http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:38:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SAY NO TO THE CON-DEM CUTS! SPEAKERS: John McInally -- Vice President PCS Civil Service Union. Speakers also invited from Fire Brigades Union and ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/09/east-bristol-public-meeting-against-the-cuts/ The Socialist, the SP’s weekly paper stands in a long line of revolutionary papers, such as Lenin’s Iskra, the Neue Reihische Zeitung published by Marx and Lenin during the the 1848 revolution and the news sheets of the French Revolution and the Paris Commune. On Tuesday 24th, Matt Gordon examines ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/08/selling-and-writing-for-a-workers-party/ On Tuesday 27th July, Martyn Ahmet, who has recently visited the United States and met with members of our sister organisation there, will report on the conditions and struggles faced by American workers two years after the election of Obama. Does the new health insurance scheme represent an increase in the ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/07/usa-land-of-the-free/ EUROPE IN CRISIS The fight back against the neo-liberal cuts agenda begins now The CWI school was attended by members  of our sister parties from all over Europe as well as visitors from other parts of the world. Amongst the participants were workers and youth from Greece, where there ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/07/europe-in-crisis-meeting-20th-july/ END THE SIEGE OF GAZA! • End the Israeli blockade of Gaza. For the immediate withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Palestinian territories. • For a mass struggle of the Palestinians, under their own democratic control, to fight for genuine national liberation. • For international working class support for the Palestinians’ struggle. • ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/07/end-of-siege-of-gaza/ On 16 June, the BBC "News at 10", reported about the growing anger against the British government’s plans for cuts. Using Nottingham as an example, a meeting of the local Nottingham branch of the ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/06/preparing-for-resistance/ The new Tory-Lib Dem coalition government claims to be heralding in a 'new politics'. But a large layer of workers throughout Britain have recoiled in horror at the prospect of a Tory-dominated government, because of the vivid memories of the devastation caused in the years when Margaret Thatcher was prime ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/06/margaret-thatcher-why-workers-cannot-forget/ On Sunday 13th June, Socialist Party member and TUSC general election candidate for Bristol South, Tom Baldwin was a guest on the BBC discussion programme 'The Big Questions', which was filmed from Ashton Park School in Bristol.  The key theme of the discussion was 'Does the Queen Deserve a Pay Rise?'. ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/06/why-we-dont-back-the-queens-pay-claim/ The Socialist Party 2010 Manifesto Work & Income - Trade union struggle to increase the minimum wage to £8 an hour without exemptions as an immediate step towards £10 an hour. For an annual increase in the minimum wage linked to average earnings. - All workers, including part-times, temps, casual and migrant workers ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2010/04/bristol-election-candidates-fighting-for-the-millions-not-the-millionaires/ On Tuesday 21 July the Bristol YFJ campaign presented a petition of over 200 signatures to the council. The hard work spent holding stalls, petitioning and raising awareness of the campaign really paid off as we managed to get local print, radio and TV coverage, hopefully spreading the message that there ... http://www.socialistpartybristol.org.uk/2009/08/public-shows-support-for-youth-fight-for-jobs-campaign/