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Socialist Party news and analysis
Hands off our NHS! photo Paul Mattsson
NHS: Anti-union blacklisting threat
Just before Parliament closed for the general election, a select committee revealed that the Consulting Association (which provided names of thousands of trade unionists to construction industry bosses, who then blacklisted them) had discussed with companies working in the NHS
Immigration: Workers’ unity needed
No end to austerity from ‘The Magnificent Seven’
They called the leaders’ debate last Thursday the meeting of “The Magnificent Seven”, but Disney’s ‘Seven Dwarfs’ could have done better – with Dopey surpassing Farage any day!
Will SNP deliver on “anti-austerity” promises?
According to media commentators the SNP’s leader Nicola Sturgeon emerged as the ‘victor’ in the Leaders’ debate
Looking after the millionaires, not the millions
On 1 April the Tory-supporting Daily Telegraph splashed its front page with the names of 103 senior business leaders, issuing a dire warning that deviating from the Tories’ economic plan would spell an end to Britain’s ‘recovery’ and threaten thousands of jobs
Hillsborough inquests: Heartbreak, disbelief and anger
The 26th anniversary of the Hillsborough stadium disaster in Sheffield, when 96 Liverpool football supporters were crushed to death, takes place on 15 April
Socialist Party review
Art review: Adventures of the black square
Niall Mulholland reviews Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915-2015
Art review: Searching for the marvellous
Currently on display in Skipton (North Yorkshire) is a wonderful collection of surrealist art by Peter Harris
Elections 2015
Manchester says: End cuts – tax the rich
The Manchester Evening News’s front page on Tues 31 March read “End cuts and tax the rich”, two of the demands of the newspaper’s own “Manchester Manifesto”
TUC demonstration in Manchester demands Save our NHS, photo Paul Mattsson
Speaking up for public services and young people
West Midlands Fire Brigades Union member and TUSC Dudley North parliamentary candidate Dave Pitt spoke to the Socialist
Lobbying for affordable housing
TUSC supporters lobbied Leeds city council on 1 April, calling for affordable housing for all
Election hustings: we shall be heard!
TUSC can beat most of the parties in a fair vote – if we are given a chance to be heard. This was the lesson from the hustings organised by the YMCA in Cardiff Central
EDL would be stopped again in Walthamstow
Socialist Party workplace news
Employers around the country – large and small, including the public sector – have created a culture of despair. Poverty pay means millions cannot afford the basics they need for a decent life
Fast Food Rights protest in demand of decent pay, photo YFJ
NUT: teachers want action on cuts and workload
Delegates at the National Union of Teachers (NUT) conference in Harrogate over the Easter weekend have voted to ballot for strike action over 12% school funding cuts and workload if the next government doesn’t tackle them
Stop Sodexo’s probation jobs cull
With the ink barely dry on the probation privatisation contracts, the giant security firm Sodexo has announced sweeping redundancies amounting to one third of the staff it took on when work was outsourced to them at the end of February
Whipps Cross hospital trade union activist reinstated
Workers at Whipps Cross hospital and campaigners in east London are celebrating the victory of Unison health activist Charlotte Monro at an employment tribunal hearing last week
Smurfit Kappa: Unite the Union members working for Smurfit Kappa packaging in Northampton, took 48 hours of strike action from 1 April in support of two sacked senior shop stewards who have stood up to the company over ‘race to the bottom’ contracts
International socialist news and analysis
Nigeria: Ruling party crumbles in historic election
Without doubt the 28 March presidential election was a major turning point for Nigeria. For the first time in the country’s 55 year existence as an independent country, a ruling party was roundly defeated in an election
Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Land Day
Australia: marching against racism
Ireland: supporting striking Dunnes workers
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
So far, 119 members in Yorkshire have pledged £12,414 to the Socialist Party’s election appeal, of which £8,570 has been paid
Socialist Party members raised £29,255 in the first three months of 2015 – 117% of the target
