Con-Dems to blame for anger of youth – mass, trade union-led workers’ response needed

The four days of riots that followed the shooting dead of Mark Duggan by the police in Tottenham sent a massive shock wave across the country

Workers & youth unite!

Fight for jobs, homes & services: It is no wonder young people are angry and that anger poured onto the streets of London. The bailed-out bankers, pampered parliamentary politicians, and anti-working class media and police are lining up

After the riots… A mass workers’ movement is needed

The explosion of anger on Britain’s streets was a condemnation of capitalism and its inability to offer the next generation a decent standard of living. The Socialist Party demands…

Tell the TUC – call a 24-hour public sector general strike!

“If these attacks on our jobs, services and livelihoods go through there will be riots on the streets”, anti-cuts campaigners have warned

Birmingham peace rally shows need for jobs and services, not cuts

North London Unity demo – ‘Workers and youth, unite and fight’

Defend council tenants from eviction!

On Friday 12 August Tory-controlled Wandsworth council in London threatened a parent with eviction whose son has appeared in court

Build strike action to defeat Con-Dems

The coalition government is stripping our communities of jobs and services. It intends introducing a worryingly harsh “welfare” regime in an unprecedented transfer of wealth and power from the majority

Vital services “dying” because of cuts

A south London youth worker, Louie Silcott, spoke to the Socialist

Extracts from a statement from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU):

Youth workers’ warnings ignored across the country

Youth services have been targeted – not for cuts, but for closure. The policies of a few are wrecking our communities, writes Teresa Chalcroft

Trade union branch model resolution

World economy: Capitalists unable to stop the turmoil

Capitalists unable to stop the turmoil: As their system continues to slide further into its worst crisis since the 1930s, the frantic efforts of world capitalist leaders to reverse the process are farcical, contradictory and ineffective, writes Clare Doyle

News in brief

Stop the far-right EDL thugs

Keep the EDL out of Tower Hamlets: Supporters of the racist and hooligan English Defence League fought running battles with police in Eltham shortly after after the recent riots

EDL try to act as vigilantes in Leicester

Reports: Pride gets political

Brighton: This year Pride in Brighton charged an entrance fee for the first time. This excluded many working class LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer) people on low incomes

Winston Silcott – framed by the police and justice system

Doors continuously shutting on young people’s futures

A video of a young man telling London’s Tory mayor Boris Johnson that he shouldn’t be surprised at the riots, because “everything has a knock-on effect, Boris!”, has taken social networking sites by storm, writes Sarah Wrack.

Youth march in Wales to demand jobs

The Great Unrest 1911

When the press raged about ‘mob rule’: “Mobs” control British cities. “We are facing an absolute disintegration of society.” “Yesterday mob law reigned in London.”

Liverpool 1911 – Jack’s story

In 1911 a rail strike spread across the country. A mass demonstration in Liverpool was called to show support for the strikers and to determine a course of action locally.

Massive vote to continue action against Southampton cuts

At a packed meeting of over 600 union members, Southampton council workers voted by four to one to continue their industrial action

Angry construction workers meet to plan strike action

Reinstate Paddy Brennan at Honda

The suspension from work of Paddy Brennan, Unite convenor at the Swindon Honda plant, is a provocative attack on a prominent trade union fighter

Racist Starkey attacks rap

David Starkey’s comments on Newsnight on Friday 12 August exposed the racist attitude of the British establishment, writes Wayne Scott, Socialist Party Scotland.