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The Socialist issue 665

6 April 2011

Cuts wreck people's lives

2011 Back issues


The Socialist issue 665

Anti-cuts campaign

spotCuts wreck people’s lives

Half-Million strong TUC demo 26 March 2011, photo Dave Beale

Half-Million strong TUC demo 26 March 2011, photo Dave Beale


spotTory health plans are sick

spotBosses prepare for war on public sector workers

spotLabour Link won’t save jobs and services

spotHousing benefit cuts start to bite

spotBristol meeting – The battle of our lives has begun

spotOn the move in London to fight the cuts

Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, speaking about the half-million strong TUC demo, part one, photo  Socialist Party

Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, speaking about the half-million strong TUC demo, part one, photo Socialist Party


spotFight the cuts with TUSC: more than just a ‘protest vote’

spotAusterity measures take away the basics

spotLabour ‘campaigning’ – casework style

spotFast news

Socialist history

spot1981 Brixton riots

April 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of the riots in Brixton, south London, against police racism, unemployment and poverty…

Building support for a socialist response to the repression after the Brixton riots, photo Socialist Party

Building support for a socialist response to the repression after the Brixton riots, photo Socialist Party


International socialist news and analysis

spotIreland’s economy on the brink

Within the first month of taking office, after 14 years in opposition, the shine has already come off Ireland’s Fine Gael/Labour coalition government, writes Michael O’Brien, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland).

spotJordan: ‘Reforms’ fail to halt growing opposition

Socialist Party workplace news

spotSaltend lock-out – Solidarity strike spreads

On Wednesday 6 April, hundreds of engineering construction workers at several sites around the country will be taking strike action in solidarity with the 400 Redhall workers locked out from BP Saltend, Hull. An edited version of this article appeared in The Socialist.

Saltend construction workers protest against being locked out by Redhall, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party

Saltend construction workers protest against being locked out by Redhall, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party


spotCall for strikes to stop Ford attack on pensions

spotBirmingham prison officers determined to fight privatisation

spotPrison officers fight prison privatisation: Interview with POA assistant secretary, Joe Simpson

Prison Officers Association (POA) assistant secretary, Joe Simpson, photo by Socialist Party

Joe Simpson, POA


spotTeachers and council workers strike together in Tower Hamlets

Photo Pete Dickenson

Photo Pete Dickenson


spotLeeds Unison – fighting the cuts

Leeds Unison local government branch, jointly with the other council unions, has recently run a consultative ballot amongst the membership. This is over the employer’s cuts packages, a Leeds Unison steward writes.

spotPay cuts provoke strike

Socialist Party youth and students

spotSchool students stage anti-cuts strike in Dundee

150 school students walked out of Harris Academy in Dundee on April 1st and marched on Dundee City Council. The walkout was organised and coordinated by Students Defending Dundee Schools (SDDS), a citywide school student led campaign group. An edited version of this article appeared in The Socialist.

Dundee school students stage anti-cuts strike, photo Leah Ganley

Dundee school students stage anti-cuts strike, photo Leah Ganley


spotLeicester: still angry with Clegg

Leicester Youth Fight for Jobs helped organise a protest against Nick Clegg visit, photo Leicester YFFJ

Leicester Youth Fight for Jobs helped organise a protest against Nick Clegg visit, photo Leicester YFFJ


spotSave Hackney youth services!

spotYouth fast news

Tuition fees hike: Of the 24 universities that have so far announced the tuition fees they are intending to charge from 2012, 16 are planning the maximum £9,000 a year for all courses…

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