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The Socialist issue 812

28 May 2014

Con-Dems get a kicking

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The Socialist issue 812

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Socialist Party election analysis

spotCon-Dems get a kicking

Now build a mass voice for the working class: In the elections for English councils voters sent a message to the Con-Dem cuts coalition. Get out!

The Socialist issue 812

The Socialist issue 812


spot2014: The ‘rejection election’

spotEuro elections revolt against capitalist establishment

spotLocal elections 2014: A good base for TUSC to build on

spotElection appeal – don’t delay!

International socialist news and analysis

spotIndia: resistance will grow after Modi victory

At the end of a five weeks election process in India, Narendra Modi will head a government of the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP)

Socialist Party news and analysis

spotUnemployment kills: Fight for jobs

Fight for a future: The heart-breaking story of 20 year old Martin Hadfield, who tragically took his own life following months struggling to find work, is a shocking reminder of the real lives broken by a system that offers so many so little hope

Youth Fight for Jobs on the march, photo Paul Mattsson

Youth Fight for Jobs on the march, photo Paul Mattsson


spotSuper-wealthy get richer

To join this club you need a minimum of £85 million. That’s right; it’s membership of the Sunday Times Rich List, featuring Britain’s thousand wealthiest people

spotPrivatisation threatens postal service

On the very week Royal Mail reported a 12% rise in operating profits to £671 million, the newly privatised company was complaining about ‘market competition’ from the likes of TNT

spotThem & Us

Socialist Party workplace news

spotPCS conference: Preparing for more battles

PCS conference met from 19 to 22 May, yet again under siege from this Tory-led government and its austerity offensive

Barking Job Centre PCS on strike, photo Socialist Party


spotCare UK workers plan more action

spotNUT supports coordinated action on 10 July

The NUT’s executive committee has voted to make preparations to give notice for strike action on 10 July

spotLand Registry strike may just be the beginning

On 14 and 15 May, PCS members working in Land Registry (LR) responded overwhelmingly to a call for strike action

spotWales TUC: If it wasn’t for the socialists…

spotWorkplace news in brief

Construction workers protest: NSSN members and other trade unionists joined construction workers on a day of action on 23 May

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotAnti-cuts rally defies council ban and BNP

300 people joined Salford Against Cuts for a “Rally on the Lawn” outside the civic buildings

Jobs and homes not racism - stop the BNP! photo S Kimmerle


spotNottingham: Fighting the Bedroom Tax

Labour dominated Nottingham council issued a claim for a suspended possession order for a bedroom tax tenant who was less than four weeks in arrears

spotBradford campaign for £10 an hour

On 24 May Socialist Party members set up a stall in Bradford city centre to campaign for a £10 an hour minimum wage

The Socialist readers’ comments

spotWhy I didn’t rejoin Labour

The Labour Party recently sent me an email asking me to rejoin Labour. I sent back this response, writes Carl Harper.

Ed Miliband confronted by anti-bedroom tax protestors demanding that Labour councils refuse to collect the tax, photo Chris Moore


spotThe Socialist postbag

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