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The Socialist issue 822

20 August 2014

We can't live on poverty pay!

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The Socialist issue 822

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Socialist Party news and analysis

spotWe can’t live on poverty pay!

Tory MP claims he can’t live on £300k: Tory MP Mark Simmonds recently announced he was leaving parliament. He claims that his MP’s wage and expenses don’t give him the life he aspires to for himself and his family

Low pay - now way! photo Elaine Brunskill

Low pay – now way! photo Elaine Brunskill


spotProtests, strikes, equality: Women in World War One

In this anniversary year there is likely to be scant attention given to the militant struggles of working class women during the four years of brutal conflict, where class divisions remained a feature of everyday life

spotSocialist policies needed to answer Project Fear

Thursday 18 September will see an unprecedented mobilisation to the polls for the referendum on Scottish independence

spotScandal of underfunded mental health services

The shocking death of actor Robin Williams starkly highlights the fact that depression is a dangerous and life threatening clinical condition

spotGovernment’s economic mirage as election approaches

Ahead of next year’s general election, Tory Chancellor George Osborne and Lib Dem Treasury minister Danny Alexander have been regaling the mainstream media with tales of government success in increasing employment, in an expanding economy

spotThem & Us

The Socialist readers’ comments

spotWelsh councils have a choice

“You can only spend them once.” This was Welsh Local Government Association chief executive Steve Thomas’ explanation of why Welsh councils plan to cut £7-800 million after it was revealed that they hold reserves of over £700 million

Demonstration against closure of day centre in Llandeilo, Wales: Users of Noddfa Teilo Day Club in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, protest, photo Socialist Party Wales

Demonstration against closure of day centre in Llandeilo, Wales: Users of Noddfa Teilo Day Club in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, protest, photo Socialist Party Wales


spotWhy I joined the Socialists

More than shouting at the news: As a teenager, I was involved with various activist groups, then life took over. Two decades later, with a Tory government in power again, that feeling of injustice is back with a vengeance

International socialist news and analysis

spotIraq: Only united action can stop sectarian war

Iraqis and Kurds must not trust imperialist ‘helpers’: Millions of working people around the world have been shocked at the rapid advance of the extreme religious fundamentalists of ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIS)

Part of the massive demo against war in Iraq, 15 February 2003, photo Molly Cooper

Part of the massive demo against war in Iraq, 15 February 2003, photo Molly Cooper


spotUSA: Ferguson erupts over police killing

The police killing of unarmed black youth, Michael Brown, in the Ferguson suburb of Missouri on 9 August, has led to a storm of protest across the USA

spotJess Spear election success

Hot on the heels of socialist Kshama Sawant’s earth shattering election victory in Seattle and the game changing success of the ‘$15 Now’ end low pay campaign, comes Jess Spear

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spotCapitalism means war: Join the Socialists!

Nato, the war-machine of Western capitalism, will descend on Newport in South Wales for its summit at the beginning of September

London Gaza demo 19 July 2014, photo Paul Mattsson

London Gaza demo 19 July 2014, photo Paul Mattsson


spotJoin the Fast Food Rights day of action on 28 August

Fight for real jobs: Iain Duncan Smith may claim his changes to the welfare state are making everyone ‘better off’. But the 868,000 16 to 24 year olds who are still unemployed tell a different story

spotYouth services: jobs and centres slashed

The public sector union Unison has revealed that three quarters of local authorities have cut youth services

spotCampaign steps up on New Era estate

Hackney Socialist Party members have been campaigning on the New Era estate in Hoxton. Residents on the estate (owned by the richest Tory MP) have had their rents increased by over £100 a month in the last year

spotRe-house Charlie Wort!

Southampton Labour-run council has evicted Charlie Wort from his home in St. Marys after the recent death of his mother. They claim he is no longer entitled to be housed by the council

spotProtest camp brings NHS activists together

Save Stafford Hospital activists, determined to stop it from being dismantled, have run a protest camp in the hospital grounds for several weeks

spotThe People’s March for the NHS

spotLiverpool anger at library closures

spotCampaigning for genuine equality at Leeds Pride

spotTUSC byelection reports

Fleetwood: For the second time in eleven months, TUSC has polled a strong third position for Rossall ward of Fleetwood town council in Lancashire, winning 19% of the vote

Socialist Party workplace news

spotCare UK workers to strike for three weeks

“We’re Yorkshire folk, we’re like a dog with a bone. We won’t give up, we’ll never surrender.”

Striking Care UK workers outside the company's Mansion House in Doncaster, 09.08.14, photo Alistair Tice

Striking Care UK workers outside the company’s Mansion House in Doncaster, 09.08.14, photo Alistair Tice


spotNorth West Fire Service call centre cuts catastrophe

The disastrous consequences of just one element of cuts and privatisation in the fire service recently hit the news, when a fire crew from Carlisle in Cumbria were instructed to attend an incident near Bolton in Lancashire – a 200 mile round trip

spotBT pay cuts: we need less surveys, more action!

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) telecoms section is once again shying away from a fight with BT and recommending cuts in pay and conditions for new staff

spotSurrey council workers look to strike on pay

In April, Surrey county council imposed a two year pay deal broadly in line with the government’s austerity measures on pay constraint

spotRoyal Mail workers stage unofficial walkout

spotSupport London Taxi drivers’ fight against deregulation

Dave Wallis, a London taxi driver, RMT member and Bob Crow’s cousin, says why drivers are campaigning against the Uber app

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