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Truss Sacked, Government Implodes: Tories Out Now

October 21, 2022Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland)

This is a joint statement between Socialist Party Northern Ireland and Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland. Escalate workers’ action — For a general strike! Fight for a socialist alternative! Another Tory prime minister bites the dust. In scenes less like a slow-motion car crash and more like a high-speed multi-vehicle collision, Tory MPs […]

Britain: Enough is Enough Campaign Launch Gets Huge Response

August 30, 2022Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland)

The Enough is Enough Campaign has been launched by various figures from across the labour movement because, as RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch says “people are fed up with the way they’re treated at work. We need to turn that mood into real organisation on behalf of the working class”. Working class people are facing […]

British Education Workers Force Government Retreat

January 6, 2021Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland)

Written by Socialist Alternative members (England, Wales & Scotland) in the National Education Union, Unite and UNISON. Trade Union Action Gets Results. We Need Real Opposition. The Tories’ plan to reopen schools was met with fierce opposition from scientists, politicians from all parties, and most importantly from the trade unions. After almost a year of […]

Update: Jeremy Corbyn Suspended from Labour Party

October 29, 2020Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland)

Time for a new Left Party to fight the Tories Condemn Corbyn’s suspension Organise now for socialist change, and to build a political voice that can be a real opposition to the Tories Jeremy Corbyn is not antisemitic. He has a lifelong history of fighting racism in all its forms. It is a disgrace that […]

The Brexit Saga Continues: Workers’ Movement Must Act Independently!

September 24, 2020Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland)

This is a joint statement between Socialist Party Northern Ireland and Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland. Last year, politics was dominated by the constitutional crisis of Brexit. The seriousness of the Covid pandemic and the global economic crisis has meant that the Brexit process has very much taken a back seat since the […]

Pills for Need Not Profit

April 17, 2020Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland)

Under capitalism, disease is an immensely profitable industry, and huge pharmaceutical corporations excel at extracting enormous amounts of wealth from our public health. They are trying to use COVID-19 to make even more profits. Under capitalism, disease is an immensely profitable industry, and what huge pharmaceutical corporations excel at is extracting enormous amounts of wealth […]

Britain: Labour leadership race – mobilise to defend socialist policies

January 17, 2020Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland)

This is a statement by the Political Committee of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Labour’s 2019 election result is a setback but not the apocalyptical catastrophe the media paint it as. The Labour vote exceeded that obtained by Blair in 2005 and Brown in 2010. Many of the newly elected Tory MPs have very […]

Vicious Tories win with lies – but mass struggle looms on the horizon

December 17, 2019Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland)

The Conservative victory at the general election is a major setback for the working class and youth of Britain. The bumbling bigot Johnson will whip up prejudice and launch further attacks on our services, livelihoods and environment. This will meet with resistance which we will support and help organise. Local ‘conferences of resistance’ should be […]