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Socialist Party news and analysis
Osborne’s 20p insult to low paid: A 20p an hour pay rise – so much then for the government’s “giveaway” pre-election budget! What an insult to the lowest paid – a paltry rise in the minimum wage from £6.50 to £6.70 an hour, by next October. And 18-20 year olds will only be entitled to an unbelievably low minimum of £5.30 an hour.
Ukip: a party of the bosses, for the bosses
Channel 4 TV recently raised the prospect of a general election victory for Ukip in its ‘mockumentary’ – Ukip: The First 100 Days. An unlikely outcome this May, however, Ukip could win up to 16 MPs as the support for the traditional parties begins to crumble
Elections 2015
Build the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: The general election is taking place in less than eight weeks’ time, yet half of voters do not yet know who they are going to vote for, writes Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary.
Councillors do have a choice over cuts
Just weeks from the elections in May, as councillors and MPs prepare their smiles for the cameras, council budget cuts are hammering away at communities and council workers, leaving them struggling under the impact of austerity
‘I can be a voice for youth and the Somali community’
International socialist news and analysis
Fight gender, caste and class oppression!
Review: India’s daughter: Isai Priya, a Tamil activist and Socialist Party member, reviews BBC documentary India’s Daughter
Socialist Party workplace news
We need a fighting, democratic union
Unison recall conference: For only the second time in its history, the Unison union has convened a special delegate recall conference
Northern Ireland: Workers strike back
Friday 13 March saw tens of thousands of workers in education, health, civil services and, importantly, public transport, take part in coordinated strike action against a Stormont austerity agenda, writes Kevin Henry.
Revealed: Tesco’s plotting against Doncaster drivers
Essex: nine day fire control strike
Midlands NSSN: Building the rank and file fightback
Socialist elected to Unite executive council
Socialist Party member Suzanne Muna, secretary of the Housing Workers branch, and a United Left candidate, has been elected unopposed to represent the London and Eastern region on Unite’s executive council
Bus drivers ballot against pay robbery
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Socialist Party fortnight of action 21 March – 4 April
A guide to fundraising and sales of the Socialist: Selling the Socialist and raising Fighting Fund is always at the forefront of our party branch activities, writes Val O’Flynn, Socialist Party Grimsby.
School students inspired by struggle
Helen Pattison interviews Luke, a sixth former fighting privately run ‘academies’ in Lewisham, south London, and reports from an angry school hustings in Enfield, north London
A parting of the ways with Solidarity
Socialist Party general election appeal 2015
“I have recently retired and am donating a part of my pension lump sum. I can’t think of a better cause to donate to, and wish all socialist candidates as much success as possible in the forthcoming elections.”
NHS bullying: Worcestershire campaign Betrayed By Their Trust (BBTT) aims to make NHS managers accountable for abusive behaviour which is wrecking the lives and careers of workers
Socialist Party comments and reviews
How can civil liberties be protected?
Paul Heron reviews ‘On Liberty’ by Shami Chakrabati
