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Dave Nellist, photo Paul Mattsson Editorial of the socialist, number 1170 The Birmingham Erdington by-election showed, with a pitiful turnout of just 27%, that the task of building a new vehicle for the political representation of the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1168/33800Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 23, 2022 Brighton Bin Strike. Photo: Brighton SP (Click to enlarge)Brighton Socialist Party Austerity has left Brighton…

Fight for free, green and public transport (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Adam Goulcher, Gloucestershire Socialist Party Almost one in five households does not have access to a car. For those in the bottom 20%…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1167/33777Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 16, 2022 Socialist Party member Oisin Mulholland shows solidarity on the UCU picket line at Swansea University (Click to…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1166/33712Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 9, 2022 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. Photo: Andrew Parsons, 10 Downing Street/CC (Click to enlarge)Usemu Makaya…

Portugal's social-democratic Socialist Party (PS) was returned to power in the general elections on January 30, winning a surprise absolute majority.The PS won 117 seats out of the 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, and just under…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1165/33690Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 2, 2022 Anti-cuts protest in Portsmouth, photo Nick Doyle (Click to enlarge)Nick Doyle, Portsmouth Socialist Party City…

Come to the trade union and socialist conference TUSC campaigns in Enfield, North London Helen Pattison, Socialist Party London regional secretary The local newspaper in the London Borough of Camden publishes almost weekly…

From Liverpool youth leader to taking on the press barons in Bradford Pauline (right) with her granddaughter, Charlotte Spencer, member of the Socialist Party (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Keith Dickinson, West…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1162/33582Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, January 12, 2022 From Liverpool youth leader to taking on the press barons in Bradford Pauline (right) with her granddaughter,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1161/33523From The Socialist, January 6, 2022 Gareth Bromhall, Socialist Party of Swansea and West Wales We were saddened to learn of the death of longtime Socialist Party member…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/33499Posted on December 20, 2021 at 14:48 GMT Renationalize the railways For many hard-pressed households this Christmas, news of a sharp 3.8% increase in regulated rail fares…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1160/33485From The Socialist newspaper, December 15, 2021 Union representative talks to socialist Stagecoach workers picket line in South Wales (Click to enlarge)Lee Hunt,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1160/33485From The Socialist newspaper, December 15, 2021 Union representative talks to socialist Stagecoach workers picket line in South Wales (Click to enlarge)Lee Hunt,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1158/33402From The Socialist newspaper, December 1, 2021 Demonstration in front of Newham town hall against another series of draconian cuts by the Labor Council (Click to…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1157/33377From The Socialist newspaper, November 24, 2021 Sage picket line, UVW photo (Click to enlarge)Workers at Sage nursing homes in Golders Green, north London, have won…

The petty-bourgeois left-wing Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda, BE) calls for an alliance with the ruling Socialist Social Democratic Party (PS) in the parliamentary elections scheduled for January 30, 2022. The early elections have been called by…

Headlines say unemployment is down. Commentators speak of a labor shortage and the so-called 'Great Quit', a wave of people quitting jobs, especially those with low pay and few benefits . Workers are on strike across the country, a…

Doreen McGrathdecember 2021 Kshama Sawant speaks at a 2017 rent control rally. PHOTO: socialistalternative.orgWho votes on December 7? Seattle voters do it when there's a big,…

december 2021 John Deere workers went on strike in October and November for higher wages, better benefits and a secure retirement.300 work stoppages By the way, 2021 has been a banner year for…

(Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Isai Priya, Treasurer of the Socialist Party The Today programme, on BBC Radio 4, examined the state of the NHS and its history. The pressure on the NHS and social care is…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33338From The Socialist, November 17, 2021After the failure of COP26 Photo: Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Lluis Bertolin, Socialist Party of South West Birmingham An…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33345From The Socialist, November 17, 2021 Demonstration for action against climate change, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)After banning young climate change…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33348From The Socialist, November 17, 2021 Swansea DVLA workers on strike in July, photo Swansea Trades Council (Click to enlarge)Dave Warren, PCS member and retired DVLA…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33329From The Socialist, November 17, 2021 Starmer firing BLM made me quit work Socialist Party at Black Lives Matter (Click to enlarge)Isabelle France, Socialist Party of…

November 11, 2021 The Socialist Freedom Party supports the International Alliance of Theater Employees (IATSE) workers fighting for a fair and just contract from the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1155/33293From The Socialist newspaper, November 10, 2021 COP26 London, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Adam Harmsworth, Socialist Party of Coventry COP26 is a week away…

Stevenage town centre, photo BWCSEB1989/CC (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Mark Pickersgill, Stevenage Socialist Party This year marks the 75th anniversary of the New Towns Act implemented by the post-war Labor…

Home | Le Socialiste November 3, 2021 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Make a donation | audio | PDF | Ebook YFJ Steps, 9.10.21, in London, photo Mary Finch (Click to enlarge)Rhys Davies, Socialist Party…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1154/33250From The Socialist, November 3, 2021Capitalism destroys the planet Newcastle: Protesters against climate change, 24.5.19, photo E Brunskill (Click to enlarge)James…

Portuguese Communist Party leader Jeronimo de Sousa, right, and other Communist MPs attend a parliamentary session in Lisbon. The…

Portuguese Communist Party leader Jeronimo de Sousa, right, and other Communist MPs attend a parliamentary session in Lisbon. The…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1153/33221From The Socialist newspaper, October 27, 2021 Schoolchildren fighting for system change over climate strikes, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Nick Hart,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33201From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 Workers on strike at One Housing in 2013. Photo: Helen Pattison (Click to enlarge)Paul Kershaw, President, Branch…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33191From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 David Dixon / CC Gas Plant (Click to enlarge)Josh Asker, Socialist Party of North London The bosses of energy-intensive…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33200From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 Brighton bin strike, 2013. Photo: Brighton SP (Click to enlarge)Joe Mott, Brighton Socialist Party Brighton bin…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33200Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 Brighton Bin Strike, 2013. Photo: Brighton SP (Click to enlarge)Joe Mott, Brighton Socialist Party Brighton bin…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33192From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 sebastiankurz-EU2018-EuropeanParliament-CC (Click to enlarge)Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische Offensive (CWI Austria)…

In the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington, DC, a photo of a man holding a walis tambo (Filipino whip broom) inside the Capitol went viral online among Filipinos. The man was Kene Brian Lazo, a Filipino immigrant who was…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1148/33051Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, September 22, 2021 Climate strikers in Sheffield, 14.2.20, photo Sheffield Socialist Party (Click to enlarge)Sam Morden,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1146/32991Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, September 8, 2021 Dave Nellist - chairman of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and member of the Socialist Party national…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1145/32947Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, August 25, 2021 LornaMCampbell/CC (Click to enlarge)Statement from the Socialist Party of Scotland The ruling Scottish National…

Californians face disaster on many levels. Fires are consuming entire cities, the COVID Delta variant is infecting thousands, and unpaid rent and student debt threaten to swell the ranks of the homeless. The ruling Democratic Party in the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1143/32865Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, July 28, 2021 The Socialist Party joined the protest in Barnsley (Click to enlarge)Angie Waller, South Yorkshire Socialist Party…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1143/32860From The Socialist newspaper, July 28, 2021 The NSSN meeting discussed what free ports mean for workers (Click to enlarge)Nick Chaffey, Secretary of the Socialist…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1137/32625Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, June 9, 2021 Climate strike in London on September 20, 2019, photo Paul Mattsson, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Dan…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1133/32504From The Socialist, May 12, 2021 Tony Saunois, secretary of the Committee for a Workers' International (CIO) After a very polarized and bitter electoral campaign, the…

Master political strategist Ivan Redondo controls the tactics of the ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) so tightly, some observers joke that PSOE Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is nothing but a hologram generated by the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1061/29759From The Socialist, October 23, 2019 Funeral of Tony Mulhearn on October 21, 2019 (Click to enlarge)Theo Sharieff, youth and student organizer of the Socialist Party…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29725From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 PCS union members at the “Climate Strike” protest, London, 20.9.19. (Click to enlarge)Helen…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29712From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 No confidence in regional and imperialist powers Across the country, members of the Socialist Party joined in solidarity…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29731From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 A revolutionary socialist alternative is needed Events in Ecuador 2019, photo Voz de America / CC (Click to enlarge)Tony Saunois,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29730From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution. In the second in a series of articles marking this event, Tom…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1058/29650From The Socialist, October 2, 2019 Karro Food workers process pork products, photo Jane Charlesworth / CC (Click to enlarge)Karro Foods workers in Hull got a 7.1%…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1058/29656From The Socialist, October 2, 2019 photo Kevin Parslow (Click to enlarge)Mark Best, Socialist Party membership organizer Have you read the Socialist and thought…

The April legislative elections in Spain were certainly a step forward for the Socialist Party. But it was only a step back from his “third way”. Vicente Navarro In the elections to the Spanish…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1045/29222From The Socialist, June 5, 2019 Nineteen Eighty-Four was "an outpouring of human frustration and anxiety as it moved from a world war to the cold war", image by…

The Podemos party once protested against the "1978 regime," a reference to the two-party system that followed the 40-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. He is today the most ardent defender of the Spanish bourgeois constitution…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/28698Posted on February 15, 2019 at 12:51 GMT Student Union poster (Click to enlarge) Esquerra Revolucionria, Spanish state The trial of political prisoners accused of…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27960From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 Protest against EDL in Huddersfield, 5.9.18, photo of Huddersfield Socialist Party (Click to enlarge)Protesters…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27963From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 Socialist students stall at Hull University freshers fair, 17.9.18, photo by Matt Whale (Click to enlarge)Socialist…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27954From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 General strike in Catalonia in defense of the vote for independence, 3.10.17, photo by Robert Bonet / CC (Click to…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27969From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 Rally of striking home care workers in Birmingham, 15.9.18, photo by the Socialist Party of Birmingham (Click to…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/993/27298From The Socialist newspaper, May 2, 2018 Strike to win a secure job! Eliminate zero hour contracts! photo Mary Finch (Click to enlarge)Liat Norris, Secretary, Usdaw…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/993/27300From The Socialist, May 2, 2018 Tory David Cameron and Lib Dem Nick Clegg worked together on the Austerity Wrecking Ball, Suz cartoon (Click to enlarge)A Lib Dem…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/991/27219From The Socialist newspaper, April 18, 2018 RMT members on strike, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Scott Jones Conservative MP Enoch Powell made his infamous…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/968/26367From The Socialist newspaper, October 25, 2017Film - Dennis Skinner: The Nature of the Beast Dennis Skinner speaking at the 2016 Durham Miners Gala, photo Paul…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/949/25485From The Socialist, May 17, 2017 Fighters of the militia "POUM" captured at the Battle of Guadarrama - at the start of the Spanish Civil War, POUM fighters held the…