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THE SOCIALIST PARTY SAYS

Council cuts continue... So must the fightback

22 January Boris Johnson says austerity is over. So as councils prepare to set budgets next month, everyone - Johnson, the Labour leadership candidates, trade union leaders, councillors of every shade will be asked, "what are you going to do to stop council cuts?" More...

SOCIALIST PARTY PHOTO

Westex Carpets workers in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, have been on strike for two months in a dispute over pay.

NEWS AND SOCIALIST ANALYSIS

22 January 2020

To win back working-class trust Labour must take the 'Liverpool road'

The Labour leadership candidates at the first hustings pursued the theme: How can Labour win the trust of the working class? More...

22 January 2020

Eyewitness report: workers' struggle in France on the boil

After more than 45 days of strikes and 62 weeks of 'gilets jaunes' protests, French workers' appetite for struggle endures More...

15 January 2020

Massive Scottish independence demo marks new stage in struggle

At least 80,000 marchers packed the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow More...

More news and analysis...

REPORTS AND CAMPAIGNS

23/1/20 London

Unite regional committee votes to support anti-cuts Enfield councillor Unite's London and Eastern regional committee is supporting a campaign in Enfield against cuts More...

22/1/20 Royal Mail

Workers to reballot for strike action: "We are in the fight of our lives" The CWU announced that talks with Royal Mail management have broken down More...

15/1/20 NHS

Build for strikes to save NHS In November, none of England's 118 major A&E departments met their targets - In December the situation got worse. More...

15/1/20 Young people

Young people who voted for Corbyn's manifesto will now ask... How can we win those ideas? Millions of young people voted for Jeremy Corbyn in the general election. More...

More reports and campaigns...

The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party

The Socialist newspaper, 22 January 2020, issue 1070

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The Socialist issue 1070: Council cuts continue... So must the fightback

Socialist Party news and analysis

spot Council cuts continue... So must the fightback

spot Protesting is not terrorism

spot End climate change, end inequality, end capitalism!

spot Capitalism fails NHS services in Liverpool: scrap PFI!

spot To win back working-class trust Labour must take the 'Liverpool road'

International socialist news and analysis

spot Eyewitness report: workers' struggle in France on the boil

spot France striker speaks: real, deep anger needs union strategy

spot Iraq - a brutal legacy of imperialist intervention

spot India: Huge general strike but a missed opportunity

Workplace news and analysis

spot Royal Mail workers to reballot for strike action

spot Renewing the left in PCS

spot A win against academisation in east London

spot Belfast Hovis workers' all-out strike

spot Westex strikers read the Socialist

spot Ealing tax office strike continues

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Make a stand: set legal no-cuts council budgets

spot "If you think bus and rail services are crap, sign our petition to take them back"

spot Building Tamil Solidarity with youth and the unions

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist inbox

spot Robert Burns: of the people, for the people

The Socialist newspaper, 15 January 2020, issue 1069

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The Socialist issue 1069

What we think

spot Labour Party leadership contest: Fight for a mass anti-austerity, workers' party with a socialist programme

spot Labour leadership race: Reverse Unison's undemocratic nomination of Blairite Starmer

News

spot Low Pay, Long Hours. Bosses rip us off. Organise the fightback now!

spot Build for strikes to save NHS

spot No free ride for the airline bosses - nationalise Flybe now!

Workplace news

spot Hackney school bus workers win pay increase following strikes

spot PCS: Time to rebuild the left

spot Northern Ireland: Thousands of nurses continue to strike for better pay

spot Westex Carpet strike reaches two month mark

spot London bus drivers ballot to strike

spot Union lawyer arrested on security guards' picket line

Campaigns

spot We need socialists in London's City Hall

spot Stop gentrification in Newham: "We are here, you have consulted us and we're not going anywhere!"

spot Massive Scottish independence demo marks new stage in struggle

spot Young people who voted for Corbyn's manifesto will now ask... How can we win those ideas?

spot London: Protesters return to oppose Middle East war

spot Cladding scandal: Government steps up defence of landlords

spot Nottingham: Youth protest against Barclays £64 million fossil-fuel investments

spot Socialist Party national committee meeting

International socialist news and analysis

spot Renewed protests shake Iranian leaders

spot France: Strike wave over pensions - Macron government in retreat

Readers' opinion

spot Sustainable food production and the need for socialism

spot TV Review: Apocalypse Cow

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 8 January 2020, issue 1068

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The Socialist issue 1068

Iran

spot Suleimani's assassination - Middle East thrown into turmoil

spot Trump attacks Iran - London protest: We need workers' action against war and austerity

Defend the right to strike

spot Build union resistance to Tory attacks

spot Defend the right to strike

spot Defend the right to strike! - RMT and NSSN lobby parliament

What we think

spot 2020: Class struggles and capitalist instability will intensify

spot Labour leadership election

News

spot Capitalism must go - fight for socialism

spot Trouble ahead for Johnson: Brexit is far from 'done'

spot Tory minimum wage hike not enough

spot Northern Rail franchise in question: nationalise the railways!

spot Children need intensive care? We don't care!

spot Shell pays £0 corporation tax, and plans huge hike in fossil output

spot Ignore the hype - austerity goes on: organise to resist

spot International wave of revolt continues

Workplace news

spot What next after the general election, for PCS and the left

spot Council concedes to striking winter gritters' demands

spot West Midlands RMT guards jobs saved

spot All we want for Christmas is a no-strings pay rise

spot Anti-academy strike action in Newham

Campaigns

spot Socialist Party members out on the streets

spot £50,240 - a new fighting fund record

spot Avenue of trees saved!

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 4 December 2019, issue 1067

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The Socialist issue 1067

What we think

spot Prepare now for the struggles after 12 December

International socialist news and analysis

spot Hong Kong's uprising

spot South African Airways workers win wage increase after strike action

Big Pharma

spot End profiteering from health - nationalise big pharma

News

spot Unite against terrorism, racism, war and austerity

spot Hillsborough justice eluded

spot News in brief

spot Keep up to date with our election coverage

Workplace news

spot SWR dispute: It's a strike to ensure the safety of the travelling public

spot Solid support for guards on West Midlands Trains

spot UCU strikes: more determined than ever

spot Royal Mail court ruling - national reps meeting and solidarity action essential

spot Jared Wood overwhelmingly elected to RMT executive

spot PCS union general secretary election

spot Northern Ireland: Health workers take action

spot Workplace news in brief

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Fight for your future - join the socialists

spot Selling the Socialist

spot Climate strikes: Students and trade unionists protest together

spot Why I joined: "Proud to be a socialist"

spot Socialist Students conference: Students and workers united in struggle

spot Climate change election debate

spot Carlisle election meeting: Education - time to make the mega-rich and corporations pay

Quiz

spot The Great Big Socialist Party Quiz 2019

The Socialist newspaper, 27 November 2019, issue 1066

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The Socialist issue 1066

What we think

spot Labour's manifesto: fight to transform hope into a socialist society

spot Tories launch 'non manifesto'

International socialist news and analysis

spot Regime's fuel price rise sparks massive protests across Iran

spot Sri Lanka: Presidential election sees return of dictatorial Rajapaksa clan

News

spot Tory election campaign's dirty tricks and lies

spot Resist attacks against free speech on campus

spot Northern Ireland: strike action by NHS workers

spot Prince Andrew outrage exposes establishment

Council cuts

spot End council cuts now, to end Tory austerity!

Workplace news

spot Uni strike takes fight to bosses

spot CWU's right to defend members is on the line

spot South Western Railway strike: "We're up for the fight"

spot PCS union ballot closes 12 December: Marion Lloyd for general secretary

spot Sixth-form college strikes: 'Sticking two fingers up at the Tories'

spot Workplace news in brief

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Trump and Tories are a threat to environment

spot Brighton anti-academy campaign steps up

spot Posties withdraw goodwill from cruel bosses

spot Help fund the fightback: sponsor my marathon

spot Selling the Socialist

spot Buy a historical biography for Christmas

Readers' opinion

spot The private sector will never provide broadband to every home, nationalisation will

spot Plymouth Blairites side with anti-tenant landlords

spot Minimum wage debate

The Socialist newspaper, 20 November 2019, issue 1065

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The Socialist issue 1065 front page: Tories out

spot High Court injunction: solidarity to the CWU

spot CWU - ground laid for an almighty struggle

spot Major funding for flood risk management needed

NHS

spot Save the NHS: kick out the Tories

spot Frimley NHS Trust: Strikers remain determined to defeat privatisation

Violence against women

spot What policies are needed to end domestic violence and abuse?

Socialist Party news and analysis

spot Broadband: privatisation has failed to deliver, time for a socialist plan

spot Bolton university fire: government inaction puts safety at risk

spot Wages flatline, while shareholders profit

Workplace news and analysis

spot UCU pay and pension strike: university staff have had enough

spot West Midlands Trains: guards strike to defend safety-critical role

spot PCS union: elect Marion Lloyd!

spot Cleaners strike over low pay at Haringey secondary school

spot Bradford library and museum strikers enter third round of strike action

spot Long hours in the world of security

spot NEU members' sixth-form walkouts

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Secret police infiltration of workers' movement exposed

spot 150 protest against Leicester hospital downgrading attack

spot Carmarthenshire union demands no-cuts budget

spot Swansea: students protest against Hillary Clinton hypocrisy

spot Keep the National Poetry Library free

spot Selling the Socialist

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

International socialist news and analysis

spot Amazon bosses defeated in Seattle - Kshama Sawant reelected

spot Chile revolt continues: read eyewitness report

The Socialist newspaper, 13 November 2019, issue 1064

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The Socialist issue 1064

What we think

spot Attacks show elite fear a Corbyn election win

News

spot Strike, protest, vote - Kick the Tories out

spot Labour MP targeted by right wing stands as independent

spot NHS in critical condition

spot Green Party offers no alternative for young people and climate change chaos

International socialist news and analysis

spot Bolivia: Right-wing coup ousts Morales

spot Kshama Sawant reelected in Seattle

Workplace news

spot 'McStrikers' demand £15 an hour

spot UCU strikes: Union means business in fight against employers

spot Postal union determined to resist bosses' attacks

spot PCS union general secretary election: Enthusiastic support for Marion Lloyd

spot Frimley NHS Trust strikes: Health workers walkout against privatisation

spot Bradford libraries and museums: Unite members escalate action against cuts

spot RMT union members at SWR to walk out in December

spot Transport for London - Justice for cleaners!

Education

spot Save education - Kick out the Tories

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Leicester campaigns to save our NHS

spot Fighting for free education, jobs, homes, and a future worth living

spot Socialism 2019 rally: "Socialist change needed to end climate change"

spot Trade union conference to force secret police disclosure

spot Barking: protest brings pledge to remove dangerous decking

spot Help socialist ideas spread this election: donate!

spot We saved Chatsworth Ward - two years on

spot I'm 90 and still a socialist

Readers' opinion

spot Readers' opinion: Twitter's banning of political ads threatens workers' voice

spot Theatre: On Bear Ridge - an examination of loss, set in a post-apocalyptic world

spot Socialism 2019 - what you thought

The Socialist newspaper, 6 November 2019, issue 1063

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The Socialist issue 1063

News

spot Whose side are you on? Tories out - Corbyn in with anti-austerity and socialist policies

spot Tony Blair launches manifesto to sabotage a Corbyn government

spot Grenfell fire inquiry spin deflects blame from establishment

spot General election 2019 round-up

Berlin Wall

spot 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall: How a mass revolutionary movement for genuine socialism was diverted

Socialism 2019

spot Elections, strikes and revolutions: Socialism 2019 - daring to fight

spot PCS: "Under the right leadership workers are prepared to fight"

spot Royal Mail strike: "This is going to be the biggest battle we've seen in Britain for a number of years"

spot McDonald's: 'I'm fighting for £15 an hour now because I have to work from 7am to midnight'

spot Northern Ireland: Uniting the working class to transcend division

spot Preparing to shape events internationally

International socialist news and analysis

spot End repression in Chile - freedom for soldier David Veloso

Workplace news

spot PCS: Pay, jobs, pensions... Vote for a fighting general secretary

spot UCU votes for pay and pension strikes

spot Incompetent bosses use tech to bully us

spot £1 million cuts plan: Peabody housing workers announce strike ballot

spot Forbo Flooring Derbyshire strike

spot West Midlands Trains guards to strike

spot Double-dealing Hackney council bosses face renewed strike action

Minimum wage

spot Minimum wage debate: what should we be demanding?

Readers' opinion

spot TV: Crime and Punishment - this brutal watch is a damning indictment of cuts and capitalism

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The ‘national unity’ threat to Corbynism

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triangle 23 Jan Unite regional committee votes to support anti-cuts Enfield councillor

triangle 22 Jan Workers to reballot for strike action: 'We are in the fight of our...

triangle 22 Jan Council cuts continue... So must the fightback

triangle 22 Jan To win back working-class trust Labour must take the 'Liverpool road'

triangle 22 Jan Eyewitness report: workers' struggle in France on the boil

triangle 15 Jan Reverse Unison's undemocratic nomination of Blairite Starmer

triangle 15 Jan Build for strikes to save NHS

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