Britain

24 Hour Public Sector General Strike Now – Socialist Party placard, photo Paul Mattsson

London protest against state repression and in solidarity with oil workers

Why socialists must campaign for a new mass workers party

Public sector-wide action announced for 30 November!

…we need a programme of action to fight back!

National Shop Stewards’ Network lobbies Trades Union Congress (TUC)

The 30 June strikes were a turning point in the struggle against this government, giving a huge boost of confidence.

"What one change would have the biggest positive impact on society?"

August’s explosive events revealed a class society in crisis

National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is organising a lobby of this year’s TUC (Britain’s trade union confederation) conference in London, 11 September

Mass, trade union-led response needed

A mass workers’ movement is needed to defeat the government

Fatal police shooting sparks eruption of protest and anger

Determination to struggle grows

Editorial of the Socialist newspaper, 20 July 2011

Socialist Party deputy general secretary Hannah Sell, speaking at a London Socialist Party meeting, examines the way forward for the trade union movement to defeat the cuts programme of the British ’ConDem’ government

‘Murdochgate’ is Britain’s Watergate

Unions must break the link!

We demand a full and independent inquiry, involving workers’ representatives, into the links between media moguls and the capitalist state

What next to defeat the cuts?

Reports from throughout the day

As the cuts bite, millions ask this question

Public sector and education unions call 24 hour strike on 30 June

Serious and inspiring preparation for the battles to come

The significance of the student movement

Wages fall: Office for National Statistics 2010 survey of hours and earnings

Lynn Walsh is speaking on the situation in Britain, the world economy and international perspectives

A massive social and political revolt is brewing in Britain, argues Peter Taaffe

Under the cover of the crisis an unprecedented offensive against the rights and conditions of the working class is underway.

The root of the government’s weakness is the continuing profound crisis of capitalism in general and British capitalism in particular

Witness the media torrent of sickly sentimentality over the royal wedding.

Developments in SWP confirm Socialist Party’s arguments for NSSN anti-cuts campaign

’The worst is yet to come’

Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, was the final platform speaker at a London aggregate to discuss the prospects of the trade union and anti-cuts movement

For a 24 hour general strike!

The massive Trade Union Congress (TUC – trade union federation) demonstration against public spending cuts was well over half a million strong, possibly 700,000 or more.

How to fight austerity and capitalism

Trades Union Congress national ’march for the alternative: jobs, growth, justice’

Conservative – Liberal Democrat government cuts devastating impact on women

Britain braced for massive 26 March demonstration

A party growing in strength

IN THE space of one month, the way young people are viewed by the mass media – and by themselves – was turned upside down.

Dramatic changes have affected Britain. The student protests of last year set the scene. Now the prospect of significant industrial action against savage public-sector cutbacks is on the agenda.

The massive 27% cut in central government funding to local authorities is having devastating consequences.

Four Socialist Party members were disciplined by Unison on trumped-up charges of racism, after producing a leaflet at the 2007 Unison conference, challenging the Standing Orders Committee (SOC) about ruling resolutions off the conference agenda.

Kick out Mubarak and his cronies

Dip reflects the fragility of British capitalism’s ‘recovery’

Nearly 600 people, mostly workers with elected positions in trade union branches, trades councils, workplaces and anti-cuts alliances, met in London on 22 January for the special anti-cuts conference of the National Shop Stewards Network […]