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The Socialist issue 697

7 December 2011

Con-Dems pile on the misery: ‘Enough is enough’

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The Socialist issue 697

Socialist Party feature

spotCon-Dems pile on the misery – ‘Enough is enough’

“We are the 99%” – that has been the rallying call of the year. Worldwide, 2011 will go down in history as a year when the poor, the oppressed, the working class – the majority in society – rose up, writes Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary

N30 - Millions of public sector workers strike on 30 November 2011, photo by Paul Mattsson

N30 – Millions of public sector workers strike on 30 November 2011, photo by Paul Mattsson


Socialist Party editorial

spotEurozone crisis – capitalists have no solution

Workplace news and analysis

spotCuts and misery – it doesn’t have to be like this

Unsurprisingly a doom-laden response has greeted Tory chancellor George Osborne’s devastating attack in the autumn statement, writes Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party London secretary.

N30 - Millions strike back at Con-Dem government on 30 November 2011, photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson


spotSocialist MEP supports public sector strike

spot“The genie is out of the bottle”

spot30 November strike: a historic day!

A short summary by Socialist Party correspondents The 60,000-strong demonstration in London was fantastic, with thousands of first-time strikers. First thing in the morning PCS members outside the Department for Energy and Climate Change said that they…

spotBuilding a fighting union – interview with Steve Hedley

Interview with Steve Hedley, the transport union RMT’s London regional organiser, who will be standing for election as the union’s assistant general secretary…

spotDefend the JIB, victory to the sparks!

spotReinstate Paul Kelly: Solidarity with Portsmouth RMT

spotWorkplace news in brief

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotTory sleaze is back!

The squeamish should look away now. With ‘Murdochgate’ ongoing, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has exposed further rotten sleaze at the top of government with claims from Bell Pottinger, a ‘lobbying’…

Cameron dunce, placard on the N30 30 November public sector strike, photo by Paul Mattsson

Cameron dunce, placard on the N30 30 November public sector strike, photo by Paul Mattsson


spotReading the riots

spotAll in it together

spotThem & Us

Climate change

spotClimate change and extreme weather

Scotland enjoyed its warmest November on record and the UK’s autumn was the second warmest since records began in 1910, the Met Office confirmed this week, writes Pete Mason.

Flooding in the centre of Gloucester, 2007, photo Chris Moore

Flooding in the centre of Gloucester, 2007, photo Chris Moore


Housing crisis

spotHomes Crisis: Fund housing need – not fat cat greed!

The Con-Dems have announced a ‘housing strategy’ that benefits big building companies and banks, including selling off more social housing stock and underwriting banks that offer 95% ‘subprime’ mortgages for newly built houses, writes Paul Kershaw, Unite LE 1111 housing workers’ branch.

Flooded with Debt, photo Suz www.squashdonkey.co.uk

Flooded with Debt, photo Suz www.squashdonkey.co.uk


International socialist news and analysis

spotPortugal: Build on the general strike action

The magnificent UK public sector workers’ strike against cuts in pensions, jobs and services on 30 November was preceded by a general strike in Portugal on 24 November against austerity measures – an event barely reported in the British media…

spotIreland: Resist latest austerity attacks

spotTamil Solidarity: Gearing up for 2012

spotBrazilian socialists remember Socrates

Socialist Party reviews

spotTheatre review

Goodbye Barcelona: The idea of a musical commemorating the epic Spanish civil war (1936-39), and inspired by the heroism of the International Brigades may appear incongruous, writes Tony Saunois.

spotWhen workers planned production: the Lucas Aerospace plan

The south east region of the TUC recently showed a film about the Lucas Aerospace shop stewards’ committee who, 35 years ago, produced a plan to make socially useful products instead of the weapons of mass destruction they made for their employer, writes Bill Mullins.

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