Britain

Across Europe governments are pursuing the same policy of savage cuts.

An urgent call for united working class action

Stop budget attacks with mass action

Unison’s national delegate conference met in Bournemouth on 15-18 June. Against the background of the attacks of the Con-Dem government on public services and public sector workers, this was the most important conference to be […]

”News at 10”, one of the BBC’s most prominent news programmes on TV, reports about the growing resistance against cuts, featuring the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) decides to contest future elections – can Labour be “re-claimed”?

The Tories claim that massive cuts are necessary because of New Labour’s excessive public spending on services and welfare. This is a giant con trick, which every capitalist party – including New Labour – is […]

The first slice of cuts under the ’Con-Dem’ coalition government makes it clear that young people face a bleak future under its stewardship.

Not-so-new politics

Time for mass struggle to fight the cuts

Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party, gave a sober but inspiring analysis of the general election outcome on a London meeting of the Socialist Party. Hear his speech here (40 min, mp3-file).

Britain has been ‘Con Dem-ned’ to a future of savage attacks on public services, pay, pensions and benefits combined with tax increases for working and middle-class people.

Cabin crew turn up the pressure on BA boss

All capitalist parties ’losers’

TUSC stands for socialism…and prepares for the battles ahead

Why, fundamentally, the Green Party is not offering a way forward for working class people

Why the BNP offers no way forward for working class people

The options facing the capitalists and their parties following the 6 May general election.

The Socialist Party is part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition presenting a socialist alternative to the main parties

Reject the parties of cuts and privatisation

Standing against cuts and privatisation

Strikers can beat BA bosses

Far-right English Defence League (EDL) outnumbered by anti-racist protesters in Bolton, Greater Manchester

A warning to the workers’ movement

The planned seven days of strike action in two separate walkouts on 20-22 March and 27-30 March by British Airways (BA) cabin crew opens up a new chapter in their ongoing dispute with BA management.

In substance, Britain’s general election campaign is a phoney war.

PCS members have demonstrated their anger at the attack on their Civil Service Compensation Scheme by staging a solid two-day strike that has affected courts, passport offices, jobcentres, tax offices and many other government services.

Women in education, trade unions, public sector and as parents

Workers today need new party to stop bosses’ onslaught

How 18 million people brought down Thatcher

Unison union witch-hunt – employment tribunal

Important step towards a new workers’ party

Electoral coalition to challenge bosses’ parties in general election

The British Labour Party was formed over 100 years ago to provide an independent political voice for working-class people. Ed Doveton describes this struggle, which is paralleled by today’s campaign for a new mass workers’ […]

Defend the right to strike!

1,000 people attend weekend of dicussion and debate hosted by Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

A battle that mass strike action can win

Main parties competing to slash our jobs and services – new party for workers, not bosses needed

No time to lose in creating a new socialist alternative

“We will fight on”

Return of accused Al-Magrahi to Libya ignites political storm

No victimisation! Reinstate the occupiers!

Nationalise to save jobs and the environment

Solidarity needed now!

Need for a working class political challenge

Council’s historic victory over the Thatcher government

Conference reflects on victories and discusses the way forward

World and British economic crisis continues