Reports and campaigns

Hands Off HRI campaign group meets Corbyn and Ashworth

40 hardy souls from the Hands Off HRI campaign braved the bitterly cold and snowy weather at 6am to climb aboard a coach from Huddersfield to London to meet with Jeremy Corbyn and shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth on 28 February.

PCS: Re-elect the left and fight for decent pay

The past month or so, branches of the civil servants' union PCS have been holding annual general meetings, writes Marion Lloyd, PCS NEC and chair Left Unity.

FCC Environment strike solid

Despite sub-zero temperatures from the "Beast from the East" on the first morning of the strike and intimidating tactics from the local management, FCC recycling workers are standing firm

Socialist Party meetings to mark International Women's Day

A list of some of the meetings taking place around the country.

National lecturers' pension strike continues

Students have been actively supporting the strikes of UCU members

Appeal: Donate to the Socialist Party's building fund

The Socialist Party is being evicted from our national headquarters in London and has launched an appeal for money to help us move to another premises.

Coventry shows solidarity with the Syrian people

A protest was held in Coventry to stand in solidarity with the people of Eastern Ghouta, Syria - where large numbers of people are being killed and injured by bombing.

Selling the Socialist in Stoke

People are amazingly generous, especially when you consider Stoke is an area where the manufacturing industry has been destroyed over the last 30 years, first the pits, then the pottery and steel industry

Belper hospital threatened

Campaigners to save threatened Babington Hospital protested on 23 February at an NHS clinical commissioning group meeting in Derby

Union-led campaign beats Blairite attacks on homeless

We shamed the council into withdrawing the attack - which apparently were all 'just a mistake' anyway - but they should be ashamed

Building fund appeal: Behind the scenes at the Socialist Party office

Why do we need a national centre? Let me take you on a tour of the Socialist Party office

Newham: teaching workers and parents determined to halt academies

The mood at the rally against academisation was electric as 90 people from three striking schools crammed in after being on the picket lines

'Anti-austerity' Bristol Labour passes £34 million cuts budget

A legal no-cuts budget has even been urged on the mayor by the elected bodies of his own party - yet he still parrots lies about 'illegality' and claims to be powerless in the face of cuts

Unite victory in EDF meter workers' union recognition fight

The successful battle for the trade union recognition of EDF Energy workers transferred to Morrison Data Services has been hailed as a key victory by general union Unite

University bosses rocked - strikes can save staff pensions!

"University chiefs split as strikes cause chaos" read the front page of the Times - after just two days of our planned 14-day strike programme!

200 years of Marxism meeting

How relevant Marx's ideas are in 2018 - 200 years after he was born and 170 years since the publication of the Communist Manifesto

Socialist Students conference highlights successful work

Over 100 students attended the annual Socialist Students conference, which highlighted the successes of Socialist Students' work and the growth in the popularity of socialist ideas

Mary Jackson: funeral and memorial meeting

150 people attended Mary's funeral, including a delegation from transport union RMT, reflecting the enormous love and respect she was held in by family, friends and comrades

Save Our Square occupation: "This land is our land!"

Hundreds signed up to join the Save Our Square campaign in Waltham Forest, east London, on the day

Groundswell of opposition to high-rise development

Walthamstow Saturday market square was buzzing, as around 600 angry demonstrators came together