13 February 2008

Building the Campaign for a New Workers' Party

On 9 February, the officers of the Campaign for a New Workers' Party (CNWP) met in central London to discuss the tasks facing the campaign and the way forward over the coming months... By Greg Maughan, CNWP national treasurer

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13 February 2008

Liverpool's tale of two cities

WHILE LIVERPOOL city centre hosts over-priced 'Capital of Culture' events, the vast majority of people in the city have been excluded from celebrations supposedly about 'their' culture...

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25 October 2007

Striking Liverpool postal workers return to work

Postal workers in Merseyside voted to end their nine-day local strike at a mass meeting on 18 October... By Roy Farrar

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19 July 2007

Build a new workers' party

PCS workers on strike 1 May 2007. Workers need a party that will defend their interests. Photo Paul Mattsson

Trade unions - break with New Labour: Rail workers' union (RMT) general secretary Bob Crow broadened the debate about the need for a new workers' party when he addressed the National Shop Stewards Network recently...

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5 July 2007

Campaign for a New Workers' Party: Giving workers a voice

Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP) conference 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

Campaign for a New Workers' Party: BLAIR RECEIVED a standing ovation from all the establishment parties after his leaving speech in parliament...

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5 July 2007

Lively CNWP meeting in Cardiff

ON 28 June, the Wales CNWP's public meeting in Cardiff heard Armajit Singh, CWU postal secretary in Cardiff, explain why CWU members were going on strike the next day...

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5 July 2007

Sign up to the CNWP campaign

THE CNWP'S newly elected officers met recently to discuss the way forward for the campaign...

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7 June 2007

CWU delegates attack link with Labour

CWU conference: The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) general conference in Bournemouth this week was a platform for highlighting the frustration, anger and determination to fight back by postal workers, engineers and other communication w...

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31 May 2007

Talking about the 'real world' at Wales TUC

AT THE Wales TUC, the challenge facing rank and file members, with Socialist Party members to the fore, was to inject the everyday struggles of workers into the conference...

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24 May 2007

Gordon Brown crowned leader with no contest

New face, same pedigree, Cartoon by Alan Hardman

WITH ALMOST the entire parliamentary Labour Party backing him, Gordon Brown was anointed as successor to Tony Blair without a contest...

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17 May 2007

Conference for a working class political alternative

Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP) conference 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

Campaign for a New Workers' Party: A highly successful second conference of the Campaign for a New Workers' Party (CNWP) took place on Saturday 12 May...

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14 May 2007

Conference for a working class alternative

A highly successful second conference of the Campaign for a New Workers' Party (CNWP) took place on Saturday 12 May...

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10 May 2007

How we can fight to build a new workers' party

"ABANDONED BY New Labour, working people need a political voice," said Chris Baugh, assistant general secretary of the PCS union...

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6 May 2007

2007 election analysis: Time for a new workers' party

Belligerent to the end, Blair described Labour's election results as a "perfectly good springboard to win the next election"...

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3 May 2007

NHS cuts... privatisation... widening wealth gap

Jackie Grunsell, Save Huddersfield NHS campaign councillor, photo Alison Hill

THE GOVERNMENT'S relentless attacks on the NHS show that health workers and NHS users need a new political party, as well as fighting trade unions...

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26 April 2007

New Labour - lowest poll ratings since 1983

What we think: IN THE Thursday 3 May elections, 10,456 seats across 312 local authorities in England are being contested...

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26 April 2007

Come to the Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference

"ABANDONED BY Labour, working people need a political voice. This event is an important stage in addressing the crisis of political representation and...

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26 April 2007

Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference

CNWP conference

Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference

Saturday 12 May 12 - 5 pm

University College London, Gower Street.

To register or find out more visit www.cnwp.org.uk

Speakers include:

Ricky Tomlinson - actor and Shrewsbury Two Campaign

Chris Baugh - PCS assistant general secretary

Dave Nellist - Socialist Party councillor

Mel Mills - Huddersfield parent - campaigning against the closure of local nurseries

Tony Mulhearn - Liverpool 47

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26 April 2007

Brighton: Stop privatisation

IN BRIGHTON the Socialist Party is standing two candidates (Phil Clarke and Andy Clarke) as part of a three-strong socialist slate in the Hollingbury and Stanmer ward...

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19 April 2007

Wanted - a new mass party for workers

Ricky Tomlinson, photo Harry Smith

CNWP conference 12 May: THE CAMPAIGN for a New Workers' Party (CNWP) conference will bring together trade unionists and community and environmental campaigners who want to see the building of a new mass workers' party in England and Wales.

Speakers include Ricky Tomlinson, Justice for the Shrewsbury Pickets

Ricky Tomlinson explained the case for the CNWP to the Liverpool Echo.

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