28 October 2009

Socialism 2009 forum - can we build a party for working class people?

At Socialism 2009, the third session in the 'Britain after the general election' course will be a wide ranging debate on how the crisis in working class political representation can be solved, writes Dave Nellist, Coventry Socialist Party councillor.

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24 February 2009

Time for a new mass workers' party

A particularly important factor is the absence of a mass political voice for the working class. Since 1997 the trade unions have given over £100 million of their members' money to New Labour. And what...

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15 February 2009

A new workers' party

The Socialist Party, together with others on the left, must be prepared to stand in this vital election to counterpose to the capitalist parties the socialist alternative...

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24 September 2008

Merseyside CNWP calls for socialist policies

The following resolution on the world economic crisis was unanimously carried at a meeting of the Merseyside Campaign for a New Workers Party on 18 September...

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25 June 2008

Campaign for a new workers' party: Conference - Sunday 29 June, 11am - 5pm

South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, London NW1
Speakers include:
Bob Crow, RMT general secretary

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17 June 2008

conference

Campaign for a new workers' party

Conference

Sunday 29 June 11am - 5pm

South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, London NW1

Nearest stations - Kings Cross & St Pancras, Euston, Mornington Crescent

Speakers confirmed so far include:

Bob Crow, RMT general secretary

Dave Nellist, Campaign for a New Workers' Party national chair

John McInally, PCS vice president

Simeon Andrews, Labour Representation Committee secretary

Rob Hoveman, Respect co-ordinating committee

Dave Church, Walsall Democratic Labour Party

Mike Davies, Alliance for Green Socialism chair

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11 June 2008

Usdaw needs a fighting leadership

Socialist Party member Robbie Segal is standing for general secretary of the shop and distribution workers' union USDAW. The Socialist recently interviewed her...

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28 May 2008

Build A New Workers' Party

The fight for a new workers party is urgent - teachers strike on 24 April 2008, photo Paul Mattsson

Labour, Tories, LibDems ...they're all the same! "Et tu, Crewe?" Gordon Brown might have muttered to himself as the knife of another electoral drubbing sank into his back, writes Greg Maughan, Campaign for a New Workers' Party.

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28 May 2008

Crewe and Nantwich 'no-win' by-election: Why New Labour lost

New Labour sunk to a new low in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election last week, writes Jim Cessford, former Crewe socialist activist.

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28 May 2008

Westminster parties are remote from life

THE START of the week and the same pressure begins. From behind a bank of screens a worker mutters: "So they want us to become bloody monarchists now?" Steve Wootton writes.

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21 May 2008

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

BIG BOOKIES Ladbroke's, who are used to divorcing punters from their cash, recently opened a book on which 'celebrity couple' will be first to get a divorce...

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21 May 2008

Give us back our Post Office!

Postman Pat joins the CWU picket line in East London during a CWU strike, photo Naomi Byron

ON 14 May, the postal workers' branch of the CWU union in Coventry organised a wreath-laying ceremony at Coventry's crown post office at Hertford Street which, like 70 others, has been privatised in a deal with WH Smith...

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16 April 2008

Campaign for a New Workers Party - conference 2008

Sunday 29 June 10am - 5pm. South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, London NW1 (nearest Rail/Tube stations - Kings Cross/St Pancras, Euston, Mornington Crescent)

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2 April 2008

Teachers vote to strike

In brief: Teachers' union NUT members have voted 3:1 to strike on 24 April over pay. The government are trying to force through a below-inflation pay rise, angering...

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19 March 2008

Building a campaigning, fighting socialist party

Informed by discussions on likely political developments, worldwide and in Britain, the Socialist Party congress also examined what these mean for us organisationally in the session on 'building the Socialist party', writes Paula Mitchell, London Socialist Party secretary

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27 February 2008

Building the Campaign for a New Workers' Party

Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

Debate: Pete McLaren, national secretary of the Socialist Alliance and press officer of the Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP), joins the debate began by PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka in The Socialist newspaper.

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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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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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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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