by Socialist Party Portsmouth Branch | May 20, 2014 | Alternative, Austerity, Campaigns, Portsmouth, RMT, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Trade Unions, Uncategorized
Cuts to education, zero hour contracts and the loss of over 900 dockyard jobs; these were just three of the issues about which local leaders from the big three parties showed themselves to be in complete consensus during a debate organised by The News. Representing...
by Socialist Party Portsmouth Branch | Nov 9, 2012 | Alternative, Austerity, Campaigns, Cuts, Socialist Party, Uncategorized
The TUC march against Austerity in October may have been smaller than its precursor in 2011, but it represents a very important sea change for the ideas of trade unionism and, possibly, Socialism. They are becoming normalised. In 2011 the streets of London were...
by Socialist Party Portsmouth Branch | Jul 19, 2012 | Alternative, Austerity, Campaigns, Football, Olympics, Reclaim the Game, Spanish Civil War, Sport, Uncategorized, Youth Fight for Jobs
It’s the urban myth tinted fact being touted by Olympic killjoys across the land. If it hasn’t happened already the crowds will soon huddle in your town to watch the Olympic torch trundle through, carried by a traditionally overlooked community volunteer, or more...
by Socialist Party Portsmouth Branch | Mar 5, 2012 | Alternative, Austerity, Campaigns, Cuts, PACT, Socialist Theory, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Trade Unions, Uncategorized
The suggestion, only half raised by UNITE general secretary Len Mccluskey last week, that trade unionists may see the Olympics as a campaign opportunity received the usual howls of derision from the usual quarters. Cameron and his pack of braying backbenchers...
by Socialist Party Portsmouth Branch | Feb 10, 2011 | Alternative, Austerity, Cuts, Uncategorized
As Portsmouth City Council voted on Tuesday for a budget to make over £20 million worth of cuts the only voice of opposition came from Portsmouth Against Cuts Together (PACT), the community group supported by the city’s trade union movement, which presented an...