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Socialist Party election analysis
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
2014: The ‘rejection election’
Euro elections revolt against capitalist establishment
Local elections 2014: A good base for TUSC to build on
Election appeal – don’t delay!
International socialist news and analysis
India: 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
Unemployment 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
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
Privatisation 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
Socialist Party workplace news
PCS 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
Care UK workers plan more action
NUT 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
Land 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
Wales TUC: If it wasn’t for the socialists…
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
Anti-cuts rally defies council ban and BNP
300 people joined Salford Against Cuts for a “Rally on the Lawn” outside the civic buildings
Nottingham: 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
Bradford 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
The Labour Party recently sent me an email asking me to rejoin Labour. I sent back this response, writes Carl Harper.
Of mice…: Michael Gove is a hated figure to anyone who genuinely understands education