The working class must be mobilised against capitalism and for socialism Donald Trump richly deserves the outpouring of condemnation and political opposition that has led up to the series of UK-wide protests that began Thursday. He represents all that is vile and reactionary in political and social life, not only in the United States but in Britain, Europe and throughout …
Continue readingBuild rank-and-file committees On the 70th anniversary of its creation, the National Health Service (NHS) is in grave danger. Its establishment in 1948 as a universal health provider, free at the point of use, is fiercely defended by working people as their fundamental social right. That right is now in jeopardy as the NHS is transformed into a skeleton, for-profit …
Continue readingStatement of the Socialist Equality Party (UK) The recent congress of the University and College Union (UCU) provides an object lesson in the impossibility of “reforming” the trade unions. Held in Manchester at the end of May, it was the first opportunity for UCU members, rightly furious at the betrayal of their national strike to protect university staff pensions, to …
Continue readingStatement of the Socialist Equality Party (UK) One year ago, the worst high-rise fire in British history in Grenfell Tower cost the lives of 72 people. What took place in the early hours of June 14, 2017 was social murder. This was the term first coined by Frederick Engels in his famous study, The Condition of the Working Class in …
Continue readingThe Socialist Equality Party calls for a maximum mobilisation in support of the June 19 vigil outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London calling for freedom for WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange. Workers and young people must demand that the Conservative government of Theresa May end its cruel persecution of Assange, drop the bail-related issues against him and allow him to leave …
Continue readingThe Socialist Equality Party (UK) has concluded a series of public meetings in England, Scotland and Ireland titled “War, lies and censorship: For the building of a socialist anti-war movement.” The meetings were attended by a cross section of workers, youth and students and were followed by lively question and answer sessions. Addressing the meetings in Sheffield, London and Manchester, …
Continue readingStatement by the Socialist Equality Party The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and NHS FightBack call on the more than 1 million National Health Service (NHS) workers to reject the sellout pay deal being pushed by 12 health trade unions in collusion with the Conservative government. The agreement is being touted as finally ending the 1 percent pay cap that has …
Continue readingStatement of the Socialist Equality Party (UK) The strike by lecturers, librarians and administration staff against the attack on pensions by Universities UK (UUK) is entering its third week. Drawing lessons from the ongoing strike by 30,000 teachers in the US state of West Virginia is crucial in politically arming education staff here in the UK. The West Virginia teachers …
Continue readingDecades of deregulation and cuts have gutted London’s fire service, dramatically reducing its capacity to cope with large disasters and increasing response times. Thirteen fire engines and at least six stations have been shut down since 1987 (according to recent Fire Brigade Union figures), the year of the King’s Cross tube station fire, London’s worst in living memory before the …
Continue readingThe tragedy of Grenfell continues, with survivors still mostly housed in hotels and other forms of temporary accommodation five months after the fire. Only 26 of 203 are currently living in permanent homes. In addition, the Conservative government has admitted that more than half of former residents of the tower and nearby Grenfell Walk are still living in emergency accommodation. …
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