Archive for October 2013
1 October 2013
Solid support for teachers' strike
Teachers in the Midlands, Yorkshire and Eastern regions walked out in an impressive show of strength
1 October 2013
NHS: March against Tories demands action
On 29 September well over 50,000 protesters descended on Manchester to tell the Tories that they and their policies are not welcome in the city.
The biggest demonstration in Manchester since Peterloo in 1819 showed a defiant and angry mood
2 October 2013
On 29 September well over 50,000 protesters descended on Manchester to tell the Tories they are not welcome in the city. Socialist Party members from across Greater Manchester joined a 400-strong feeder march from Salford, writes Matt Kilsby
2 October 2013
Dirty donor: A money broker run by big Tory party donor and former party treasurer Michael Spencer has been fined £55 million for Libor interest rate rigging
2 October 2013
28 percent for TUSC in Fleetwood
The Rossall ward Fleetwood town council byelection took place on 26 September with Ray Smith standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), writes Jane Hersey.
2 October 2013
Lincoln: 400 march against Library cuts
Around 400 protesters marched in Lincoln on Saturday 21 September to save 32 Lincolnshire libraries from closure
2 October 2013
Portsmouth: "Yes! Socialists! My people!" This was just one of many positive comments Socialist Students received at the Portsmouth University freshers fair, writes Andy Waterman.
2 October 2013
TV review: Locked up for being ill?
A recent BBC Panorama episode, 'Locked up for being ill?', looks at the growing police involvement in supporting people with mental health problems, writes Helen Pattison.
2 October 2013
Set in Birmingham in 1919, new BBC drama Peaky Blinders gives a fictionalised account of the criminal outfit of that name in the early 20th century, giving an engaging snapshot of the political situation then, writes Nick Hart, Birmingham Socialist Party.
2 October 2013
Theatre review: A man of humble beginnings
Leicester Everybody's Reading festival is performing my play A Man of Humble Beginnings, about pioneering Leicester socialist, Amos Sherriff, writes Tony Church, Leicester.
2 October 2013
The fight against academies in Leicester
Rushey Mead School is a large secondary school in Leicester. It has been an 'outstanding' school for years and has strong links to the local community, writes Simon Robinson, Leicester NUT, personal capacity.
2 October 2013
Workers at the King and Fowler metal finishing firm in Liverpool have achieved a stunning victory after six one-day strikes, writes Dave Walsh.
2 October 2013
Grangemouth: Unite members at the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to strike over the unfair treatment of union convenor Stevie Deans
2 October 2013
Big business puts profits before environment
The world is heating up - this is now beyond argument. A report from the UN has now backed the 97% of climate scientists who believe human activity to be the main cause, writes Geoff Jones.
2 October 2013
Tax dodging corporations profit from casualisation
The Swansea Amazon warehouse location, next to the former Linamar/Visteon/Ford site, is a graphic illustration of how casualised, low-paid work has replaced unionised, skilled manufacturing, writes Ronnie Job.
2 October 2013
Supporters of Youth Fight for Jobs and Socialist Party members gathered outside Sports Direct in Leeds, in protest over the company's continued use of abhorrent zero-hour contracts, writes Rudi Abdallah, Leeds Socialist Students.
2 October 2013
Greek government forced to take action against neo-fascists
The right-wing New Democracy (ND) and ex-social democratic Pasok coalition government in Greece has finally decided to crack down on the neo-fascist Golden Dawn after the recent murder of left-wing rapper Pavlos Fyssas, writes Xekinima reporters.
2 October 2013
Activists demand full public inquiry into undercover police operations
Many of us involved in the movement in the 1990s to drive back the far-right racist British National Party (BNP) were angered but not surprised to find out the Metropolitan Police's Special Branch infiltrated our ranks, writes Lois Austin, former chair, Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE).
2 October 2013
Sudan: 'Down with the regime!'
Workers, youth and oppressed women have taken to the streets of Sudan after the hated al-Bashir regime (National Islamic Front) doubled the prices for fuel and cooking gas on 23 September by cancelling the fuel subsidy, writes Halema, Sudanese activist.
2 October 2013
Tory millionaire tells Britain: 'Back to the workhouse!'
Millionaire chancellor George Osborne announced at Tory conference a plan to keep the country on rations until 2020! Ken Douglas writes.
2 October 2013
Energy companies: Nationalise them now!
Energy bills have risen by 40% since 2007. 15% of households are living in fuel poverty - crushed by bills and facing an impossible choice: food or fuel? Pete Mason writes.
2 October 2013
Socialism 2013 - a weekend of discussion and debate hosted by the Socialist Party
* Fight against crisis, cuts and capitalism
* Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd November 2013
* Rally for Socialism 6:30pm on Saturday
2 October 2013
Qatar: End this modern-day slave labour
Fifa, the world football authority, has expressed concerns about players enduring temperatures of 50°C in the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, but already the extreme heat and appalling 'slave labour' working conditions have killed many migrant workers building the country's stadiums and infrastru, writes Dave Carr.
2 October 2013
"I'm on less money than I was 15 years ago. It's very difficult... you worry about whether you're going to lose your home." Striking care worker Karen Shatwell, explained on TV why she was on strike
2 October 2013
Capitalist parties offer nothing to the 99%
What we say: Tory conference has not yet heard from Cameron but the crucial words "Even more misery" have been omitted from the conference centre's billboard
3 October 2013
Sudan: 'Down with the regime!'
Workers, youth and oppressed women have taken to the streets against the doubling of fuel prices
4 October 2013
Future Directions: Ten-day strike lobbies council
"We're as strong and solid now as we were when we started" said one of the Unison stewards, in buoyant and determined mood
8 October 2013
Scotland anti-bedroom tax conference
"The bedroom tax is now a dead tax walking" commented Tommy Sheridan in opening Saturday's conference
9 October 2013
Save Kent's children's centres
There is uproar across Kent over the threat to close or cut the hours of some 27 Surestart centres.
9 October 2013
Firefighters rally against cuts
Firefighters will assemble in London on 16 October to demonstrate against changes to pensions and cuts to the fire service, writes Neil Cafferky.
9 October 2013
Cleaners' victory: RMT members working as cleaners on the Tyne and Wear Metro have won a victory in their battle against poverty pay
9 October 2013
Tory MP Paul Maynard is concerned people might get a 'food bank habit'. He said: "I do not believe that immediate food relief should be the role of the government...
9 October 2013
Probation officers ballot for action
Public safety is under threat by plans to break up and privatise the Probation Service in England and Wales, writes Chas Berry
9 October 2013
Breaking Bad is an American TV mini-series which has now ended. It was only available on cable TV and DVD, and the final season on DVD will not be available in Britain until November.
9 October 2013
Newport council destroys workers' mural
Over 500 angry people protested on 5 October against Newport Labour council and Queensberry property developers' destruction of the town's Chartist mural.
9 October 2013
Hull students and workers agree: We need councils that fight all cuts!
More than 30 socialists of all ages met in Hull recently to hear Tony Mulhearn link the struggle of Liverpool City Council in the 1980s to the emerging battle to defend jobs and services in Hull today
9 October 2013
London: Lessons of South Africa's Marikana Massacre
Marking a year since the Marikana Massacre in South Africa, a London Socialist Party and Socialist Students joint meeting was held.
9 October 2013
Socialist Party members strove might and main to collect over £20,000 for the fighting fund in the last three months, which included the holiday period
9 October 2013
Build the fightback - sell the Socialist!
Angry about an autumn of austerity?: Sales and subscriptions of the Socialist reached 63% of the target for the July to September quarter, writes Sarah Wrack
9 October 2013
The 1913 Dublin Lockout and its true legacy
"Crushing Larkin: The Tycoon Who Saved Dublin From Anarchy". That was the headline splashed across the front page of the September 2013 issue of Irish magazine Business Plus
9 October 2013
Workers and youth: Unite against the far right
Unite initiated a demo in Liverpool against the far right
9 October 2013
No cuts to our health service: Nurses and other health workers are furious at Health Minister Jeremy Hunt's announcement that he will stop the measly, below inflation 1% pay rise next year
9 October 2013
Tories condemn us to the breadline
Cameron's speech to Conservative Party conference confirms that he and the Tory Party faithful live in a parallel universe to the vast majority in society.
9 October 2013
Socialist ideas are the Mail's real target
With good reason big business is accustomed to the main political parties doing its bidding - legislating for easy profits from privatisation of public services, cutting corporation tax and undermining workers' rights.
9 October 2013
No to Royal Mail privatisation
The post service is being taken out of public ownership and ripped to shreds by private institutions
9 October 2013
City Link workers fight cuts to jobs and pay
On Saturday City Link workers highlighted savage attacks on jobs and pay
9 October 2013
US government: 'Sorry, we're closed'
Around 800,000 federal workers are furloughed - sent on holiday without payment. While their families are on zero wages from the federal state, the $174,000 annual income per member of Congress is untouched
10 October 2013
Blacklisting firms pledge compensation
The biggest blacklisting firms have today announced the proposal for an industry funded compensation scheme
15 October 2013
Protesting against Children's Centre cuts in Somerset
Around 40 to 50 parents and children attended a protest outside a Bath and North East Somerset council meeting
15 October 2013
Blacklisting victory - now build union strength
It was a full house in the Bread and Roses pub for a noisy celebration by construction workers
16 October 2013
Tories' rags and riches Britain; Join the socialist fightback!
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, describes a world divided by poverty and excess. But even his alcoholic anti-hero Carton isn't a scratch on today's super-rich soaks.
16 October 2013
Refugees perish in Mediterranean "cemetery"
The Mediterranean Sea is becoming "a cemetery" said Malta's Prime Minister after another boat packed with refugees capsized near the island, killing 30 people
16 October 2013
Robinson drops EDL but not his bigotry
Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carrol, the two most prominent members of the English Defence League, have unexpectedly resigned from the EDL, writes Ben Roberts.
16 October 2013
Immigration Bill: Whipping up racism to cut our services
Home Secretary Theresa May says the new Immigration Bill will stop 'health tourism', which is a major "drain" on the National Health Service, writes Naomi Byron.
16 October 2013
Time for national action on education
Teachers have had enough. Enough of education minister Gove's proposals that will mean working until they are 68. Enough of the performance related pay that pits them against each other, writes Chris Newby, London.
16 October 2013
The sell-off of the remaining publicly owned parts of Royal Mail was completed over the last week. This represents the sad passing of the last remaining form of publicly owned communications, writes Lenny Shail.
16 October 2013
Higher Education: Members of the University and College Union working in higher education have voted for action over pay
16 October 2013
An estimated 7,000 pensioners died between December 2011 and March 2012 because their homes were too cold. 6.7% of the population live in fuel poverty - up 50% since 2010, writes John Sharpe.
16 October 2013
Missing billions: New government figures show that only £3.3 billion a year is paid in UK corporation tax - compared to £14 billion paid in bonuses to top staff
16 October 2013
'Help to Buy' no solution to housing crisis
The government has brought forward the second phase of its 'Help to Buy' scheme that subsidises low deposit (higher risk) mortgages on houses worth up to £600,000, writes Paul Kershaw.
16 October 2013
Council tax benefit cuts hit hard
A report by Labour says that 112 councils in England who responded to a freedom of information request have issued more than 156,000 court summonses to people in council tax arrears since April
16 October 2013
Fight Tory plans to scrap lifeline for young
Cameron's proposals to scrap benefits for under-25s is yet another attack on young people from this government of millionaires
16 October 2013
Jobcentre staff struggling to cope
When the latest plans for cuts in benefits were announced, familiar trumpets were blown about the Work Programme and Mandatory Work Activity (MWA), writes Sean Dempsey
16 October 2013
Police lock down city centre: There was an eerie feel walking into the centre of Bradford on the day of the EDL's visit as the streets were practically deserted
16 October 2013
Sri Lanka - 'No to Chogm' campaign
Among the Commonwealth's stated 'core beliefs' are democracy and human rights. But democratic and human rights are being trampled on by the dictatorial regime in Sri Lanka, which is to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in November
16 October 2013
Join the party for the millions - not the millionaires
Cuts of £155 billion to services and benefits for the elderly, the young, workers and families are being implemented. Yet the wealth of the richest 1,000 people in Britain rose by more than that in the last three years alone!
16 October 2013
Probation officers to take on 'failing Grayling'
Delegates and visitors gather in Llandudno this week for the most crucial Annual General Meeting in Napo's 101-year history
16 October 2013
The Socialist Party is asking all its members and supporters to donate to the Socialism 2013 Appeal
16 October 2013
Trade union-led anti-racist demo
Thousands joined an anti-EDL demonstration in Liverpool, called by Unite the Union
16 October 2013
National firefighters' demo: 'We save people, not banks'
Thousands of firefighters marched today from Malet Street, London, to a rally in Westminster Central Hall
16 October 2013
TUSC: 2014 local elections campaign
As George Osborne announced a further 10% cut in council funding for 2015-16 in this summer's public spending review, Tory Party chairman Grant Shapps mockingly praised councillors for the 'good work' they were doing in "cutting their cloth more intelligently"
16 October 2013
Teachers, firefighters, workers fighting back: Unite the strikes!
This autumn more and more workers are on the march. Or on strike. Or balloting to strike, writes Rob Williams
16 October 2013
Why are our schools in crisis?
Headlines about the recent education report from the OECD blared that a quarter of adults in England have maths skills no better than those of a ten year old
16 October 2013
Postal workers to strike! Coventry postie comments
Coventry Socialist Party members have received comments from a CWU member on the CWU ballot result and on the 'scab's bonus' that's being offered by Royal Mail management
16 October 2013
Workers and youth re-assert their political voice in South Africa
Leading WASP and Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa) member Mametlwe Sebei will be a speaker at the Socialism 2013 rally being held in London on 2 November. Sebei spoke to the Socialist...
18 October 2013
Grangemouth: Workers' action and nationalisation needed
Posted on the Socialist Party Scotland website on 16th October 2013:
18 October 2013
Overwhelming support for teachers' strike in the south and north
Across London, the South of England and in the North-East, striking teachers took to the streets on 17 October
21 October 2013
Ineos are playing a game of Russian roulette with the Grangemouth plant and the jobs of more than 1,300 workers
21 October 2013
PCS strike in DWP and DEFRA Shared Services
PCS members in Shared Services in DWP and DEFRA will be out on strike next Friday 25th October in an important fight against privatisation
21 October 2013
Martin Powell-Davies - a record of anti-racism
A prominent member of the Socialist Workers' Party from East London NUT who is opposing the re-election of Martin Powell-Davies onto the NUT national executive from Inner London has questioned Martin's record as an anti-racist
21 October 2013
Probation officers vote for strike action
Members of NAPO have voted for strike action over government plans for privatisation
22 October 2013
Victory for rebel councillors as local pool to be re-opened
Under intense pressure, Southampton Labour council has agreed to refurbish and re-open the Oaklands swimming pool
22 October 2013
How civil servants should fight government attacks on welfare
The PCS union has been criticised on Twitter for not fighting attacks on welfare by simply refusing to implement them. John McInally responds.
22 October 2013
23 October 2013
A few popular, focus-group tested words by Ed Miliband at Labour Party conference had an effect. But just how red is Ed really? Peter Taaffe writes.
23 October 2013
Fuelling anger: OK, you may be freezing cold this winter, unable to pay the soaring fuel bills, but spare a thought for Sam Laidlow
23 October 2013
Hypocritical Hunt blames families for care scandal
Tories' real goal is yet more welfare spending cuts: A report that one million elderly people in the UK feel neglected and lonely is a "scandal".
23 October 2013
Government policies - 'deeply divisive'
The government's social mobility Tsar - former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn - appeared to be off message when his Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission published its first 'state of the nation' report
23 October 2013
France: Deep malaise marks 'la rentrée'
The return to work after the summer holidays in France, as in other southern European countries, is often seen as a time when the struggle of workers and students will be renewed
23 October 2013
What role can trade unions play in fighting welfare attacks?
The PCS civil service trade union, a key supporter of Youth Fight for Jobs, has come under severe criticism on Twitter for not organising its members to refuse to implement the government's attacks
23 October 2013
23 October 2013
Tunisia: Left-wing rapper, Klay BBJ, acquitted on appeal
The left-wing Tunisian rapper, Ahmed Ben Ahmed, alias Klay BBJ - who was initially condemned, in absentia, to 21 months imprisonment for songs allegedly "insulting officials and public morals" - was acquitted by an appeal court
23 October 2013
200 say 'Tequila's got to go!'
"Tequila has got to go!" Almost 200 students marched and protested outside the Mezz Club in Leeds for Tequila UK's "Freshers Violation" night, following their use of rape as a marketing strategy, writes Mary Finch, Leeds Socialist Students.
23 October 2013
Turn anger into action: join the socialists
From 19 to 25 October Socialist Party branches are organising a recruitment week to put special emphasis on building our party. Here members report on the campaign stall which started the week.
23 October 2013
TUSC candidates stand up against austerity
Nottingham: Grant Shapps said at the 2013 Conservative Party conference: "When we said [in 2010] we would reduce their budgets by 26% over four years, we were told councils would be going bust by this stage but they haven't, I think they can do another 10%."
23 October 2013
Build a no-cuts political alternative
Deep-seated anger at the seeming endless misery facing workers in Britain is growing with every passing day
23 October 2013
Grangemouth: a fight we can't afford to lose
Outrageously Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant workers have been told to sign up to a draconian package of cuts to their terms and conditions, or the company, Ineos, will refuse to restart the plant, writes Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI).
23 October 2013
Swansea socialists oppose National Front
Fight racism with unity against cuts: Swansea's Labour council will make £45 million of cuts to services and jobs over the next three years, under the name 'Sustainable Swansea'!, writes Claire Job, Swansea Socialist Party Branch Secretary.
23 October 2013
Big business lines its pockets from nuclear power
You want generous, guaranteed energy prices, fixed for 35 years? No problem if you own a French or Chinese multinational company. Bad luck if you're an ordinary consumer, writes Pete Mason.
23 October 2013
Energy for the millions ...not the millionaires
People ask what on earth is going on in the energy industry? Kate Jones of Llanelli and West Wales Socialist Party investigates.
23 October 2013
It's a robbery not a 'recovery'
Time for a socialist alternative: Tory Chancellor Osborne won't be coming to Socialism 2013. He doesn't need to attend the 'Are we naturally too greedy for socialism?' workshop because he knows he definitely is, with an estimated fortune of £4.3 million.
23 October 2013
A mass campaign can save Grangemouth
Without a moment's thought to the human cost, Ineos bosses today announced the closure of the petrochemical plant at Grangemouth
23 October 2013
By a massive four to one majority CWU members in Royal Mail voted to strike in defence of their terms and conditions
23 October 2013
We need action against zero-hour contracts
How do you make a £1.7 billion fortune? It's perhaps not a question most of us have spent too much time pondering.
25 October 2013
25 October 2013
Waltham Forest Unison Health meeting
The fight is on to spread the campaign to save hospital services across the whole of the Barts Trust
25 October 2013
Trade unions must learn lessons from Grangemouth setback
Ineos owner and billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has announced a reversal of the company's plan to shut the petrochemical plant at Grangemouth [Updated 29.10.13]
29 October 2013
Teachers: no national action this term
After three well-supported joint regional strikes by the NASUWT and NUT unions, teachers were expecting the NUT executive to confirm the promised date for action in November
30 October 2013
30 October 2013
Support the Socialism 2013 appeal
The Socialist Party is asking all our members and supporters to make a donation to the Socialism 2013 appeal
30 October 2013
Building the fightback - building the Socialist Party
Southampton Socialist Party held a meeting as a follow on to our 'join the socialists' stall of the previous weekend.
30 October 2013
Warrington bus workers striking against pay freeze
Unite members at Network Warrington bus company have announced three more strike days
30 October 2013
Bradford Respect: Where did it all go wrong?
In October the five Bradford Respect councillors announced their resignation from their party to now sit as independents, writes Iain Dalton.
30 October 2013
Zero-hour contracts can be beaten!
The CBI, the organisation representing Britain's bosses, touts zero-hour contracts as the solution to the youth unemployment crisis
30 October 2013
Brazil: "Rio, a showcase for the world"
Contradictions between prosperous Brazil and precarious conditions bring potential for struggle: After the massive mobilisations that took place all over Brazil in June, the struggles did not cease
30 October 2013
Ireland: Victimising the vulnerable
It has been a terrible week for social protection in Ireland. This Social Welfare Bill and the budget make swinging economic attacks
30 October 2013
Bail out hospitals, not bankers!
Simon Stevens was an adviser to former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair on beginning the privatisation process in the NHS
30 October 2013
Campaign launched against downbanding in Swindon
A big dispute has developed at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, the biggest hospital in Wiltshire
30 October 2013
Attacks on NHS pay will damage services
Like many employees of the NHS, I reacted with horror when I heard of Jeremy Hunt's plans to scrap our promised 1% pay rise and use the money to restructure our pay, writes a Unison health member in Salford.
30 October 2013
I hate SSE because of a boiler not installed when promised, leaving my family, including two young children, without hot water for four weeks this summer, writes Ronnie Job
30 October 2013
TV Review: Brand new revolution?
In between the quick jibes and quite cleverly worked silliness, Russell Brand unleashed an absolutely damning indictment of capitalism
30 October 2013
Most workers given a P45 are lucky to get a week's statutory redundancy pay for every year employed. But not if you're an MP who was given the elbow in the last cabinet reshuffle
30 October 2013
Probation workers strike against privatisation
As probation workers prepare to strike on 5 and 6 November, confidence is growing that privatisation can be defeated, writes Chas Berry, Chair, Kent National Association of Probation Officers ( Napo).
30 October 2013
No offshoring Shared Services!
PCS members who work in Shared Services, providing common services for government departments, are being threatened with privatisation on 1 November, writes Elaine Brunskill.
30 October 2013
Postal workers rally: There is a national rally for striking Communication Workers Union (CWU) members in Royal Mail on Monday 4 November at 12 noon in the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE
30 October 2013
31 October will be a day of coordinated strike action by UCU, Unison and Unite members working in universities
30 October 2013
Sexism in the music industry exposed
Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball video and appearance at the Video Music Awards, created a flurry of opinion, writes Becci Heagney.
30 October 2013
Councillor Kevin Bennett proposed that the Living Wage be paid as a minimum to the council workforce
30 October 2013
Mental health services - fighting privatisation
Linking unionised staff, carers and service user groups produced a formidable force that stopped privatisation
30 October 2013
20 years of privatised train robbery
November marks 20 years since John Major's Tory government gave the go-ahead to splitting up and selling off British Rail
30 October 2013
Ongoing US spying row reveals new tensions between imperialist powers
Widespread anger greeted the news that the US security services and those of its closest allies, particularly Britain, have been spying both on their supposed allies and tens of millions of ordinary people around the world.
30 October 2013
30 October 2013
Hundreds of thousands of workers in Higher Education and the fire and probation services are preparing to take strike action. This proves to the bosses and their Con-Dem government that the battle against their cuts is continuing. Rob Williams, Socialist Party trade union organiser writes.
31 October 2013
Joint strike by university staff
Campus unions UCU, Unison and Unite took the start of action against real terms pay cuts [Reports added on 4.11.13]
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