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31 October 2011
Liverpool city council and its 'consultation'
A meeting dubbed as Liverpool city council's 'Question Time' was held at Liverpool town hall on 27 October. On the same day a sham 'consultation' on cuts also took place in Exeter...
Exeter Anti Cuts March and Rally 2 May 2011, photo Nick Hall
4 May 2011
On May Day bank holiday Exeter played host to a vibrant and up-beat anti-cuts demonstration. The demonstration was the biggest Exeter has seen since the anti-war movement
Jim Thomson addressed the Exeter Anti Cuts March and Rally 2 May 2011, photo Nick Hall
4 May 2011
22 February 2011
Devon anti-cuts alliances oppose callous Tory cuts
On Thursday 17 February, Devon county councillors voted on a budget which would slash £54 million from services, including support for abused women, youth services and public transport
9 February 2011
Billy Bragg helps raise Exeter Anti-Cuts funds
Socialist Party members and other anti-cuts activists recently helped to organise a fundraising gig in Exeter which featured left-wing singer and guitarist Billy Bragg as its headline act, writes Jim Thomson.
Newcastle students protest, photo Elaine Brunskill
1 December 2010
We can win: student struggle must escalate
On 24 November 130,000 school, college and university students walked out in the biggest education action for 25 years...
25 November 2010
Student walkouts on 24 November
Last updated 29 Nov Throughout the day students across the country demonstrated, occupied and walked out against the government's attacks on further and higher education, many initiated by Youth Fight for Jobs and Socialist Students.
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Liverpool lobby of council: Tony Mulhearn (holding The Socialist), waiting to speak, Daren Ireland, RMT and President of Liverpool TUC, addressing demo , photo Merseyside Socialist Party
17 November 2010
Protests and meetings against the cuts
Liverpool: An anti-cuts lobby of Liverpool city councillors on 10 November, called by Liverpool Trades Union Council, saw 200 workers defying police by blocking the main road outside the town hall in protest against cuts in services and jobs...
11 November 2010
Exeter Anti-cuts Alliance launched
Over 70 people attended the Exeter Anti-Cuts Alliance launch meeting, established as a federal, bottom-up organisation by Socialist Party and other trade union activists, writes Jim Thomson, Exeter Socialist Party
17 March 2010
Unite to save Northcott Theatre
EXETER NORTHCOTT Theatre is being placed in administration. The future of one of the South West's only producing theatre companies, and its 80 employees, is in doubt, writes Rob Edwards, Exeter Socialist Students.
28 October 2009
Postal strike reports: Defending the service
Cars hooted their support as postal workers' picket lines were solid across Gloucestershire this week, even more so than during the 2007 strike, writes Chris Moore, Gloucestershire Socialist Party.
11 February 2009
Exeter: Mobilising to stop the far right
THE FAR right British National Party (BNP) reared its ugly head again in Exeter. Last Saturday, this threat was met by a united front in Exeter High Street by socialists of various backgrounds. The biggest...
21 January 2009
On 15 January, Exeter Socialist Students took to the high street to campaign on behalf of Robbie Segal, Socialist Party activist and shop workers' union Usdaw presidential candidate, writes Rob Edwards.
28 May 2008
Exeter bomb explosion: Workers' unity needed against terrorism, war and deprivation
Last week's failed terrorist attack in Exeter caused a wave of shock and surprise in Devon and Britain as a whole, writes Jim Thomson, Devon Socialist Party.
27 February 2008
Student feature: Fighting fees
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Socialist Students in Manchester on the Campaign to Defeat Fees day of action, photo Abby Taylor |
20 February 2008
Exeter students fight privatisation
EXETER SOCIALIST Students recently organised a protest by 55 students, parents and workers outside the office of university vice-chancellor Steve Smith... By Allan Coote, Exeter Socialist Students
29 November 2007
Exeter students gain anti-fascist victory
A victory for the forces of anti-fascism took place on 23 November when 200 students, union representatives and staff of Exeter University at a guild (students union) general meeting voted overwhelmingly for a policy of 'no ... By Robert Edwards, Exeter Socialist Students
11 October 2007
Cuts kill - no reductions in the fire service!
AFTER THE usual sham of 'consultation', Devon and Somerset Fire Authority have decided to axe 25 jobs in the fire service in Devon, despite a budget surplus of £1 million.... By Jim Lowe, Devon Socialist Party
4 October 2007
University is becoming an absolute rip off! £3,000 a year for top-up fees. £100 a week rent in many student halls. Brighton University is charging students...
15 December 2006
Whitehaven: AROUND 4,000 people marched through the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven on 9 December to warn the local health trust - hands off west Cumbria's hospital services...
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