7 July 2021

Book: The struggle for world socialism

'The Struggle for World Socialism' by Peter Taaffe is an incisive Marxist analysis of the key events both in Britain and internationally, following on from his second volume, which concluded in 2007.

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7 July 2021

Terry Fields MP, Prisoner DV 3695 - The jailing of 'poll tax' rebel and Militant

The late Terry Fields was Labour MP for Broadgreen in Liverpool, and a supporter of Militant, the forerunner of the Socialist Party.

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7 July 2021

Striking Ealing parking attendants rally outside council

An Ealing parking attendants' strike rally on 30 June was lively and angry. The picket lines take place outside the council offices, in an effort to put pressure on the Labour council to intervene and

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5 July 2021

Batley & Spen byelection: Another condemnation of Starmer's New Labour

Labour's vote fell by more than 9,000 from the last election and by 16,500 from 2017

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1 July 2021

Preparing for struggle in post-Covid Britain

Far from an era of sustained economic upswing, social peace and a Tory ascendency opening up for post-Covid Britain, the prospects ahead are for heightened class conflict and turbulent political times.

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30 June 2021

Support Sharon Graham for Unite general secretary

The Socialist Party is supporting Sharon Graham in the Unite general secretary election. Ballot papers are posted out on 5 July.

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30 June 2021

Support Gary Clark for CWU executive

Gary Clark is a candidate for the Communication Workers Union's (CWU) national executive and postal executive

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23 June 2021

Urgent need to build alternative to pro-capitalist politicians

The myth of Johnson's electoral golden touch has been shattered by the Chesham and Amersham byelection

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23 June 2021

Unite general secretary contest: Vote for Sharon Graham

The Socialist Party is supporting Sharon Graham for Unite general secretary. The ballot opens on 5 July. Many of the most combative workers are increasingly being drawn towards her campaign as they look

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18 June 2021

Unite general secretary contest: Vote for Sharon Graham

The fighting programme that is much needed can win this election.

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16 June 2021

Enfield byelection: We need councillors prepared to resist

Vote TUSC in Bush Hill Park on 1 July: North London Socialist Party member John Dolan is standing in the by-election in Bush Hill Park in Enfield on 1 July. John is the candidate for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).

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16 June 2021

Birmingham Clean Air Zone a tax on the poor

We need affordable, publicly owned public transport: In Birmingham a new tax has been forced on the city that will hit the poorest hardest, takes no account of income or ability to pay, and which is causing growing anger among the community

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16 June 2021

Majority of BFAWU members vote to break from Labour

53% of members of the BFAWU bakers' union believe that the union should no longer be affiliated to Labour. Just 7% strongly believe that Labour still represents them.

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9 June 2021

Readers' Opinion

For the last ten years, the number of people who work, yet are still considered to live in relative poverty has been steadily climbing as working people's wages fail to keep pace with the soaring cost of living

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2 June 2021

Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Howard Beckett

The nomination stage of the Unite the Union general secretary election campaign ends on 7 June. The Socialist Party invited the two left candidates, Sharon Graham and Howard Beckett, to outline why they standing

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2 June 2021

Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Sharon Graham

The nomination stage of the Unite the Union general secretary election campaign ends on 7 June. The Socialist Party invited the two left candidates, Sharon Graham and Howard Beckett, to outline why they are standing

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26 May 2021

The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist Inbox: Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT

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26 May 2021

Lancaster Greens do deal with Tories

Last week brought more reminders that stopping global heating is incompatible with the capitalist profit motive

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26 May 2021

CWU elections: Vote for a fighting, campaigning, socialist EC member

This has been an extremely challenging time for all of us in the Communication Workers Union (CWU). We have come through this and are now electing the new national executive committee (NEC) which will

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19 May 2021

Johnson's Tories and Starmer's Labour have nothing to offer workers

Where was the content to Boris Johnson's vacuous rhetoric of 'levelling up' and 'building back better' in the Queen's Speech?

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