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Step up the fight to kick out Tories and Blairites
Editorial of the Socialist, issue 954: The Tories are hamstrung on major policies. Now turn the enthusiasm for Corbyn’s campaign into a party that can bring about the type of change outlined in his manifesto
Grenfell Tower
After Grenfell – fight for safe homes
As survivors, local residents, workers and other tower block residents struggle to come to terms with what happened and begin the fight for justice, many more issues of safety and profiteering are raised
Camden evacuation – residents expose risks – Blairites duck responsibility
Grenfell fire compounded by overcrowding: build more council homes now
Between 400 and 600 people lived in Grenfell Tower – but it had just 200 bedrooms
Reports: organising to fight for safe homes after Grenfell
Socialist Party members have been organising safety campaigns up and down the country
Council union responds to Grenfell
“From day one following the fire, our members were on the ground arranging accommodation for those victims, unloading lorries and distributing items”
Socialist Party news and analysis
Police accused of killing cover-up
Anger over the death in police custody of another young black man erupted onto the streets of east London on 25 June
Bosses are secretly meeting with the government to plan an unprecedented attack on some of London’s’ world-renowned teaching hospitals
Barclays finally charged for having hands in till
After an investigation of six years, and over nine years following the events concerned, the Serious Fraud Office has finally decided to bring charges against Barclays bankers
Students ‘skirt’ school uniform issue!
In Exeter, some male students protested their school’s ‘no shorts’ policy by wearing skirts
Homelessness – Corbyn offers housing revolution
The number of families in temporary accommodation has soared by 61% since the Tories came to power
Benefit cap defeat for government
A court challenge was won on 22 June against the enforcement of the benefit cap for people with children under two years old
Tories may have broken election laws… again
It’s been revealed that the Tories may have broken electoral laws with the use of so-called market research company Blue Telecoms
The Daily Mail ran a piece on Socialist Party London organiser Paul Callanan – “the lowest of the low”
Socialist history
Liverpool’s 1983-87 socialist council
Between 1979 and 1983 the Tories slashed £120 million from Liverpool’s budget – how did the Militant-led socialist city council fight back?
International socialist news and analysis
Trump and the fossil fuel corporations – a lethal combination for the planet
On 1 June 2017 the world’s TV cameras broadcast live as President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord
Jobstown Not Guilty – verdict imminent
As we go to press, the verdict is expected in the Jobstown trial in Ireland. Six peaceful protesters face trumped-up charges of ‘false imprisonment’
Workplace news and analysis
Trade unions must organise to kick out the Tories
The general election result has not only confounded the Tories and the Blairites but also many trade union leaders
Unison conference: confident delegates take control, give Corbyn ‘rapturous’ welcome
Like Theresa May, general secretary Dave Prentis and his supporters looked like the team who had won but lost
Refuse workers strike against bullying bosses
Birmingham council refuse workers have voted to strike over a bullying culture and redundancy threat
Striking Mears workers in Manchester held a protest outside Northwards housing association offices on 23 June
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Organise the ‘youthquake’! Young Socialists – Generation Socialist
This election has shown that our generation is discovering socialist ideas afresh – now we need to be organised
Cardiff: unity in solidarity with Grenfell
Local youth, workers and activists in Cardiff have been spurred into action by the horrifying and avoidable fire in Grenfell Tower in a stirring show of working class solidarity
Corbyn inspires thousands at Glastonbury
To join the struggle to save the NHS
