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Socialist Party news and analysis
April 2013 will be remembered as the month when the government trampled millions of people at the bottom of British society into the dirt while millionaires got a £100,000 a year tax cut
Jarrow March 2011: Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London, photo Paul Mattsson
IDS’ ‘wealthy pensioners’ smoke screen
Reasons for a 24-hour general strike: The proposal by Iain Duncan Smith, that “wealthier pensioners” should pay back universal benefits, is merely a cover to launch a full blooded attack on pensions and benefits
Socialist Party feature
The ‘precariat’: fighting for real jobs
‘Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies
Youth Fight for Jobs Workfare protest Feb 2012
Socialist Party review
Review of ‘South Africa: The Massacre that Changed a Nation’, BBC2 April 24th
Labour MP Peter Hain returned to his native South Africa to try to discover why the ANC government is losing the support of the black working class
South Africa: The Massacre that Changed a Nation – BBC2 Wednesday, 24th April, photo BBC screen shot
International socialist news and analysis
Cyprus economic meltdown: Build a socialist alternative to austerity
Although the media circus has moved on, the economic situation facing the population of Greek-speaking Cyprus is now even more dire…
Bangladesh building collapse – casualties of a rotten profit system
Socialist Party workplace news
Local government: fight for decent pay, terms and conditions
Local government employers have come back with their so-called final offer for this year’s pay deal – a miserable 1%, writes Glenn Kelly.
Unison Local Government strike 16-17 July in London, photo Paul Mattsson
Justice for ‘the 33’ sacked tube workers
Saying no to blacklisting in Southampton
Fight to rebuild the NHS!: The Unison Health Care conference took place at a time of unprecedented attacks on the NHS, pay and workers’ terms and conditions
Land Registry: Fight Con-Dems’ privatisation plans
As well as trying to sell off Royal Mail, the government apparently has its eyes on Companies House, the Land Registry, the Met Office and Ordnance Survey
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Liverpool rally marks 30 years since election of socialist council
Almost 500 people attended a tumultuous public meeting to mark the 1980s achievements of the ’47’
Scotland: Anti-bedroom tax federation launched
On Saturday 27 April over 250 delegates and visitors from across Scotland attended the conference to found the All Scottish Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation
Council Tax: Con-Dems turn screw on poorest
For the first time this April, hundreds of thousands of the poorest in society received a shock with their post – for the first time, they will have received a bill for their council tax
Southampton Labour council leader quits as anti-cuts pressure grows
Under pressure from the dire budget crisis and growing opposition from anti-cuts campaigners, Southampton’s Labour council leader dramatically resigned
Doncaster: For a mayor that would really stop the bedroom tax!
On Saturday 27 April, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition supporters were out campaigning for ‘Mary4Mayor’ in Doncaster
Mary Jackson speaking at the excellent pre-election rally attended by 55 people, many at their first TUSc meeting, 29 April 2013, photo by Mary4Mayor
Thatcher’s funeral day in Newbridge