Archive for April 2015
1 April 2015
The Great Money Trick: Another World is Possible
Book review: If you have read Robert Tressell's the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, then this book is for you. And if you haven't, you will still enjoy it
1 April 2015
Problem debt: Millions of people in the UK are in "severe problem debt" as a result of the capitalist recession - in which wages fell for six years - and government austerity
1 April 2015
Solidarity with Cypriot workers
On 25 March Socialist Party members were joined by Turkish Cypriots at the northern Cyprus consulate in London
1 April 2015
Workers celebrated in Seattle in the run up to 1 April when tens of thousands of workers received a pay rise
1 April 2015
End punitive benefit sanctions now!
Darren, a Jobseeker's Allowance claimant from Leicester, has been sanctioned, without proper justification, following a new DWP pilot scheme involving daily signing at a Jobcentre. Darren explains what happened
1 April 2015
Working class action key: Nicos Anastasiades, member of Xekinima (CWI Greece) spoke to Steve Score, editor of the Socialist
1 April 2015
South Africa: campaigning for a working class party
On 16-17 April Numsa, South Africa's metalworkers union, the largest union on the African continent, will be convening a 'conference for socialism'
1 April 2015
Tunisia: thousands demonstrate
CWI members took part in the demonstrations at the recent World Social Forum in Tunis where thousands of young people, women, unemployed people and activists came together
1 April 2015
Gloucester College hustings: Scrap all fees
Sue Powell, TUSC parliamentary candidate for Gloucester, spoke at a Gloucester College hustings on 19 March in front of 50 students
1 April 2015
An early day motion supported by all the main unions in further education, calling for the reversal of devastating cuts in further education provision, now has the support of over 50 MPs
1 April 2015
Socialist Party general election appeal 2015
"Good luck to all comrades standing for a better society for the masses," says Kerry Brier, who has donated £20
1 April 2015
London bus companies forced into pay talks
Following on from the two successful days of strike action in January and February, London bus workers - members of Unite the Union - have forced many of the bus companies and Transport for London (TfL) to talks on 9 April
1 April 2015
Bolton Uni: reinstate Damien and Jenny Markey!
The campaign for the reinstatement of sacked trade unionists Damien and Jenny Markey began on Monday 30 April at Bolton University with around 50 people, including staff, trade unionists and university students, protesting at the outrageous actions of the university management
1 April 2015
RMT members and supporters protested outside a West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) meeting against plans for driver-only operated trains on the Northern and TransPennine Express rail franchises
1 April 2015
Food workers' victory: Two hundred and seventy workers at the giant multinational Refresco-Gerber in Bridgwater, Somerset have won a victory against reductions in terms and conditions after a series of strikes from January to March
1 April 2015
Students occupy for free education
Students across London have been occupying universities, demanding free education and improvements to services. Members of Socialist Students and the Socialist Party have been supporting the movement
1 April 2015
The new look Socialist - thumbs up from readers
The launch of the redesigned Socialist has proved a hit among readers and sellers. Socialist Party members in Walthamstow, east London, sold 46 copies on a public sale last Saturday using the back page
1 April 2015
Main parties have no alternative strategy: Despite an underfunding crisis - against the backcloth of government austerity - a recent Kings Fund report shows the National Health Service (NHS) bearing up well and high patient satisfaction rates
1 April 2015
Axing Clause IV: Making Labour safe for capitalism
In April 1995 a special Labour Party conference dropped Clause IV, part 4 (the 'socialist clause') of its constitution
1 April 2015
Working in the NHS: Low pay, cuts and stress
As an NHS worker I feel as though I have been hit from all directions for the last five years. The nursing unions Unison and RCN have accepted this year's paltry 1% pay rise
1 April 2015
Election 2015 Cameron and Miliband Live
TV Review: With parliament dissolved, the 2015 general election campaign has officially commenced. And while the winning party, or more likely combination of parties, is hard to predict, one thing is certain - whoever forms the next government will continue with capitalist austerity
1 April 2015
Brutal Tory axe to fall on poor: The Tories plan to savagely cut £12 billion from welfare benefits. This brutal axe will fall on disabled people and carers, among many low-income and vulnerable households
1 April 2015
Education will be a vital question on people's minds in the general election and local elections on 7 May. But most voters will have very different priorities from the Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition government
1 April 2015
How to fight the anti-union laws
Supporting Labour will not defeat them: The Tories have proposed even more repressive legislation, including that 40% of all balloted union members have to vote for strike action. Only 15 MPs would have been elected in 2010 on this basis
1 April 2015
NUT conference delegates are discussing how to fight attacks on pensions, pay and workload
1 April 2015
Great news - TUSC has reached the threshold set to qualify for a TV election broadcast
1 April 2015
Miliband's 0-hour contracts limit not enough!
Campaigners from the Youth Fight for Jobs campaign have reacted to news that Miliband plans to put a '12 week limit' on the use of zero hours contracts
2 April 2015
School crossing campaigner stands for TUSC
Scrapping of school crossing patrols is planned as part of a monumental £157 million of cuts
2 April 2015
Kick out rotten MPs and councillors
Paul Couchman, TUSC parliamentary candidate for Spelthorne, says why he is standing
7 April 2015
Lobbying for affordable housing
TUSC supporters lobbied Leeds city council on 1 April, calling for affordable housing for all
7 April 2015
Speaking up for public services and young people
West Midlands Fire Brigades Union member and TUSC Dudley North parliamentary candidate Dave Pitt spoke to the Socialist
7 April 2015
Immigration: Workers' unity needed
In election hustings Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidates will be asked what their attitude is to immigration. How should Socialist Party members respond?
8 April 2015
Election hustings: we shall be heard!
TUSC can beat most of the parties in a fair vote in hustings - if we are given a chance to be heard.
8 April 2015
The Manchester Evening News's front page read "End cuts and tax the rich"
8 April 2015
Stop Sodexo's probation jobs cull
With the ink barely dry on the probation privatisation contracts, Sodexo has announced sweeping redundancies
8 April 2015
Whipps Cross hospital trade union activist reinstated
Workers are celebrating the victory of Unison health activist Charlotte Monro
8 April 2015
Art review: Adventures of the black square
Niall Mulholland reviews Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915-2015
8 April 2015
Easy money: Should Tony Blair's "education, education, education" mantra be replaced by "money, money, money"?
8 April 2015
TUSC campaigners in Lincoln took part in a 'Bring Back British Rail' national day of action to call for the renationalisation of the railways, 22 years since they were privatised
8 April 2015
EDL would be stopped again in Walthamstow
The far-right English Defence League (EDL) has announced that it is intending to hold a demonstration in Walthamstow on 9 May 2015, having received objections from the family of soldier Lee Rigby to a provocative march in Woolwich around the anniversary of his death
8 April 2015
Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Land Day
Members, both Palestinian and Israeli, of Socialist Struggle (CWI Israel/Palestine) took part in the 39th Palestinian Land Day, commemorating the first mass revolt of Palestinian people inside Israel against the expropriation of Palestinian land for Jewish settlements
8 April 2015
Australia: marching against racism
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) members took part in and helped organise counter-demonstrations on 4 April to rallies of the newly formed anti-Muslim 'Reclaim Australia'
8 April 2015
Ireland: supporting striking Dunnes workers
On 2 April workers at Dunnes supermarket stores across Ireland took strike action for security in jobs, wages and conditions
8 April 2015
Teachers want action on cuts and workload
NUT conference voted to ballot for action if austerity plans go on
8 April 2015
NHS: Anti-union blacklisting threat
Just before Parliament closed for the general election, a select committee revealed that the Consulting Association (which provided names of thousands of trade unionists to construction industry bosses, who then blacklisted them) had discussed with companies working in the NHS
8 April 2015
No end to austerity from 'The Magnificent Seven'
They called the leaders' debate last Thursday the meeting of "The Magnificent Seven", but Disney's 'Seven Dwarfs' could have done better - with Dopey surpassing Farage any day!
8 April 2015
Looking after the millionaires, not the millions
On 1 April the Tory-supporting Daily Telegraph splashed its front page with the names of 103 senior business leaders, issuing a dire warning that deviating from the Tories' economic plan would spell an end to Britain's 'recovery' and threaten thousands of jobs
8 April 2015
Nigeria: Ruling party crumbles in historic election
Without doubt the 28 March presidential election was a major turning point for Nigeria. For the first time in the country's 55 year existence as an independent country, a ruling party was roundly defeated in an election
8 April 2015
So far, 119 members in Yorkshire have pledged £12,414 to the Socialist Party's election appeal, of which £8,570 has been paid
8 April 2015
Smurfit Kappa: Unite the Union members working for Smurfit Kappa packaging in Northampton, took 48 hours of strike action from 1 April in support of two sacked senior shop stewards who have stood up to the company over 'race to the bottom' contracts
8 April 2015
1 in 5 parliamentary seats set to have a TUSC choice on 7 May
TUSC is fielding the biggest working class challenge in generations on 7 May
8 April 2015
Art review: Searching for the marvellous
Currently on display in Skipton (North Yorkshire) is a wonderful collection of surrealist art by Peter Harris
8 April 2015
Socialist Party members raised £29,255 in the first three months of 2015 - 117% of the target
8 April 2015
Hillsborough inquests: Heartbreak, disbelief and anger
The 26th anniversary of the Hillsborough stadium disaster in Sheffield, when 96 Liverpool football supporters were crushed to death, takes place on 15 April
8 April 2015
Will SNP deliver on "anti-austerity" promises?
According to media commentators the SNP's leader Nicola Sturgeon emerged as the 'victor' in the Leaders' debate
8 April 2015
The next government could bring in charges for NHS services. This was the warning made by Mark Porter, head of doctors' organisation the BMA, because of the NHS's £30 billion deficit
8 April 2015
Employers around the country - large and small, including the public sector - have created a culture of despair. Poverty pay means millions cannot afford the basics they need for a decent life
9 April 2015
Dundee porters and Glasgow council workers on indefinite strike
One hundred and seventeen hospital porters in Dundee and 70 council workers in Glasgow are on all-out indefinite strike action for fair pay and recognition for the job that they do
10 April 2015
Fast Food Rights action - 15th April
On Wednesday 15th April, fast food and other low-paid workers in the USA will be taking part in what could be the biggest day of strikes, occupations and protests yet in their fight for a $15/hour minimum wage
10 April 2015
Manifesto launch: 135-seat five-point pledge
TUSC launched its manifesto in Canary Wharf, described by Dave Nellist as "the belly of the beast"
13 April 2015
Dave Nellist calls for bank nationalisation on Daily Politics
Without TUSC, the idea of the super-rich paying for the crisis wouldn't feature
13 April 2015
Labour manifesto shows commitment to banks not ordinary people
TUSC has condemned Labour's pledge to carry on Tory austerity
13 April 2015
Lift workers strike over 'spy in the cab'
Kone workers are striking on Mondays in a dispute over tracking devices
15 April 2015
Putting socialism back in LGBT politics
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) is once again on the frontline of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) politics, writes Pat Chadwick
15 April 2015
Fighting local government cuts
TUSC Croydon Central constituency candidate April Ashley is a Unison national executive member and assistant branch secretary for Southwark Unison local government (standing for TUSC in a personal capacity)
15 April 2015
Oppose the 'logic of capitalism': Election polls continue to show Labour and the Tories neck and neck. This is an indictment of Labour: After five years of the most vicious attacks on the working class, they cannot decisively pull ahead of the Tory toffs
15 April 2015
Overture to the struggle to come
9. These factors have undeniably delayed and made more complicated the struggle against austerity. It would be completely wrong, however, to suggest that they have prevented it. The working class has repeatedly
15 April 2015
16. Whichever party has the most MPs after 7 May, it is likely to have real difficulties forming a stable government or even any government at all. It is not ruled out that they will have no choice but
15 April 2015
21. While increasing numbers of working class people dismiss all of the three big parties as 'the same', there is still another layer who will vote Labour hoping that they will at least be a little bit
15 April 2015
25. What would the differences be between a Labour minority government and a Tory one? Little of substance. Tony Blair has already started to publicly lay the blame for Labour losing the general election
15 April 2015
Document on British Perspectives
Socialist Party congress, 14-15 February 2015: This document was produced on 5th January 2015 and subsequently some amendments were incorporated during and following the 14th February congress discussion on Britain, writes Socialist Party executive committee, January 2015.
15 April 2015
32. There are many issues which will be problematic -to put it mildly - for the next government. Central of course is the economic crisis and the huge struggles of the working class that will be on the
15 April 2015
39. As the existing parties are weakened, other 'populist' forces are stepping into the vacuum. This process will accelerate under the next government, particularly before the formation of a new workers'
15 April 2015
44. Britain effectively now has a five party system, excluding Scotland and Wales. In terms of the balance of power in Westminster, it will be a six party system, as the SNP could be the third biggest
15 April 2015
46. In the last year, the Collins Review has destroyed the final vestiges of a collective voice for the trade unions within the Labour party. Last year's perspectives document was written before the Collins
15 April 2015
Potential flashpoints for class struggle
50. There are multiple issues over which struggle could develop in the next period. When there is a seemingly immovable blockage at the top, workers search for a way round it. Explosions can take place
15 April 2015
60. The political situation is extremely unstable, making it impossible to accurately predict exactly how events will develop. However, some points are very clear. The next government will be highly unstable
15 April 2015
Yemen: Brutal onslaught on country's poor
Over 500 people in Yemen were killed and terrible devastation, injuries, trauma and displacement inflicted in the first two weeks of Saudi Arabia led air strikes
15 April 2015
All the indicators of homelessness are on the rise. The number of children living in temporary accommodation has risen by nearly 10,000 in the last 12 months.
15 April 2015
NHS is collapsing under a mountain of PFI debt
Health service is not safe in Labour or Tory hands: When you go into one of the main blocks at St Bartholomew's hospital in central London, it's almost like going into a posh hotel, writes Alison Hill.
15 April 2015
Labour and the Tories have been at loggerheads over who can beat a patriotic war drum loudest regarding a replacement to the trident submarine 'nuclear deterrent' system
15 April 2015
France: One-day strike against austerity
Workers in both public and private sectors of the economy walked out in France on 9 April against austerity measures of the 'left' Hollande government
15 April 2015
Mr Big: A £47 billion takeover bid by oil giant Shell for smaller rival BG Group will net 'Norway's Mr Oil' - Helge Lund - a cool £25 million, for just two months' work!
15 April 2015
My life as a day centre worker
A Cardiff day care worker, and member of Unison, explains the demands of their important job, against a background of austerity cuts
15 April 2015
Warrington Labour's 'time limit on democracy'
TUSC councillor and Warrington South parliamentary candidate Kevin Bennett has expressed disgust at the Labour Party council voting to "put a time limit on democracy"
15 April 2015
I emailed the Diocese of Leicester to ask why TUSC had not been invited to its five-way debate, writes Mike Barker.
15 April 2015
US: Kshama Sawant on Democracy Now
Socialist Alternative (co-thinkers of the CWI in the US) member and Seattle City Councillor Kshama Sawant took part in a debate about the presidential candidacy of Hilary Clinton on Democracy Now
15 April 2015
Five feminist activists who were arrested last month by the Chinese authorities have been released after a global movement involving many CWI sections
15 April 2015
Canada: first national meeting
On 4-5 April Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada) held their first ever national meeting
15 April 2015
100% against austerity? Vote TUSC
Dave Nellist with other TUSC candidates at the manifesto launch in London's Canary Wharf, photo Paul Mattsson
"This is a rich country, the fifth richest on the planet. It's just that the wealth is in the wrong hands - in the hands of a few millionaires and billionaires. TUSC is the only unashamedly socialist party in these elections."
15 April 2015
PCS: Defending check-off in DWP
The PCS civil service union has lodged papers with the high court seeking a declaration that PCS members in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have a contractual right to pay their union subs by the check-off method (paid directly from salaries)
15 April 2015
Low pay: Stop subsidising the bosses
Low-paid workers, typically employed in fast-food outlets and high street shops, have been the focus of trade unions and activists in the global day of action on 15 April
15 April 2015
Public sector wage restraint - myth and reality
In 2012 Policy Exchange, the Tories favourite think tank, produced a paper - 'Local pay, local growth' - which argued that holding down public sector wages and pensions and bringing them into line with 'equivalent' jobs in the private sector would save £6.3 billion a year.
15 April 2015
We need a £10 an hour minimum wage
Rail worker and RMT transport union member Ted Woodley is standing for TUSC in the Birmingham Erdington seat
15 April 2015
'Liverpool 47' councillors in TUSC challenge
This year's TUSC parliamentary and local election challenge in Liverpool will be spearheaded by former members of the 1983-87 Labour Council who defied Margaret Thatcher's government, built 5,000 homes and created thousands of jobs and apprenticeships in the city
15 April 2015
'The largest party you've never heard of'
The radio this morning keeps talking about the seven largest parties contesting seats in Parliament. There's one party missing from that list - TUSC
15 April 2015
Glasgow strikers: 'We're all in it to win it!'
Striking Glasgow homelessness caseworkers spoke to the Socialist
15 April 2015
Unison health backs £10 an hour call
Unison health conference has backed a motion from Mid Yorkshire branch calling for a £10 an hour minimum wage
15 April 2015
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition has been granted its first ever election broadcast, giving a fantastic opportunity to get out and explain the details of our alternative to austerity
15 April 2015
"Too little, too late" could sum up the Labour Party manifesto, writes Naomi Byron, Socialist Party finance team
15 April 2015
Standing in line, hoping for work
Hoping to get some work, I recently joined 200 other people queuing before 5.30am at Flower World in Derby
15 April 2015
Artist and Socialist Party member Peter Robson has been commissioned by Bradford Cathedral's arts space (which is funded by the arts council) to provide paintings at an exhibition in May 2016
15 April 2015
Bromley council workers show how to fight Tories
Unite members working at Bromley council have begun a fight to defend public services from privatisation, oppose cuts to pay and conditions and defend the right of workers to be organised in a trade union
15 April 2015
Glasgow and Dundee: All-out strikes demand fair pay
Empty chairs at the Glasgow Homlessness workers' negotiating table
One hundred and seventeen Dundee hospital porters and 70 local government workers in Glasgow are on strike in separate but similar disputes for fair pay and recognition for the job that they do
17 April 2015
The 100% anti-austerity election broadcast - tonight!
Tonight TUSC has its first party election broadcast transmitted across England, Wales and Scotland.
18 April 2015
Global Fast Food Rights day of action
Campaigners are protesting against 0-hr contracts and for a £10/hr minimum wage
19 April 2015
Only TUSC can be trusted to save local services
"You're the first person who has made sense in this election" said a council worker
20 April 2015
Glasgow South TUSC candidate 'impressed the most'
Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidate Brian Smith got an excellent response at the Common Weal Glasgow South hustings on Thursday, which over 150 attended
20 April 2015
Global action day against TTIP
Salford TUSC organised a protest early on Saturday morning outside our local hospital
21 April 2015
May Day support for jailed labour activists in Iran
Shiva Mahbobi reports on the plight of labour activists in Iran
21 April 2015
TUSC v broadcasters and banksters
"I have been looking for a party I could believe in ... after tonight's broadcast I think I've found it", said one trade unionist
22 April 2015
£30bn NHS funding shortfall: Like a tiny plaster over a gaping wound, promises to improve the NHS made by the establishment parties are worthless
22 April 2015
Fast food workers hungry for justice
Low-paid workers around the planet took action on 15 April. The day of action protested against low pay and encouraged workers to organise to improve their lot
22 April 2015
Now is a time when fighting back is becoming ever more important. But no mass organisations are willing to play the role of leaders. Socialist Students has to step up!
22 April 2015
"TUSC does what it says on the tin" - Bob Crow. The brilliant election broadcast made that clear to even more people
22 April 2015
The past year has been a bruising one for retail and distribution workers. One supermarket company after another has faced a crisis while high street shop closures have failed to significantly slow, writes Stop the supermarket bosses' attacks on workers.
22 April 2015
Pay issues dominate at Unison Health conference
Health workers gathered in Liverpool for Unison Health conference on 13-14 April, coming at a time when the NHS has become a key election battleground
22 April 2015
Across the country around 300 engineering service workers, employed by the lift firm Kone, are holding regular Monday strikes
22 April 2015
CWU conference: We need a fighting trade union
This year's Communication Workers' Union conference will be the last with Billy Hayes as general secretary following his recent election defeat to Dave Ward
22 April 2015
Dallas dreams or fracking nightmare?
Oil reserves have been discovered in the Horse Hill area around Gatwick airport. The chief executive of UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) claimed there were up to 100 billion gallons of oil
22 April 2015
Janner scandal: ruling class closes ranks
The latest in the series of horrific mass child sexual abuse scandals is around Greville Janner, a Labour Party member of the House of Lords
22 April 2015
Standing up for workers in Derby South
As a support worker in the health sector for people with complex needs I'm angry with what is happening to people due to cuts
22 April 2015
TUSC's election broadcast - "at last - a left wing alternative"
On Friday 17 April the TUSC party political broadcast aired on all five terrestrial TV channels
22 April 2015
Housing crisis: We demand rent controls!
There is a severe crisis in housing. Low pay and sky-high rents mean that private renters spend over half their income paying the rent.
22 April 2015
Labour is facing electoral oblivion in Scotland
The Scottish National Party (SNP) launched its election manifesto as opinion polls point to a SNP landslide at Labour's expense on 7 May
22 April 2015
Fleeing refugees drown in 'Mediterranean cemetery'
Hundreds drowned in the Mediterranean Sea last week when their flimsy people-smuggling boats capsized off the Libyan coast
22 April 2015
In what may not be the most shocking news, a frank admission has exposed the Con-Dem government's reported 'crackdown' on tax avoidance as being nothing more than posturing
22 April 2015
Beyond the Pale - capitalism and the environment
In the UK's general election, environment and climate change are issues the establishment parties want to downplay, if not try to forget about entirely, writes Pete Dickenson.
22 April 2015
The government has been slammed over privatising the processing of visa applications to the UK
22 April 2015
30 years ago: 250,000 school students walked out.
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the 1985 school student strikes. Militant, the predecessor of the Socialist Party, played a leading role in organising them
22 April 2015
Election: Distorted effect of anger against austerity
The desperate measures of both Labour and the Tories to gain votes by stealing each other's clothes have made virtually no difference to the polls
23 April 2015
Wales: Hundreds protest cuts to adult education
Staff and students across colleges in Wales took part in protests against cuts
24 April 2015
27 April 2015
Over 300 bus drivers, engineers and support staff came out on a 48-hour strike
27 April 2015
Labour's policy won't solve crisis
This week the housing crisis finally reached Westminster.
28 April 2015
Meet the TUSCs taking on the austerity-mongers
Who are the TUSCs? Not career politicians but nurses, teachers, rail workers, firefighters, low-paid young workers ...
30 April 2015
Why you should join the socialists
Are you sickened that in the last year one million people had to rely on food banks?
30 April 2015
150 people attended a public meeting organised by Xekinima (CWI Greece) in Thessaloniki about the struggle against gold mining in Halkidiki
30 April 2015
Membership of this club doesn't come cheap. In fact, it'll cost you a minimum of £100 million to be featured in the Sunday Times Rich List
30 April 2015
The Socialist election schedule
This bumper May Day greetings issue of the Socialist lasts a fortnight from 30 April to 13 May
30 April 2015
Bromley workers escalate strikes
Unite members working for Bromley council have begun a big escalation of the strike campaign launched to defend workers' rights and fight off mass privatisation, writes Socialist Party members in Bromley.
30 April 2015
Bradford bus drivers strike against job losses
Hundreds of First West Yorkshire bus drivers and engineers were on strike in Bradford on 27-28 April, officially against the transfer of a bus service to the Halifax depot with a loss of eight jobs, writes Iain Dalton.
30 April 2015
Barking bin workers walkout over pay cuts
GMB members working for the Barking and Dagenham refuse collection continued strike action against £1,000 annual pay cuts on 23-24 April
30 April 2015
Dundee porters force NHS bosses to retreat
The strike by 117 Dundee hospital porters is gaining huge support from across the city and beyond. The Unite union members began selective strike action nine weeks ago and, as we go to press, are now in
30 April 2015
Pop star and activist Jawad Ahmad backs TUSC
Jawad Ahmad is renowned in Pakistan for his songs and his politics
30 April 2015
Establishment witch-hunt in Tower Hamlets
In a blatantly undemocratic political act, an Election Court judge has barred Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman from office
30 April 2015
Rent controls? Another Labour fudge
It's a testament to housing campaigners, including socialists in TUSC, that the Labour Party has finally felt compelled to offer a mild redress to the housing crisis, by proposing to peg private landlords' rent rises to the rate of inflation for three years
30 April 2015
Viva Cuba?: Rent control to stop excessive rents being charged by rip-off private landlords is very popular
30 April 2015
Why many class fighters won't vote Labour
In the Guardian on 22 April, Owen Jones said: "If you want to look in the eyes of those people pummelled by callous Tory policies, vote Labour - and be prepared to fight."
30 April 2015
125 years of May Day: Learn lessons of past struggles
May Day in central London, photo Paul Mattsson
This year marks the 125th International Workers' Day, or 'May Day'. The original call for workers' demonstrations around the world on 1 May was made in July 1889 at the International Socialist Workers Congress in Paris
30 April 2015
Ireland: crucial stage for water charges
The first bills for water charges are being sent out in April and May to all homes in Ireland
30 April 2015
MoD IT workers demand decent pay
PCS civil service union members working for computing firm CSC in Glasgow and Gosport took five days' strike action from 20 April for a fair pay award
30 April 2015
Glasgow homelessness caseworkers' strike
The indefinite all-out strike of the Glasgow homeless caseworkers is still going strong after over a month
30 April 2015
I first came across TUSC on a campaign stall in Allenton. I realised we had the same ideals. I would like to save the NHS, nationalise our industries, defend public services...
30 April 2015
After the election: prepare for the battles to come
While no one yet knows which political party or parties will be in government after the general election, many of the tasks facing the trade union and anti-cuts movement after polling day are already clear
30 April 2015
Cuts and privatisation kill, photo Paul Mattsson
Reverse all cuts and privatisation: The scene: a Medical Incident Officer - a standby doctor normally called upon for major accidents - arrives at Worcestershire Royal Hospital to treat patients who have been waiting for hours, untreated in ambulances outside the hospital
30 April 2015
Anti-cuts councillor set to defend seat
This election campaign has shown the rising tide of anti-austerity anger
30 April 2015
Key working class fighters rally to TUSC
Why trade unionists, tenants' leaders and justice campaigners are backing TUSC
30 April 2015
Socialist plan or capitalist chaos
Apart from TUSC - with its brilliantly effective TV broadcast and general programme for socialist change - none of the big or even the smaller parties have been prepared to offer any alternative to the existing capitalist system
30 April 2015
Why the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition?
It's crunch time. As Britain heads to the polls - and awaits the outcome of subsequent political horse trading - who will fight for the interests of ordinary people?
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