27 September 2017

Anti-austerity opposition needed to seize on Tories' weakness

Many will have been pleased to see some of the policy announcements coming out of Labour Party conference - eg plans to tackle credit card debt and bring PFI contracts back in-house

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13 September 2017

Tories 'flouting duty' on poison air, says UN

Public ownership of energy and transport is fundamental if we're to sort this out

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6 September 2017

How the Single Market blocks socialist policies

The European Single Market is a major barrier to any incoming socialist or anti-austerity government

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30 August 2017

Where is Scotland going?

By implementing spending cuts on an unprecedented scale in Scotland, the SNP leadership has begun to be exposed

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29 August 2017

Reject Starmer's Single Market u-turn

"The Labour Party's announcement that it wants the UK to remain within all the EU's structures ... is the best news to come out of British politics in a long time", said a FT editorial.

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23 August 2017

The Single Market: a neoliberal tool of the bosses

Fight for a socialist Brexit: The single market compels privatisation of public services, prohibits nationalisation, and makes it easier for employers to exploit workers in numerous ways

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9 August 2017

Global finance: Are those storm clouds ahead?

Is capitalism reproducing the same conditions that led to the 2007-08 financial crash? In two introductory articles, Ross Saunders looks at the rickety global financial order and Ian Groeber points to the recent Italian bank bailouts to show how the working class continues to pick up the tab for the capitalists' failures.

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26 July 2017

Right wing attempts to use single market against Corbyn

Stand firm for an internationalist, workers' Brexit: Just six weeks ago Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, and radical election manifesto, led to a historic surge in the Labour vote

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12 July 2017

G20 betrays refugees created by its own policies

This year is on course to become the deadliest on record for refugees crossing the Mediterranean - and the G20 has done nothing

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5 July 2017

Unison conference: Socialist Party argues for a socialist Brexit

One of the important debates at the 2017 Unison conference was about Brexit. One year on from the referendum, there were a number of motions and amendments about what form Brexit should take and what role the union should play.

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5 July 2017

Blairite EU rebellion: no to the bosses' Single Market

Corbyn had to sack three shadow ministers who voted to remain in the EU Single Market

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30 May 2017

Workers warned boss of tech failure danger

Many BA passengers suffered cancelled flights over the bank holiday period

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24 May 2017

Corbyn and Brexit: Why a socialist approach to the EU is needed

As the general election draws nearer and people become more aware of what Jeremy Corbyn stands for, the gap between Tories and Labour in the polls has started to close

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24 May 2017

Single market = TTIP

A top EU bureaucrat has insisted any UK access to the single market must be on the lines of the pro-privatisation 'Ceta' trade deal

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17 May 2017

Corbyn's manifesto: An important step in the right direction

Jeremy Corbyn has launched his manifesto by declaring Labour is the "party for the many" while the Tories are the "party of the rich".

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17 May 2017

The Socialist inbox

Letters to the Socialist's editors including property fat cats, a foodbank poem, election mail and an Aire Valley incinerator.

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3 May 2017

Jeremy Corbyn's workers' charter

Restoring, defending and strengthening trade union rights - as the most effective way to fight for more secure employment and better wages - is a major theme of the programme

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26 April 2017

Refugee rescue

Over 1,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean so far this year, according to the United Nations

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12 April 2017

France: Groundswell of support for left candidate

Old political elite discredited: In the forthcoming French presidential election Jean-Luc Mélenchon is closing the gap on the three frontrunners.

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12 April 2017

Ireland: Bury the water charges

Simon Coveny, the Fine Gael Minister responsible for Water Charges in Ireland, endured a torrid time in the Dáil (Irish Parliament) on 6 April as Socialist Party member and Dublin South West TD (MP) Paul Murphy exposed his party's attempts to smuggle the iniquitous water charges in through the back door.

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