Filter by importance | All results
25 March 2020
State intervention shows what is possible
The Tories cut - but now they spend. They privatised - but now they nationalise.
11 March 2020
Swansea: Ask anyone about state of services, you will hear the real story
Ask any Swansea resident about the state of social care, education and refuse collection and they will tell you the real story, writes Gareth Bromhall, acting secretary of Swansea Trade Union Council.
26 February 2020
Germany: Right-wing terror attacks - fight racism, fight capitalism!
The murder of nine people in two shisha bars in the German town of Hanau by a fascist gunman is the third fatal right-wing terrorist attack in the country in just nine months. But as Sasha Staničić (Sol - CWI, Germany - national spokesperson) explains, the laments of establishment politicians over such attacks will not eradicate the far-right threat.
19 February 2020
Couldn't pay, wouldn't pay, didn't pay: the battle to defeat the poll tax
30 years ago the historic struggle against the hated poll tax was reaching its peak.
19 February 2020
Coronavirus crisis shakes Chinese regime
Will the regime's initial denial of the problem and punishment of those who raised the alarm have major political consequences?
5 February 2020
Israel/Palestine: Trump 'peace plan' promises further conflict
The recent 'deal' announced by US President Donald Trump and enthusiastically endorsed by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was billed as a 'Middle East peace plan'. But as the Economist journal wrote: "As a blueprint for a two-state solution it was dead on arrival".
29 January 2020
Johnson's Huawei internet deal underlines world trade tensions
As expected, Boris Johnson has approved Chinese tech giant Huawei gaining licences to build 5G web network infrastructure in Britain.
20 November 2019
Secret police infiltration of workers' movement exposed
Trade Union Conference Opposing Political Policing: Up to 200 socialists, trade union activists and community campaigners took part
13 November 2019
Trade union conference to force secret police disclosure
For decades, trade unionists, shop stewards and socialists suspected there was an active blacklist and that 'spycops' infiltrated trade unions.
6 November 2019
End repression in Chile - freedom for soldier David Veloso
The following statement was issued on 4 November by members of Socialismo Revolucionario, CWI in Chile, and the Committee against repression in Chile
23 October 2019
Catalonia: Draconian prison sentences of independence leaders provokes mass protests and strikes
The attempt to crush the aspirations of the majority of Catalans for self-determination by the Spanish state - now headed by the Psoe-led government of prime minister Pedro Sánchez - has not succeeded but instead has ignited widespread anger.
23 October 2019
China at the crossroads: 70 years since the declaration of the People's Republic of China
In the final part of the Socialist's trilogy marking the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution, Nick Chaffey examines China today and where it's heading.
2 October 2019
Catalonia independence movement two years on
The verdict of 12 Catalan nationalist leaders on charges arising from the failed independence struggle in 2017 is expected soon. Nine have been charged with rebellion, which can result in 25 years in prison.
18 September 2019
Trade union movement must put its stamp on swirling events
It was a serious mistake for the TUC not to call an emergency demo to demand a general election. Motions had been put forward by Socialist Party members in a number of unions.
17 July 2019
Interview: protests over killing in Israel
Mass protests blocked roads across Israel after the 30 June killing of 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli Solomon Tekah by an off-duty cop in the Kiryat Haim area of Haifa, an Israeli port town on the Mediterranean Sea. The Socialist spoke to Eli Yossef, a shop steward in the ancillary section of a hospital in central Israel
17 July 2019
Sudan masses mobilise against state repression
Harrowing scenes are now coming out of Sudan of the 3 June massacre, where doctors report well over 100 people were murdered by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and general 'Hemeti' Dagola's brutal Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.
26 June 2019
35th anniversary of the Battle of Orgreave
The Great Miners' Strike 1984-85: The Battle of Orgreave on 18 June 1984 involved nearly 10,000 pickets. 4,000 police, including mounted police, attacked them
12 June 2019
TV Review: Chernobyl - Workers' heroism vs sclerotic Stalinism
This five-part docudrama focuses on the disaster in 1986 that took place at the Chernobyl (now part of Ukraine) nuclear facility in the Soviet Union.
5 June 2019
The Tiananmen Square massacre - 30 years on
China's present defence minister has maintained that the crackdown 30 years ago in Beijing was absolutely justified.
5 June 2019
India: Modi victory underlines need for real socialist fightback
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and his party have scored a second general election victory.
Search entire database:
LATEST POSTS
31 Mar Birmingham South East Socialist Party: How important are trade unions today?
1 Apr Cardiff West Socialist Party: A discussion on the Socialist paper
1 Apr Hackney & Islington Socialist Party: How the poll tax was defeated
CONTACT US
Phone our national office on 020 8988 8777
Email: info@socialistparty.org.uk
Locate your nearest Socialist Party branch Text your name and postcode to 07761 818 206
Regional Socialist Party organisers:
Eastern: 079 8202 1969
East Mids: 077 3797 8057
London: 07748 534 891
North East: 078 4114 4890
North West 079 5437 6096
South West: 077 5979 6478
Southern: 078 3368 1910
Wales: 079 3539 1947
West Mids: 024 7655 5620
Yorkshire: 077 0671 0041
ABOUT US
ARCHIVE
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999