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9 May 2012
Brighton Socialist Party: New/social media and protest
Many of the movements globally in 2011 have highlighted the use of internet networking sites, with some commentators claiming that these were 'Twitter' or 'Facebook' revolutions, writes Wednesday 9 May 2012.
25 April 2012
Brighton: Mass protest counters racist EDL
On 22 April a mass mobilisation of up to 1,000 anti-racists joined a demonstration to counter the English Defence League and their annual 'March for England' through Brighton
Pro choice protest in Wales against Ann Widdecombe, photo Dave Reid
18 April 2012
Abort67 is an anti-choice group that draws its name from its opposition to the 1967 Abortion Act. They claim to be 'providing information' to women outside family planning clinics where abortions take place
18 April 2012
Success at Varndean College, Brighton
I recently stood, with some friends who share similar political beliefs to me, for election to positions in Varndean College, Brighton, writes Ewan Atkinson.
1,000 people joined a lively Abortion Rights Campaign protest opposite Parliament , photo Leah Jones and Anna Engelhardt
28 March 2012
Abortion - defend and extend the right to choose
Shona McCulloch looks at the tactics of right-wing opponents of abortion rights and of choice, and how best to safeguard women's hard-won gains...
28 March 2012
Brighton Uni: Socialist Students five votes from victory
Frequently dominated by populist politics and joke candidates, student union elections are too often the stomping ground of the apolitical and the right-wing bureaucracy that dominate local student unions and large sections of the National Union of Students (NUS), writes Jack Poole, Brighton University Socialist Students.
15 February 2012
Should socialists support the Green Party?
In issue 703 of the Socialist, Socialist Party member Alec Price criticised the Green Party's claim to be an anti-cuts alternative to New Labour. Below we carry the correspondence that has followed
13 February 2012
Brighton debate with Green councillor on fighting the cuts
At a Brighton Stop the Cuts Coalition debate on 2 February, attended by over 120 people, Green party councillor Jason Kitcat defended 'savings' by the council
1 February 2012
Are the Greens a real alternative?
Green leader Caroline Lucas MP and her party are attempting to build on the unions' rift with Labour to encourage trade union support and funding to break from the Labour Party and support them instead
1 February 2012
Over four decades, from the 1970s until her recent death, Gwenda Beishon was a continuous subscriber to the Militant newspaper and then the Socialist
30 November 2011
Brighton Greens fail to fight the cuts
Brighton local government elections in May 2011 resulted in 23 Green councillors, 18 Tories and 13 Labour, giving the Greens, elected on an 'anti-cuts' election campaign, control over the council cabinet
5 October 2011
Students join the socialists as fury grows over cuts and fees
Socialist Students has had an excellent response at this year's freshers fairs. Fury is the most frequently displayed emotion whenever the government or bankers are mentioned
17 August 2011
Brighton: This year Pride in Brighton charged an entrance fee for the first time. This excluded many working class LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer) people on low incomes
School students and teachers protest against academies at Tile Hill Wood school in Coventry, photo Coventry Socialist Party
20 July 2011
Defending state education - Brighton academy victory
I was a governor at Varndean school for over four years because I passionately believe in a properly resourced comprehensive education system, open to all regardless of their background, writes Dave Richards, former Varndean governor
6 July 2011
30 June pension strike reports
The 30 June coordinated strike action by the PCS civil service union and NUT, ATL and UCU teaching unions was a historic event
27 April 2011
Police assist racist EDL marchers
A combination of Hampshire, Surrey, Metropolitan and Sussex Police - over 350 officers in total - ensured that the far-right and racist English Defence League (EDL) marched through Brighton on 24 April, writes Jon Redford, Brighton Socialist Party.
13 April 2011
Fighting the cuts after 26 March demo
Connecting London campaigns: Seventy people, representing 15 London borough anti-cuts alliances, met on Saturday 9 April to "share experiences" and discuss the way forward in fighting the cuts, writes Paula Mitchell.
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