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Socialist Party news and analysis
No to austerity! – Turn anger into action
Build for a 24-hour general strike: No amount of jubilees and sporting events will hide the fact that a burning anger is growing… Over the summer we can expect to see workers taking action in a number of sectors
National Shop Stewards Network demonstration and lobby of the TUC 11 September 2011 , photo Paul Mattsson
NSSN conference agrees call for one-day general strike against austerity
The sixth annual National Shop Stewards Network conference saw around 500 activists come together from across the trade union movement, writes Helen Ridett, Lewisham Socialist Party.
Kevin Armitage, Ratcliffe power station shop steward, addresses National Shop Stewards Network conference, 9 June 2012, photo Suzanne Beishon
Leveson: contradictions and a crisis of credibility
Since the Leveson inquiry began in November politicians have taken turns to take the stand, profess a desire to defend press freedom and lament the power of the media tycoons they once courted, before being given the opportunity to re-write history, writes Ben Norman.
No to local government pensions deal
Unite members at St Thomas’ Hospital on strike 10 May 2012 as part of the nationwide strike of workers in the public sector against attacks on pensions , photo Paul Mattsson
The class divide in elderly care
Turkey: Lift strike ban: Preparations for a strike by the Civil Aviation Union (Hava-İş) after the breakdown in collective bargaining talks at Turkish Airlines (THY), have been attacked by the AKP government through the inclusion of aviation services in a strike ban
Top pay still on the rise: Yet another survey has shown that executive pay continues to soar. In 25% of FTSE 100 companies, executive pay has gone up by more than 41% in the last year.
Socialist Party youth and students
Youth Fight for Jobs national meeting
Organising the ‘lost generation’: On 10 June 50 young trade unionists, unemployed people and students from all over the UK attended a national meeting of Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ), writes Helen Pattison.
Youth Fight for Jobs national meeting 10 June 2012, photo Socialist Party
240 hours’ work for no pay – then back on the unemployment scrapheap: After being unemployed for over eight months in Hull, one of the worst areas for unemployment in the country, I was put onto a ‘voluntary’ work experience scheme
From pillar to post: reassessment for ESA
Super-rich Beecroft targets workers’ rights
International socialist news and analysis
Spain: bank bailout can’t stop Euro death-spiral
As on a rickety rollercoaster, the euro train could shoot off the rails at any moment. Will it be triggered by the soaring loop of the Spanish banking crisis? Or the crazy corkscrew of the Greek crisis…
Madrid: Spain’s town squares filled with tens of thousands of indignados (angry people), mainly youth, in protest at the anti-social consensus of both PSOE and the PP , photo Sarah Wrack
Wisconsin Recall: Democrats paved the way for Walker’s victory
A mass party of the working class is urgently needed in the USA: A little over a year ago, the working people of Wisconsin made history when they took to the streets in protest against the union-busting agenda of the right-wing Republican governor Scott Walker
Kazakhstan: Oil workers jailed by rotten regime
International day of support for political prisoners in Iran
Threat from far-right in Greece: Time to build defence committees
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Tamil protest scores victory as Rajapaksa cancels speaking engagement
‘Rajapaksa can’t attend the meeting because the police can’t guarantee his safety’. That was the attempt to explain away the Sri Lankan president’s no-show at the Mansion House
Tamil Solidarity protest scores victory as Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa cancels speaking engagement, photo by Sarah Sachs Eldridge
Bolton Uni: Reinstate Shana Begum!
Southampton University saw 30-plus people cram into the Nuffield Theatre on Thursday 7 June. Students, trade unionists and unemployed people came to hear speeches from Nick Sakellaropoulos
Olympic’s sponsor exploits workers
Socialist Party workplace news
Sheffield recycling centre strikers supported by 90% of public
The Sova workers at the five Dump-It sites have now taken ten days of strike action, with another three days of strikes planned this week
Council admin workers in Kirklees strike against cuts
Olympics – a fair deal for transport workers
London bus workers strike together: Bus workers across London have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. Dates are to be announced
Coryton refinery closure protests
On 31 May NUT members at Alperton Community school in Brent went on strike against proposals to turn their school into an academy. Hank Roberts spoke from the picket line