
The Socialist 8 January 2020
Climate change. Poverty. War. Capitalism must go - fight for socialism

Suleimani's assassination - Middle East thrown into turmoil
Trump attacks Iran - London protest: We need workers' action against war and austerity
Build union resistance to Tory attacks
Defend the right to strike! - RMT and NSSN lobby parliament
2020: Class struggles and capitalist instability will intensify
Capitalism must go - fight for socialism
Trouble ahead for Johnson: Brexit is far from 'done'
Tory minimum wage hike not enough
Northern Rail franchise in question: nationalise the railways!
Children need intensive care? We don't care!
Shell pays £0 corporation tax, and plans huge hike in fossil output
Ignore the hype - austerity goes on: organise to resist
International wave of revolt continues
What next after the general election, for PCS and the left
Council concedes to striking winter gritters' demands
West Midlands RMT guards jobs saved
All we want for Christmas is a no-strings pay rise
Anti-academy strike action in Newham
Socialist Party members out on the streets
£50,240 - a new fighting fund record
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International wave of revolt continues
General strike in India
As we go to press, a general strike is set to rock India on 8 January.
The right-wing Modi government's new citizenship laws attacking religious minorities, following years of repression and attacks on the living standards or workers and the poor, have caused an explosion of anger.
New Socialist Alternative, the Socialist Party's sister party in India, says the masses don't have to wait for parliament to deliver for them. Struggle committees can be built - in workplaces, universities, etc - and can come together to form a powerful base to decide the future of the society...
- Read the full article at socialistworld.net
General strike in France
The day after India, another national strike is due in France. In the run-up to the 9 January day of action, transport workers have sustained the longest national strike since the revolutionary general strike of 1968.
Ahead of the last all-sector national strikes in December, Gauche Révolutionnaire, the Socialist Party's sister party in France, said a single day of strike action will not be enough.
"We know we have to build the general strike... We need a party that defends the interests of workers, youth and the majority of the population and supports the current struggles while campaigning to end capitalism..."
- Read the full article at socialistworld.net
In this issue
Iran
Suleimani's assassination - Middle East thrown into turmoil
Trump attacks Iran - London protest: We need workers' action against war and austerity
Defend the right to strike
Build union resistance to Tory attacks
Defend the right to strike! - RMT and NSSN lobby parliament
What we think
2020: Class struggles and capitalist instability will intensify
News
Capitalism must go - fight for socialism
Trouble ahead for Johnson: Brexit is far from 'done'
Tory minimum wage hike not enough
Northern Rail franchise in question: nationalise the railways!
Children need intensive care? We don't care!
Shell pays £0 corporation tax, and plans huge hike in fossil output
Ignore the hype - austerity goes on: organise to resist
International wave of revolt continues
Workplace news
What next after the general election, for PCS and the left
Council concedes to striking winter gritters' demands
West Midlands RMT guards jobs saved
All we want for Christmas is a no-strings pay rise
Anti-academy strike action in Newham
Campaigns
Socialist Party members out on the streets
£50,240 - a new fighting fund record
Readers' opinion
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