19 January 2022

Rob Windsor - remembering a tireless fighter for socialism

It is ten years since we lost Coventry Socialist Party member Rob Windsor to a serious illness. He was only 47, sadly far too young, but what a force of nature and of socialism he was.

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17 November 2021

Resisting evictions in east London

Already twice we had stopped Waltham Forest resident Nadia Zaman from being evicted (see 'Fighting for a home for Nadia and homes for all' at socialistparty.org.uk)

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3 November 2021

Local government cuts set to continue

Sunak's promises are set to be wiped out by increased costs for councils

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15 September 2021

TV review - Grenfell: The Untold Story

Recently, my partner and I watched 'Grenfell: The Untold Story'. We watched footage of tenants, ahead of the 2017 tragedy, battle with 'the suits' over their living conditions: lifts out of order for

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25 August 2021

Liverpool: Stop the arms fair!

Disgracefully, Liverpool is set to host the AOC Europe 2021 arms fair in October, at the council owned Echo Arena

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25 August 2021

Lessons from Poplar 100 years on

This year marks 100 years since the victory of Poplar council against austerity and unemployment, led by fighting Labour councillors who mobilised a mass movement of the working class

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11 August 2021

Starmer's faithful Guardian

As part of its anniversary coverage of the 2011 summer unrest, The Guardian newspaper conducted a survey of council funding of youth services in the years since, looking at the five areas of the country where 49% of recorded crimes during the 2011 events took place

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7 July 2021

Stop environmental destruction in Barnsley

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16 June 2021

Enfield byelection: We need councillors prepared to resist

Vote TUSC in Bush Hill Park on 1 July: North London Socialist Party member John Dolan is standing in the by-election in Bush Hill Park in Enfield on 1 July. John is the candidate for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).

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7 April 2021

Councillors have a choice - don't vote for cuts

330 TUSC candidates are standing in the 6 May elections

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24 March 2021

Battle for a fighting, anti-austerity mayor

Liverpool has a rich history of councillors being prepared to fight

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24 March 2021

Why I am standing for TUSC

Working-class people need a voice in the council chamber. When the Labour Party was formed a hundred years ago, it did that job. It pulled together workers and fighting trade unionists

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24 March 2021

Save John Carroll - fight is far from over!

Over 50 people gathered for an online rally on Saturday 20 March for the 'Save John Carroll Leisure Centre' campaign (savejohncarroll.co.uk), showing our defiance to the council

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17 March 2021

We need a fighting strategy to win funding from the government - why I'm standing for TUSC

Last March, Doncaster Council's Labour group passed a three-year council budget which included a 'budget gap' of £17.7 million

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10 March 2021

Why I'm standing for TUSC

Reports from Enfield and Rotherham

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27 January 2021

Councillors in Surrey resign from Labour and look to stand independently

Two Spelthorne Borough councillors; Veena Siva, Jenny Vinson, and CLP chair Sue Bryer, have resigned from the Labour party ahead of May's local council elections

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6 January 2021

Nottingham City Council: Major battles against cuts ahead

Nottingham's Labour Council faces a decisive choice: whether it defends services, jobs and terms and conditions, or implements major cuts.

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16 December 2020

TUSC relaunch in the north west

Socialists, community activists and trade unionists were all represented at an online meeting held on 12 December to relaunch the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in north west England

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21 October 2020

Health before profit - Work or full pay

Fear about catching coronavirus, being thrown out of work, being forced to stay at home without enough money ... Yet again it's working-class people who are paying the price.

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17 June 2020

Cumbria: Teachers, parents and socialists fight reckless school reopening

Socialist Party members in Cumbria have been active as teachers and parents in the campaign against the reckless attempt to prematurely reopen schools without safety guarantees

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