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Budget
Not a budget for the working class!
Super-rich laughing all the way to the bank: A social tsunami threatens Britain. Two million workers are already officially on the dole and five million more on furlough, facing an uncertain future when the scheme ends.
Public sector workers respond to the budget
News
President of ‘big four’ Labour-affiliated trade union joins TUSC committee
Working-class women have suffered enormously during the pandemic. We’ve been disproportionately hit by job losses, pay cuts, and the additional burden of home schooling and childcare.
International Women’s Day
A fighting programme for women’s rights and socialism
The Covid pandemic has shone a spotlight on all forms of inequality in capitalist society. If you live in a poor area you are twice as likely to die from Covid than if you live in a rich one.
A history of International Women’s Day
8 March this year marks the 110th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD). Over the years there’s been a sustained attempt to remove the socialist origin of the day
What we think
Liverpool Labour meltdown – Fight for socialist policies
Thirty five years ago the national news bulletins most nights featured the leaders of Liverpool’s Labour council, in which Militant (now the Socialist Party) played a key role
School safety
Schools’ safety – teachers demand fighting union strategy
Features
‘Casino capitalism’ – driving another potential financial Armageddon
Across the globe at least 2.4 million people have now died from contracting Covid-19. Livelihoods have been wrecked and economies have crashed, with the world economy shrinking by over 4%
Workplace
Bus workers under attack and fighting back
Manchester indefinite bus strike against ‘fire and rehire’
Socialist Party members supported the hundreds of bus drivers in Manchester who are on strike over proposed changes by private company Go North West
HMRC: Pay deal agreed but at what cost?
On 26 February the PCS union HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) pay ballot closed. The turnout was 82.4% with 79.6% for and 20.4% against the deal.
Sparks force bosses back but fight continues to stamp out deskilling
Rank-and-file construction electricians launched their fight against deskilling at the £22.5 billion Hinkley Point nuclear power station with a number of early morning protests on 24 February.
Reinstate victimised bus driver Declan Clune
Tech workers walk out against ‘fire and rehire’
Tenant-referencing workers at the tech company Goodlord in east London were out on strike on 1 March against the company’s fire-and-rehire scheme.
Victory for Judith, defend Moe
Campaigns
Why we need socialists in London city hall
Stop domestic abuse service closures in Brighton
Swansea BLM protest against racist police brutality
Eleven members of the Socialist Party and Socialist Students from Swansea and the surrounding area attended a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstration, wearing masks and socially distancing, on 27 February
Union fight to save musicians’ livelihoods
Labour surrenders to Tories in Devon
Devon County Council majority Tory group has passed a budget with a 4.99% rise in the council tax. This is the maximum allowed under government rules, and is a tax that hits those on low incomes.
Determined to smash the fighting fund target to fuel election challenge in May