By Joao, Beth, Alex and Meg (Cardiff West Socialist Party) Saturday’s earthquake pales in comparison with the shifts in the political landscape described at this weekend’s Welsh Conference. Up to 40 Comrades from across Wales gathered in Cardiff to discuss the successes and challenges of the past year, whilst simultaneously planning a programme for the future. Deputy General Secretary Hannah ...
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Swansea Labour cabinet approves £22m cuts
By Alec Thraves Swansea Socialist Party represented what the council leader called the ‘unofficial opposition’ in challenging another £22m cuts proposal for the 2018/19 budget at the council’s cabinet meeting last week. With no opposition councillors or trade union representatives present at the cabinet meeting it fell yet again on our shoulders to highlight the fact that there has already ...
Read More »Cardiff rally protests victimising the homeless
By Lucy Davros Over 100 people attended a protest in the city centre against homelessness, which was called after a 32-year-old homeless woman tragically died in Alexandra Gardens on 25th November. Sadly, this needless loss of life is not so unsurprising given the decreasing temperatures around winter and the increasing number of people who are homeless – official figures suggest ...
Read More »What was the Militant Tendency?
The forerunner of the Socialist Party was the ‘Militant tendency’, so-called because it was organised in the Labour Party around the newspaper, Militant. The following is the transcript of an interview with Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party, and one of the founders of The Militant, conducted by Shaun Ley for the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Party’s ...
Read More »Labour MP attacks London student over anti-austerity art project
The Socialist Party, formerly the Militant, today condemned Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft for reporting a local student to the police – over an art project which proposes socialist policies. Foxcroft – who nominated Blairite Owen Smith to challenge Jeremy Corbyn’s anti-austerity leadership in 2016 – is seeking action against the artist behind imaginary MP “Ana Key.” Socialist Party member Ellen ...
Read More »Weakened Tories forced into Northern Ireland abortion u-turn
Thursday 29 June 2017 saw a significant step forward for women in Northern Ireland (NI). Funding to cover the financial costs for them to access abortions in England was pledged by the Tory minority government. The Tories’ ‘supply and confidence’ deal with the ten DUP MPs turned a spotlight on Northern Irish politics. This year marks the 50th anniversary of ...
Read More »Ireland: Jobstown 6 Acquitted!
In a crushing defeat for the Irish political establishment and ruling class, the jury in the #jobstownnotguilty case in Ireland found all 6 defendants not guilty of the “false imprisonment” of former Deputy Prime Minister, Joan Burton, during a spontaneous protest against water charges and austerity in the working class neighbourhood of Jobstown, in Tallaght, South West Dublin. The defendants ...
Read More »Combative mood in Cardiff to ‘Kick out the Tories’
Since the general election day, Cardiff has been a city in turmoil. Nothing illustrates it better than the amazing response that Cardiff Socialist Party had during our Saturday stalls and the ‘Kick out the Tories’ demonstration called by Cardiff People’s Assembly. We set up a big stall in the city centre two hours before the demonstration and the mood was ...
Read More »Tata pension deal accepted
Tata steelworkers have reluctantly accepted a ‘gun to the head’ pension deal which will end their final salary pension scheme and see it being replaced by an inferior defined contribution pension scheme. Union leaders, Tata management, MPs, AMs and the Welsh government all repeated endlessly to the workforce: accept this deal or see the plant close. Union leaders have attempted ...
Read More »Corbynomics: Can capitalism be saved or is socialist planning necessary?
By Hannah Sell (Deputy General Secretary, Socialist Party) The IMF now calls for state intervention to stimulate the ailing global economy. And many on the left also propose Keynesian-style policies. So, does this mean the IMF would welcome a Corbyn-led government in Britain? If not, why not? From the 1980s onwards neoliberal economics have reigned supreme. Now, eight years after ...
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