13 April 2015

Labour manifesto shows commitment to banks not ordinary people

TUSC has condemned Labour's pledge to carry on Tory austerity

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13 April 2015

Dave Nellist calls for bank nationalisation on Daily Politics

Without TUSC, the idea of the super-rich paying for the crisis wouldn't feature

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10 April 2015

Manifesto launch: 135-seat five-point pledge

TUSC launched its manifesto in Canary Wharf, described by Dave Nellist as "the belly of the beast"

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8 April 2015

1 in 5 parliamentary seats set to have a TUSC choice on 7 May

TUSC is fielding the biggest working class challenge in generations on 7 May

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11 March 2015

Why we're standing for TUSC

Three TUSC prospective parliamentary candidates say why they're standing

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11 February 2015

"I've taken off the shackles" of the Labour Party

Ex-Labour councillor applies to stand for TUSC: Kingsley Abrams was suspended from Lambeth council's Labour group for opposing cuts. He has now applied to stand for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in May's general election

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4 February 2015

Campaigns news in brief

Trade union day school: I was fortunate enough to attend a Socialist Party regional day school on trade unionism in Manchester on 31 January

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7 January 2015

Why I'm backing TUSC

I come from a strong Labour background. My uncle, Walter Harrison, was Labour MP for Wakefield. His obituaries said he would go to any lengths to delay the onslaught of a Thatcher government

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7 January 2015

'Election fever' - working class alternative needed

Come to the TUSC conference, 24 January: Yet again the Labour Party leadership has reaffirmed its commitment to Tory austerity

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10 September 2014

Guardian story confirms councils can resist cuts

Aditya Chakrabortty's Guardian story on the efforts of Enfield council to respond to the housing crisis shows that councillors can find ways to resist austerity if they choose to.

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23 May 2014

TUSC victory in Southampton

Keith Morrell has re-won his council seat in Coxford, standing as part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. He was decisively re-elected with 1,654 votes, 43%. This great result is a vindication for his stand, alongside fellow rebel councillor Don Thomas, in opposing all cuts.

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14 May 2014

Why we're standing as TUSC candidates

Save our NHS!: As a former committed Labour supporter and ex-Care UK worker I am standing for TUSC in Doncaster in the local elections

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14 May 2014

On the campaign trail with TUSC

Suffering austerity - standing for TUSC: I'm standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in the Central Southsea ward of Portsmouth City, writes Daniel Sutton-Johanson

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7 May 2014

More local news coverage for TUSC, but BBC downplays council elections

TUSC's campaign for the council elections taking place on 22 May picked up more coverage this week in local news media

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7 May 2014

Join the TUSC Thunderclap

Standing 560 TUSC candidates for the local elections is a magnificent achievement; but unfortunately it is short of the too-high requirement for a national election broadcast, writes Dave Nellist, National chair, TUSC.

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6 May 2014

Election campaign press event

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition is hosting a press event on Friday 9th May

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30 April 2014

Vote for a working class voice

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) has announced that it will be fielding 561 candidates in the local elections on 22 May. This marks the biggest left-of-Labour challenge in 60 years. Candidates include trade unionists, anti-cuts campaigners and young people

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30 April 2014

Getting under Labour's skin in Southwark

A local community organisation recently invited Southwark TUSC to debate with the leaders of the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats on the council, writes Bill Mullins , TUSC candidate for Bermondsey South.

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30 April 2014

Them & Us

Good Samaritan: While David Cameron was sermonising about his religious beliefs, two leading church officials were receiving less than a Christian welcome at his Tory party constituency office in Witney, Oxfordshire

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Lobbying Ed Miliband's surgery, 25.4.14, photo A Tice

25 April 2014

TUSC lobbies Miliband in support of Care UK strikers

50 protesters attended a lobby called by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) of Ed Miliband's Doncaster North surgery this afternoon in support of the Care UK strike, writes Alistair Tice.

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