Anti-cuts campaign
Defend public sector pensions – “action must be escalated”
The current battle over pensions is a defining one for our movement. Over two million workers from 24 unions took action together on 30th November in the biggest show of strength in living memory, writes John McInally, national vice-president, PCS (personal capacity)
Marching on the 30 November public sector strike, photo Paul Mattsson
PCS Left Unity open organising conference in defence of pensions
Saturday 7 January, 11am – 4pm
Friends Meeting House, (opposite Euston station, London)
Chair: Janice Godrich PCS president
Reject pensions ‘deal’ – fight until we win
Editorial: The strike on 30 November – involving 24 trade unions and up to two million workers – was the biggest single day of strike action in many decades…
Socialist Party NHS campaign
Con-Dems’ lethal policies threaten health service: Under cover of the Christmas break, the government slipped out two lethal policies for the National Health Service, writes Terry Pearce, Save Heatherwood Hospital campaign, personal capacity.
Marching against NHS cuts and privatisation , photo Paul Mattsson
Socialist Party feature
In this special new year feature, Peter Taaffe looks back at 2011, a year of crisis, struggle and revolution. This article is based on a statement prepared for the Committee for a Workers’ International, the world socialist organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated.
World in Turmoil
Socialist Party news and analysis
2012: Millions face poverty and homelessness
There’s been no good news for people worried about their housing situation over Christmas and New Year, writes Sarah Wrack.
Liverpool’s managed decline: Tarzan to the rescue?
“Seismic collapse” of private pensions
Socialist Party events
National meeting for women in the Socialist Party
National meeting for women in the Socialist Party, Sunday 8 January, 10am – 3.30pm
Morning: Women and the Cuts – how the crisis is affecting women
Afternoon: The Socialist Party and the Women’s Movement
1500 marched on the Fawcett Society demonstration 19 November to tell the government “Don’t turn back time” on women’s rights, dressed in 1950s clothes, photo Sarah Wrack
Socialist Party workplace news
Unity against wage cuts in construction
The ‘Dirty 7′ construction companies, who want to slash skilled workers’ wages, have finally been dragged kicking and screaming to the negotiating table, writes Rob Williams, Chair, National Shop Stewards Network.
Construction workers’ strike on 14 December: Corus Redcar electricians, photo Elaine Brunskill
Cuts used to attack trade unionists
International socialist news and analysis
Nigeria: Boko Haram’s Christmas Day bombings
Among the more audacious previous attacks of Boko Haram were the bombings of the National Police headquarters and the United Nations office in the capital, Abuja, writes Segun Sango, General secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM – CWI, Nigeria).
USA: Occupy movement links with working class
Socialist Party reviews and comments
Recently film director Ken Loach contrasted the BBC of the 1960s and 70s, which allowed a degree of political commitment and artistic freedom, with today’s conservative, commercially driven programme making…