Tom Barker, of Leicester Socialist Party put the case for a socialist Brexit at an EU debate on Thursday, organised by Leicester Young Labour. Blairite MP Liz Kendall and Rory Palmer MEP were due to speak, but unfortunately both backed out at the last minute. However, the Labour Parliamentary candidates for Loughborough and Nuneaton (Stuart Brady […]
A speech to Leicester Socialist Party public meeting (2/2/19) The Socialist Party campaigned in the EU referendum to leave the EU. Our slogan was to “vote OUT the Tories”. Correctly, we predicted that a leave vote would cause a crisis for the ruling party of capitalism, and would undercut support for the far-right. We also […]
On Saturday 31st March Leicester Socialist Party hosted a public meeting to discuss the lessons that could be learned today from the famous Grunwick strike which took place just over forty years ago. The introductory talk was given by Jean Thorpe. (Thanks to Ambrose Musiyiwa for filming the meeting.) The meeting was also addressed by […]
The following review was written by Tony Church A review of We Are The Lions, Mr Manager (Neil Gore, Townsend Productions) We Are The Lions, Mr Manager is a typical piece of political theatre from Townsend Productions and from the pen of Neil Gore. In usual style, it uses words and music to bring to […]
It is 100 years since the Russian Revolution of 1917, but the village of Pentrich in Derbyshire is celebrating the anniversary, 100 years earlier of its own “revolution”. It was one of the first workers’ uprisings, coming at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. It was the last armed uprising in the UK. On the […]
Leicester has been in the news a lot recently, because of the unprecedented success of its football team. However, we have seen the far-right attempt to jump on this bandwagon, oblivious to the multicultural nature of both Leicester and its footballing heroes. This was the scene last weekend: For two weekends in a row, the […]
Our NHS is under attack like never before, and we must act now to save it. As a worker in the NHS and a UNISON member, I chaired a protest organised by Leicestershire Against The Cuts last Saturday. It brought together campaigners from groups such as TUSC, the Socialist Party, the Green Party, Momentum, and […]
Leicester is facing some of the most severe cuts to the fire service in the country. You might be forgiven for thinking that we live under a Tory council, such is the scale of attacks on services in the city. However, the Labour mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, who sits alongside a Tory as vice-chair of […]
Mental health has long been seen by authorities as the “Cinderella” of the health service. It attracts relatively little funding because it is not visible and because people who suffer from mental health problems are less likely to be able to articulate their concerns. The cuts being passed on by my council in Leicester are […]
Britain is a nation of animal lovers, they say – so it is surprising that events like the one above, where candidates were asked questions on their party’s stance on animal rights, are not more common. Animal rights was hardly mentioned in the mainstream media during this election campaign. From left to right above are […]
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