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Socialists must back Catalan struggle for self-determination
The dramatic events that have shaken Catalonia and the Spanish state have national and international implications.
Women
1967 Abortion Act reflected social changes
Fight for the right to choose when and whether to have children: Fifty years ago the 1967 Abortion Act was signed into law – where are women’s rights today?
International socialist news and analysis
Kurdish referendum declared illegal
For a united socialist struggle for self-determination: In just a few weeks the situation for Kurdish people in Iraqi Kurdistan has gone from euphoria to anger and fear
Socialist Party news and analysis
Universal Credit chaos: Tories punish the poor
The government seems hell-bent on rolling out Universal Credit, but even many of their own MPs don’t agree – another fracture in this divided minority government
Fearful Tories mull borrowing to build
For a mass programme of council house building! The Tories are considering borrowing to build homes- their umpteenth muddlement in a post-election retreat on all fronts
Kids wait 18 months for mental healthcare
Kick out cutters and profiteers: Children suffering from mental health problems have to wait up to 18 months to access care
Profit-driven pesticide use now threatens life
Since 1989, three-quarters of the flying insect population might have disappeared
Profiteering NHS counter-fraud firm in alleged case of… fraud
Fight for a publicly owned NHS: PwC, a privatisation and consultancy firm paid to run NHS counter-fraud services, has escaped prosecution for alleged fraud
Anti-Brexit hedge fund manager lauded while quarter of EU population at risk of poverty. Meditating MP charges us for his baths while voting to fine council tenants for spare rooms.
Workplace news and analysis
Aslef members must reject poor Southern Rail offer
Despite Aslef’s policy being against DOO, Southern management have talked the leadership into accepting trains running without them
Arriva North West bus drivers strike over pay
NSSN meeting brings together workers in struggle
TUC should be encouraging and coordinating disputes. But if they won’t, the NSSN will.
Lecturers at the University of Manchester held a successful rally, supported by students, on the first day of their strike action on 23 October
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Hear from socialists involved in struggles the world over at the Socialism 2017 Saturday rally
There have been few times in history when socialist ideas have held such immediate relevance and international potential – Socialism 2017 will see key figures from these struggles gathered under one roof
Angry east London residents organise against threat to leisure centre
An angry meeting in Hoxton, east London, organised against the threatened closure of the area’s leisure centre
Trade unionists march to defend 650 local jobs
The government’s proposes to strip 650 civil service jobs out of the heart of Teesside
With this year marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution, reflections upon the relationship between art and emancipation are once again at the forefront of our minds
Storm Brian cannot withstand working-class anger
Cardiff Socialist Party held three stalls in the city, defying Storm Brian which brought intense winds of more than 50mph
Socialist readers’ comments and reviews
Well-deserved ridicule of Stalinism is impressive, funny but flawed
Film – The Death of Stalin: Fans of The Thick of It’s lampooning of New Labour will notice parallels. The Stalinists, like the Blairites, are egotistical buffoons, completely isolated from the working class
Film – Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast
He maintained his radical statements even when considered ‘unpopular’. But even some good class fighters can lose their socialist compass
The new musical ‘Fidel’ about the life of Cuban leader Castro will premiere in Covent Garden on 16 November
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