Articles by Socialist Action

Right-wing hysteria as Corbyn consolidates team

28th October 2015 Socialist Action 0


By Jane West

The appointment of Seumas Milne as Labour’s director of strategy and communication is the second key appointment of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership to come under particularly frenzied attack from the Tory media – the first being the appointment of John McDonnell as Shadow Chancellor. The reason is that each decisively indicated the fundamental orientation of the Corbyn leadership of the Labour Party and that it had no intention of backing down in the face of the hostility of the right.

Notes from the front – of the week 27/10/2015

27th October 2015 Socialist Action 0


Corbyn inflicts first defeat on Tories

On 26 October a Labour motion in the House of Lords dealt a blow to the government’s proposed tax credit cuts. By 289 votes to 272 it voted the cuts should be delayed and those affected compensated in full. As a result Tory Chancellor George Osborne has been forced to rethink the proposed cuts and has indicated he will announce changes to the plans in the Autumn Statement on 25 November.

Notes from the front – of the week 22/10/2015

22nd October 2015 Socialist Action 0


With Tories under pressure from Corbyn’s agenda Labour right continues to plot

After only five weeks as Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s shift in Labour’s agenda to oppose the Tory government’s proposed attacks on living standards has begun to pose some problems for Osborne and Cameron.

The last week saw the Tories face unexpectedly sharp problems on their proposed cut in tax credits.

Protest for Palestine: Sat 17 October

15th October 2015 Socialist Action 0

12pm – 2pm

Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London

Kensington High Street, W8 5NP – London

Organised by PSC, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, FOSIS. 
Supported by Jews for Justice for Palestinians and Amos Trust

Notes from the front – of the week 13/10/2015

13th October 2015 Socialist Action 0

Building Momentum

One of the important opportunities coming out of the campaign to get Jeremy Corbyn elected as leader of the Labour Party was the possibility to renew political discussion and campaigning in the Labour Party and beyond by maintaining the organisation of the many new, renewed and existing activists that came around the campaign. The first step to achieving this has been taken by the launch of Momentum, a grassroots network based on those who signed up to Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign, which will continue to build support within the labour movement and campaigning organisations for progressive policies.

British Government’s partisan approach to the Stormont talks

9th October 2015 Socialist Action 0

The following article, by Declan Kearney Sinn Féin’s National Chairperson, originally was published by An Phoblacht. It explains the negative intervention Britain’s Conservative government are making into the current Stormont talks, including seeking to renege on Britain’s obligation to disclose its role in the conflict as part of the agreed process of dealing with the past. Sinn Féin’s efforts to defend the Good Friday Agreement and block the imposition of austerity should be supported.