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25 April 2012
Hillingdon - Bob Crow: Nearly 70 local people in Uxbridge, west London, listened to Bob Crow argue the case for TUSC on 18 April...
22 February 2012
Fans not financiers should run football
Professional football in Britain is stumbling from one crisis to another. After repeatedly failing to deal with racism, attention returns to financial malpractice.
22 February 2012
Portsmouth: Anti-cuts activists present an alternative budget
Austerity is not working! That was the message delivered to Portsmouth city council on Tuesday when 100 anti-cuts activists lobbied the annual budget setting meeting, before presenting a 'needs budget'...
7 December 2011
Reinstate Paul Kelly: Solidarity with Portsmouth RMT
On 11 November Paul Kelly, an elected transport union RMT rep at Wightlink Ferries in Portsmouth was dismissed on trumped-up charges and what many workers see as an anti-union vendetta by management...
16 November 2011
Support Paul Kelly!: Transport union RMT rep Paul Kelly has recently been involved in protesting against the imposition of new rosters at Wightlink Ferries in Portsmouth
28 September 2011
Fight fees and cuts - join Socialist Students!
Lincoln: Lincoln University Socialist Students gained hundreds of signatures on the 'No to £9k' petition during freshers week, with lots of people interested in joining the society...
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
8 June 2011
'Were I Andrew Lansley, I would resign over this issue," claimed Mike Hancock, Lib Dem MP for Portsmouth South, when presented with a 'Save Our NHS' petition by local anti-cuts campaigners, health workers and trade unionists...
Lobby Outside Council Meeting: Portsmouth Against Cuts Together (PACT) presented an alternative budget to the council meeting, photo by Portsmouth Socialist Party
10 February 2011
Portsmouth anti-cuts campaign presents an alternative
As Portsmouth City Council voted on Tuesday for a budget to make over £20 million worth of cuts, the only voice of opposition came from Portsmouth Against Cuts Together (PACT). An edited version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Socialist.
2 February 2011
Protesting against all of the cuts
Stroud: On a march organised by Stroud Against Cuts and Gloucestershire Trades Council, the small town echoed to the sound of 500 anti-cuts protesters determined to oppose the cuts agenda of the coalition government and Tory-led county council...
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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19 November 2010
Workers and students launch Portsmouth anti-cuts campaign
Over 150 trade unionists, students and community activists packed into a university lecture theatre on 18 November to officially launch the Portsmouth Anti-Cuts Campaign...
Brighton Socialist Party on the anti-cuts protest in Brighton
3 November 2010
Anti-cuts movement continues to grow
Brighton: Two thousand people marched in the Brighton Stop the Cuts Coalition (BSTC) demonstration on Saturday 30 October...
Portsmouth anti-cuts rally
1 November 2010
Portsmouth workers vow: Not one single cut!
"We will not accept one single cut! We will not accept one single job loss!" That was the rallying cry in Portsmouth city centre on Saturday 30 October as over 150 trade unionists and students marched...
13 October 2010
Protest against the Con-Dem's comprehensive cuts on 23 October
London, Cardiff, Manchester, Bristol, Portsmouth...
22 September 2010
Building the anti-cuts fightback: Local campaign launches
Brighton: Over 200 people packed into Friends Meeting House in Brighton on Thursday 9 September to launch a community-wide campaign against cuts...
20 September 2010
Portsmouth: Preparing to defeat the cuts
Portsmouth trade council's anti-cuts campaign saw 80 trade unionists and community activists debate with RMT, Unite and Unison speakers...
28 April 2010
TUSC: 'Hear your candidate' meetings
A chance to put your questions to your local Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates. Listing of meetings around the country.
Mick Tosh, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidate , photo TUSC
21 April 2010
Portsmouth North: "An ordinary guy to represent ordinary workers"
AS IBM announced a 'consultation' over threatened redundancies in Portsmouth, Mick Tosh, TUSC parliamentary candidate for Portsmouth North, called for solidarity with the workers facing job losses, writes Ben Norman.
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