http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/ Socialist news and policies, Marxist analysis, socialist and anti-war campaigns, support for workers in struggle, Socialist Books en Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:50:17 GMT Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:50:17 GMT Socialist Party RSS feeder editors@socialistparty.org.uk (Editors) petemason@socialistparty.org.uk http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10140/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh No wonder people say they're sick of political double-talk. Mrs Thatcher said "there's no such thing as society". David Cameron talks of "the big society". They both mean the same thing: swingeing Tory attacks on public services and support for working families, writes Dave Griffiths, Coventry Socialist Party Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:54:23 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10145/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh Fightback! Join the day of action on 20 October It seems that £30,000 a year can almost guarantee you top grades in your A-levels. This year, students from private schools were more than twice as likely to get the new A* grades as those from comprehensives. Suraj Shah and Ben Robinson, Youth Fight for Jobs, say life is different for those who go to state schools... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:01:26 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10142/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh THE POET Shelley helped inspire a 50-strong meeting launching Plymouth's fight against the cuts. 90-year-old pensioners' campaigner, Paddy Ryan, quoted Shelley: "Rise like lions after slumber in unvanquishable... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:33:10 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10144/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh THE CON-Dem coalition claims that their 'progressive' cuts hit hardest at the rich and that they 'shield' poor families from the effects of austerity... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10146/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh ON SATURDAY 28 August, the racist and hooligan English Defence League (EDL) could only muster 700 supporters to their Bradford demonstration for what was meant to be their 'Big One'. The EDL's protest consisted of racist chants, fighting with the police, and amongst themselves, writes Ian Pattison, Leeds/Bradford Socialist Party... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:13:49 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10156/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh THREE FORMER Labour cabinet members are now acting as advisers to the Con-Dem coalition. Prime Minister Cameron has appointed Alan Milburn his 'social mobility tsar', who is supposed to help break down... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10157/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh HOW WOULD you survive as a family if you had no money coming in?... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10158/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh MENTAL HEALTH service users in Nottingham are involved in an inspiring campaign to keep Middle Street Resource centre in Beeston open, writes Pete Watson, Nottinghamshire Unison. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10159/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh SOME TORY councils are showing what effects the Cameron/ Clegg cuts will have. Croydon in south London is ending its contract for school meals with Eden Foodservice, and has told schools to provide their... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10141/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh Campaigns against the Tory/Liberal government's cuts have wide support. But many councillors say they have "no choice" but to implement cuts. From 1983 to 1987 the Liverpool Labour council, led by supporters of Militant (the predecessor of the Socialist Party), refused to make cuts or increase local rates to compensate for Tory cuts. Instead they led a mass movement to win more money from Margaret Thatcher's Tory government. Tony Mulhearn interview. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:39:21 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10155/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh HUMAN RIGHTS campaigner and lawyer Vadim Kuramshina was violently attacked and arrested last week in Kokchetava, northern Kazakhstan... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:49:35 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10154/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh ON 7 August, Russian CWI activist, Igor Yasin, and two other CWI members, were brutally attacked by thugs following a peaceful protest in Moscow over the proposed construction of a major new road through part of Moscow's green belt... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10153/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh THE FOLLOWING financial appeal has been circulated internationally by CWI socialists in Pakistan... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10152/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh THE COSATU trade union federation in South Africa has warned the African National Congress (ANC) government to meet 1.3 million public sector workers' demands for an 8.6% pay increase and a housing allowance of R1,000 a month, writes Weizmann Hamilton of the Democratic Socialist Movement in South Africa. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:11:39 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10147/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh On 24 August, reps from transport unions TSSA and RMT met to discuss the first ever joint strike between the two unions on London Underground, writes Reg Johnstone, RMT. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10148/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh Around 1,000 firefighters poured into a mass meeting of the London Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on 24 August, writes Neil Cafferky. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10149/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh On 26 August RBS announced a restructuring plan that will result in the closure of 14 insurance sites and the loss of 2,000 jobs, writes A Bristol call centre worker (Unite). Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10150/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh Royal Mail (RM) is on a mission to streamline the business at all costs as it abandons its role as a public service and becomes profit orientated, writes A Coventry postal worker. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:18 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10151/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh Last week the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced the lost of almost 400 jobs from the Pension Service and Jobcentres. A PCS Member in the North East writes. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:22:50 GMT http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10097/01-09-2010/civil-service-jobs-under-the-cosh Billionaire tax exile to slash services: A cabinet of millionaires appoints a billionaire to advise them on making cuts to our jobs and services, or as they refer to them - 'efficiencies'. No surprise there!, writes Alistair Tice, Yorkshire Socialist Party. Pic - protest by Coventry Against the Cuts Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:01:46 GMT