Seize the bankers' loot!
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Bonus payouts in banking and finance totalled £14 billion in 2011.
Poverty and inequality
They say there's no money. We say tax the rich!
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Since the start of the Thatcher government, in 1979, the rich have been getting spectacularly richer in Britain (as in many other countries), and the gap between rich and poor has been increasing.
Are the riots justified? The police, the riots and working-class resistance
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Date:
17 August, 2011 - 21:30 - 23:30
Location:
The Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road, WC1X (Kings Cross)
Description:
A Workers' Liberty discussion forum. All welcome. Speakers to include London RMT activist Glenroy Watson, Workers' Liberty member Sean Matgamna and a community activist from Haringey. Plenty of time for discussion from the floor.
As riots continue across London and the UK, what should trade unionists, community campaigners and socialists say about the riots? How can we organise to tackle the root causes of the riots - poverty, police harassment, cuts and joblessness - and fight against the right-wing, racist authoritarian backlash that Cameron's government and police are preparing?
Everyone is welcome to come and have their say at this Workers' Liberty discussion meeting.
AWL London forum - Inequality: what it does, why it's growing and how to fight it
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Date:
17 June, 2010 - 21:00 - 23:00
Location:
The Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8QZ
Description:
A Workers' Liberty London forum
Why has inequality grown so dramatically in the last three decades, including under New Labour? What impact is the economic crisis having, and what impact will the new government's cuts have? How can the workers' movement fight inequality, what degree of equality should we demand and is it possible under capitalism?
Speakers:
Dr Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone
www.equalitytrust.org.uk/resource/the-spirit-level
Jill Mountford, Workers' Liberty
Some short reading:
"New Labour, inequality and class"
www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/02/05/new-labour-inequality-and-class
Facebook event here.
"Keep the promise"/ end child poverty march
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Date:
4 October, 2008 - 13:30
Location:
Assemble at Millbank, London SW1; march to rally in Trafalgar Square
Can trade justice make poverty history?
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Date:
7 November, 2005 - 19:30
Location:
The Plough, 27 Museum St, London (near British Museum)
"Make Poverty History" counter-rally to G8
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Date:
2 July, 2005 - 13:00
Location:
Edinburgh
Workers lose out as bosses rake it in
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While workers face wage freezes or real-terms pay cuts, those who top the market food chain are enjoying ever-bigger payouts.
More children will live in poverty
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The proportion of children living in poverty — defined as below 60 per cent of median income — will rise from 19.3 per cent in 2010-1 to over 24 per cent by 2020.
Poverty pay in Cameron's Britain
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Nearly 10% of care workers are paid illegally low wages, new research by academics at King’s College London has found.