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The Socialist issue 694

16 November 2011

Strike together, Protest together, Win together

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The Socialist issue 694

Fighting the cuts

spotStrike together, Protest together, Win together

Get ready for 30 November: On Wednesday 30 November (N30), up to three million workers will strike to defend their pension rights against this Con-Dem government of the rich for the rich

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


spotDefend the right to strike and protest

BUILD FOR 30 NOVEMBER STRIKE: Twenty eight unions are now expected to join the strike against cuts to public sector pensions, demonstrating the massive potential power of the working class

30 June strike of civil servants and teaching unions, photo Paul Mattsson

30 June strike of civil servants and teaching unions, photo Paul Mattsson


spotAll out together on 30 November

30 November is going to be a momentous day. Millions of workers across the country will strike together in a mighty show of force to warn the Con-Dem government and its cabinet of millionaires that we will not accept drastic cuts to our pensions

Socialist Party workplace news

spotSouthampton – opposing all the cuts

Southampton council workers on strike 6.10.11, photo Nick Chaffey

Southampton council workers on strike 6.10.11, photo Nick Chaffey


spotPolice kettle electricians

spotElectricians march to defend pay and conditions

Construction electricians entered the next phase of their battle to maintain terms and conditions following their national day of action on 9 November, writes Kevin Parslow

spotSparks battle pay cuts

Emboldened by the construction electricians’ protest in London on 10 November, around 200 sparks turned up at Corus Steel on Teesside on 14 November, writes Elaine Brunskill.

Rob Williams, chair, National Shop Stewards Network, addresses the Construction workers, electricians, demonstration 9 November 2011, photo Neil Cafferky

Rob Williams, chair, National Shop Stewards Network, addresses the Construction workers, electricians, demonstration 9 November 2011, photo Neil Cafferky


spotReinstate Vik Chechi

spotWorkplace news in brief

Support Paul Kelly!: Transport union RMT rep Paul Kelly has recently been involved in protesting against the imposition of new rosters at Wightlink Ferries in Portsmouth

Socialist history

spotThe first shop stewards movement

The outbreak of World War One in August 1914 cut across the great industrial unrest which had been gathering pace since 1911…

Rent strike on Clydeside

Rent strike on Clydeside


International socialist news and analysis

spotBerlusconi quits as debt crisis hits eurozone’s third largest economy

The deepening eurozone crisis has claimed another government with the departure of Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi…

spotEnd the dictatorship of the markets!

spotIrish Socialist MEP Paul Murphy speaks out: solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza will continue

On 4 November Socialist Party Ireland MEP Paul Murphy along with other peace activists from the Gaza Freedom Waves Flotilla were arrested in international waters and held in Israeli prisons for one week…

Paul Murphey MEP press conference on his release from Israeli prison

Paul Murphey MEP press conference on his release from Israeli prison


Socialist Party news and analysis

spotMurdochgate scandal shows need for democratic and accountable media

“You must be the first mafia boss in history who didn’t know he was running a criminal enterprise”, said Labour MP Tom Watson to James Murdoch, chairman of News International

Cameron, the Murdoch empire and the police have been involved in a corrupt attempt to subvert the democratic rights of the British people, photo Paul Mattsson

Cameron, the Murdoch empire and the police have been involved in a corrupt attempt to subvert the democratic rights of the British people, photo Paul Mattsson


spotStop the government austerity juggernaut

Government ministers are considering ending the rise in benefits linked to inflation and threatening to cut benefits to the working poor if claimants don’t work longer hours

spotJobs crisis – ‘We can’t afford capitalism’!

spotFast news

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotNHS under attack

Stop the privatisation vultures: On 10 November, a £1 billion contract was announced for the private firm Circle Health to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, for ten years ‘on behalf of the NHS’

Privatisation, cartoon by Alan Hardman, photo Alan Hardman

Privatisation, cartoon by Alan Hardman, photo Alan Hardman


spotWales: Fight the NHS cuts

spotThousands say no to fees, cuts and privatisation

spotRiot cops assault Occupy protesters

Riot police in the USA attacked, arrested and evicted people from the anti-capitalist camps in New York, Portland and in Oakland, California…

Friday, Day 14 of w:Occupy Wall Street - photos from the camp in Zuccotti Park and the march against police brutality, walking to One Police Plaza, headquarters of the NYPD, photo by David Shankbone

Friday, Day 14 of w:Occupy Wall Street – photos from the camp in Zuccotti Park and the march against police brutality, walking to One Police Plaza, headquarters of the NYPD, photo by David Shankbone


spotCardiff occupation evicted

After a heroic six-hour stand off, South Wales police physically forced supporters of Occupy Cardiff off their protest site at Cardiff Castle

The Socialist – Readers’ comments

spotCuts kill – Poverty, despair and a suicide pact

Cuts to public services and benefits are causing massive suffering and misery. Tragically, the bodies of a vulnerable couple, Mark and Helen Mullins, were found in their Warwickshire home this month.

spotPoppy mania for bosses…

To cheers from the press, David Cameron and Prince William intervened so the England football team could wear the poppy during their match against Spain…

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