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How to fight UKIP

8th May 2014 Socialist Action 0

By Jo Mullins

UKIP and its politics are dominating the forthcoming European and local elections. In part this reflects the coverage of the mainstream media who have assiduously promoted its racist agenda. But it also reflects the unwillingness of the main parties to challenge UKIP politically. In politics whoever sets the agenda wins.

Solidarity with Gerry Adams

3rd May 2014 Socialist Action 0

The arrest and detention of Gerry Adams three weeks before the Local Government and EU elections is a deliberate political intervention into those elections by those in the PSNI hostile to the peace process and hoping to damage Sinn Féin’s rising support across the whole the Ireland.

Sinn Féin’s statements since Gerry Adams’ arrest (which can be found here) are reproduced below:

NUS Conference 2014 – major advances for the left

2nd May 2014 Socialist Action 0

By Fiona Edwards

NUS National Conference 2014, which took place 8-10 April, saw major advances for the left, marking a turning point for the student movement.

Scapegoating Muslims – the Birmingham witch hunt

29th April 2014 Socialist Action 0

By Mark Holland

The so-called ‘Trojan Horse’ plot to take over Birmingham schools should have been treated with extreme scepticism from the start. Instead, it has been the catalyst for a new witch hunt against Muslims.

Support the RMT!

29th April 2014 Socialist Action 0

The RMT is taking strike action to defend public services and it should be given full support. In London the Tories’ austerity agenda includes cutting jobs and safety on London’s underground. The [Read more]

NUT digs in for a war not a battle

27th April 2014 Socialist Action 0

By Paul Cranston

Teachers will be taking further action against this government because their pay and conditions are under sustained attack, the scale of that deterioration being illustrated in the graphs below (originally published here).