-hour public sector general strike as next step to beat the Con-Dems

Just over a year ago, the Tory/Liberal coalition took power, promising to ‘fix’ the country. How have they done?

spotLabour – condemned for condemning strike

spotSolidarity from POA

Alan Guest, Branch Chair of the POA at Send Prison, Woking, took the morning off work to support the pickets on 30 June. He sent a message of support…

spotWe can win together

spotWalkout at Wormwood Scrubs prison

spot30 June pension strike reports

The 30 June coordinated strike action by the PCS civil service union and NUT, ATL and UCU teaching unions was a historic event

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotLeaked memo shows government lied over its homeless policies

Welfare cuts could make 40,000 homeless according to a leaked letter sent on behalf of Eric Pickles by his private secretary to the prime minister on the planned benefit caps

spotDilnot report: A disservice to disabled and older people

The ‘independent’ report, Fairer Care Funding, by the Dilnot commission has predictably failed to address the primary cause of the current crisis in social care – the underfunding of local authority social services by successive Tory and New Labour governments.

spotDurham Miners’ Gala: Miliband pulls out

spotStop the racist and divisive EDL

Racists Out! Youth against Racism in Europe marches for jobs and homes not racism, photo Paul Mattsson

Racists Out! Youth against Racism in Europe marches for jobs and homes not racism, photo Paul Mattsson


spotTime to defend abortion rights… again

spotNews in brief

Socialist Party workplace news

spotSouthampton council workers strike on same day as teachers, lecturers and civil servants

NB Update appended on 5 July. Last Thursday Southampton was covered by picket lines at colleges, universities and civil service offices. In addition, selective action at the council continued

Over 1,000 council workers, striking Medirest cleaners and others marched through Southampton on 13 June in a powerful show of solidarity against vicious council cuts and the scandalous consequence of the private sector in the NHS , photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson


spotBirmingham – the fightback begins

In Birmingham on 30 June, striking teachers, lecturers and civil servants were joined by thousands of local government workers who are fighting brutal attacks on their terms and conditions

spotLeeds Unison members decisively reject the council’s final offer

Leeds Unison members have opposed the council’s latest offer by an overwhelming 85% with only 14.5% voting to accept, out of a turnout of 31.3%.

spotFawley refinery construction engineers summarily sacked

Construction engineers protest after being locked out, Fawley oil refinery, photo Nick Chaffey


spotFighting pension cuts and the anti-union laws

Interview with Joe Simpson, POA assistant secretary. An important part of the action on 30 June was the well-attended lunchtime protest meetings held outside many prisons by the POA…

spotWorkplace news in brief

spotSuccessful NSSN meeting in Coventry

Following on from the inspiring national conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN), supporters of the NSSN in Coventry called a meeting titled ‘What next after 30 June?’

International socialist news and analysis

spotEast Belfast riots: Only united working class action can prevent further attacks

The rioting in the Catholic enclave in the predominantly Protestant east Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 20 and 21 June – the worst in recent years – did not appear from a blue sky

spotKazakhstan: Striking oil workers attempt to break news blockade

Further threats made against strike leaders and supporters: Oil workers’ strikes in West Kazakhstan are now into their second month of taking strike action…

spotSabotage on ship to Gaza

The Irish ship to Gaza in Palestine, part of the Freedom Flotilla 2, has been sabotaged whilst sitting in Dublin harbour preparing to sail.

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotAll workers: unite to fight for decent jobs

Dundee school students stage anti-cuts strike, photo Leah Ganley

Dundee school students stage anti-cuts strike, photo Leah Ganley


spotHigh street job cuts: Jane Norman worker speaks out

spotSocialist Students meeting prepares for new term

spotYouth Fight for Jobs: campaign moving forward

On Sunday 3 July Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) held an open steering committee where 30 young trade unionists, students and unemployed activists met to discuss the progress of the campaign.

spotDay-Mer festival support for 30 June pensions strike

spotPride London

Socialist Party reviews

spotReview: A Common Treasury

One of the false arguments against socialism and communism is that these ideas are ‘foreign’. Karl Marx was a German Jew and a follower of the German philosopher Hegel. ‘Revolution is something that…

A Common Treasury by Gerrard Winstanly Verso

A Common Treasury by Gerrard Winstanly Verso


spotEndgame by Rise Against

Socialist Party

spotBuilding the socialist alternative on 30 June

spotSocialist Party youth meeting: Successful and insightful

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