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The Socialist issue 1126

24 March 2021

NHS crisis, mass sackings, violence against women... Protesting is not a crime

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The Socialist issue 1126

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Protest

spotProtesting is not a crime

After a year of misery, more Covid cuts are coming. This threatens us all – maybe cuts to a local A&E, more cuts to street-lighting, bus routes disappearing – and greater destitution.

spotDefying the anti-protest restrictions

spotPolice attempt to silence mothers

spotPolice invade student homes

NHS

spotNHS pay: 15% now

NHS staff are seething about the Tories 1% pay ‘rise’. Now the Labour-controlled Welsh government has announced a one-off £500 bonus for NHS workers. Nationally, Labour is suggesting only 2.1%

spotFighting NHS privatisation

spotHaringey: Hands off our GP practices

Elections

spotBattle for a fighting, anti-austerity Liverpool mayor

spotWhy I am standing for TUSC

Working-class people need a voice in the council chamber. When the Labour Party was formed a hundred years ago, it did that job. It pulled together workers and fighting trade unionists

spotHelp fund the Socialist Party’s stand as part of TUSC

Fighting Sexual Harassment

spotFighting sexual harassment and gender violence on campus

spotJustice for Blessing Olusegun

spotFilm Review: Moxie

Paris Commune 150 Years

spot150th anniversary of the Paris Commune

2011 Pensions Strike

spotLessons of the 2011 pensions strike: when workers showed their power

Workplace News

spotPCS elections: increased support for Broad Left Network

spotEngineering workers strike against ‘fire and rehire’ in Leicester

Workers at SPS Technologies in Leicester have taken strike action against the company’s ‘fire and rehire’ assault on their terms and conditions

spot‘Sleep-ins’ ruling must lead to a huge campaign for social care workers’ rights

spotShrewsbury Pickets win: Convictions overturned

The Shrewsbury Pickets have had their convictions overturned. Ancient ‘conspiracy’ legislation was used to convict them for picketing during the national building strike in 1972.

spotSparks continue protests against deskilling

On 17 March, for the second time in a fortnight, Unite electricians lobbied construction workers entering the large NG Bailey’s Indoor Arena site.

spotBeal High school strike as management refuse to negotiate over fair sick pay scheme

spotPreparing to organise workers in Enfield

spotSupport victimised bus driver reps and Socialist Party members Declan and Moe

spotGoodlord workers continue all-out strike

Campaigns

spotSave John Carroll – fight is far from over!

spotStop evictions and drop the debts

spotOnline meeting – Ending violence against women, the socialist approach

Women’s rights, and our oppression under the capitalist system, have been thrust into the spotlight by the events of the last few weeks.

spotSocialist Party regional conferences meet online

Readers’ Opinion

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