All Arguments for socialism subcategories:
Capitalism keywords:
Tax
Filter by importance | All results
25 March 2020
30 years since the huge anti-poll tax demo... And how mass non-payment of the tax was built
On 31 March 1990, a massive demonstration surged into central London. It was the culmination of months of organisation and defiance of the Tory government's hated poll tax by millions of overwhelmingly working-class people.
24 March 2020
Newham campaign set up against council cuts and tax hikes
Back in the mists of time, on 6 March, in the days before Coronavirus was dominating everything, local residents in Newham came together to organise opposition to the budget that had just been agreed by the Labour council
11 March 2020
Salford 'no-cuts' budget includes cuts and tax rises
Salford council has cut £211 million from spending since 2010, writes Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party national committee.
5 February 2020
Newham council tax workers' pay victory
Unite members working as council tax benefit managers for Newham's Labour council in east London have won a pay and grading claim after giving the employer notice of strike action to commence.
5 February 2020
Ealing tax office workers strike against closure
Civil service workers at Ealing tax office took further strike action on 29-31 January against its closure and staff redundancies
3 February 2020
Sadiq Khan "out-Tories" himself to defend tech firms' tax bonanza
In an interview, London's Labour mayor shows he's a friend of the multinationals and not the working class
8 January 2020
Shell pays £0 corporation tax, and plans huge hike in fossil output
Faced with increasing scrutiny worldwide, oil giant Shell has revealed it paid no UK corporation tax in 2018. This is despite Shell also earning nearly £557 million in pre-tax profits in the UK over that year, with global pre-tax profits being $35.6 billion.
4 September 2019
What strategy can end the retail jobs massacre?
The last few years have seen swathes of closures of shops across the UK as whole chains have collapsed while others close considerable numbers of stores.
31 July 2019
Build a working-class movement to force an election
Johnson is keen to present himself as a representative of ordinary people - but his policy announcements are anti-worker through and through
15 May 2019
Take the wealth off the super-rich
The top 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families in Britain are sitting on a record £771.3 billion, up £47.8 billion in a year. This astonishing fact is in this year's Sunday Times Rich List.
2 May 2019
The significance of the anti-poll tax movement
Following an article in the Guardian by Matthew Taylor titled 'Extinction Rebellion protesters to stand in European elections', Coventry Socialist Party member Dave Nellist responded with a letter to the Guardian
17 April 2019
During the campaign against the Poll Tax, we used to say that the tax was unfair because a lord in his manor was expected to pay the same as a dustman down the road.
3 April 2019
End Tory cold cruelty: life under austerity in Merthyr
Scrap Universal Credit now: Merthyr has received a bad press as the "benefit capital of Britain". The Mirror newspaper pointed out the average male life expectancy on one of the estates is lower than Haiti's. But it's a friendly town.
20 March 2019
End austerity. Fight for a living wage!
The chancellor's spring statement signaled a continued squeeze on low-income families.
13 March 2019
It's one world for us and another for the super-rich especially billionaire tax avoiders!
6 February 2019
Billionaires avoid paying and even talking about tax! Take the wealth off the 1%
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman went viral by putting the cat among the pigeons at billionaires get together Davos in Switzerland recently
5 December 2018
France: mass demonstrations force president to back down
This movement, the expression of accumulated anger, brings together many who have voted very different ways in recent elections
21 November 2018
Save the high street: public ownership, not ghost malls
This year has been a bad year for the retail sector. About 14 shops are closing a day, a net loss of 1,123 from Britain's main high streets in the first half of this year, according to accountants PwC.
7 November 2018
Tories out - we need socialism!
We need socialism. That will be the central case presented on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November at Socialism 2018 - a weekend of discussion and debate hosted by the Socialist Party.
12 October 2018
New anti-poll tax type revolt needed today
A letter sent to the Guardian by Socialist Party general secretary Peter Taaffe.
Search entire database:
LATEST POSTS
13 Jul Leeds & York Socialist Party: How apartheid was ended in South Africa
14 Jul Bristol Socialist Party: Organise, Fight - the Socialist Youth charter
14 Jul Liverpool & District Socialist Party: The danger of the far right
14 Jul Caerphilly and RCT Socialist Party: How slavery was really abolished
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