In this issue:

The Socialist 8 July 2008, Striking back against low pay

Striking back against low pay

Campaign for a New Workers Party

The working class needs its own party

CNWP conference: Wanted - a new mass workers' party

Special Feature: "Waste not, want not"! Gordon Brown's patronising and insulting advice to people struggling to make ends meet is not going to go down well. Yet again he puts the blame for the economic crisis on working people...

Socialist Party news and analysis

UK economy sliding into recession

Rich get richer: Why should we pay the price!

MP backs student fees campaign

Bonuses for chiefs, pay restraint for civil service workers

Government lies on public-sector pay

High farce from Boris Johnson

G8 leaders' 'world hunger' banquet

On the other side of the financial divide...

Socialist Party NHS campaign

Defend the NHS!

Property deals threaten private nursing homes

Cancer vaccines: who decides?

Marxist analysis: history

Terry Fields: A socialist voice that rocked Whitehall

Socialist Party LGBT

Marching against homophobia & racism

Socialist Party workplace news

Argos warehouse workers vote to strike

DWP strikes bring talks

National Shop Stewards Network Conference: Organising migrant workers

A day in the life of a call centre worker

Call centre charter: A framework for workers' rights

RMT conference discusses crisis of political representation

Shop Workers' Union Usdaw

Socialist stands for Usdaw general secretary