Fighting the Tories: what next?
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Bankers’ and bosses’ pay and bonuses, share prices, and profits have recovered nicely since the sudden crash of 2008-9.
Broad lefts and rank-and-file groups
Why I became a third camp socialist, and what I've done
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I grew up in a working-class neighbourhood on the South Side of Chicago. My Dutch immigrant grandfather, John Cornelius La Botz, became a socialist in Chicago during the Great Depression.
Sites of struggle: organising in construction
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On 4 March 2012, the long-held suspicions of hundreds of trade union activists in the construction industry were confirmed when it was revealed that the British state had been colluding with construction contractors to prevent union activists from getting work.
Sheffield Unison: almost unleashed
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The “Unison Unleashed” rank-and-file caucus in the Sheffield local government branch of the public sector union Unison has narrowly missed out on unseating the existing bureaucratic leadership of the branch in the branch’s first election in two years.
Pensions: what's gone wrong?
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As Solidarity goes to press on 10 January, the public-sector pensions battle is in the balance.
Middle East and North Africa: prospects for revolution
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Date:
30 May, 2011 - 12:00 - 19:30
Location:
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Description:
Speakers: Raymond Lotta, from US Avakian-Maoist group "Revolution";
Egyptian writer Nawal el-Saadawi;
Amir Hassanpour, Toronto University.
Chair: Shahrzad Mojab, Toronto University.
Rank-and-file magazine relaunched
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Trade Union Solidarity magazine has been relaunched as an activist resource for rank-and-file trade unionists.
New rank-and-file initiative in Sheffield City Unison
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A promising new campaign has started in the Sheffield City (Local Government) branch of the public sector union Unison.
Three Articles on the Trade Union Rank and File
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Organise the rank and file!
Paul Whetton (Manton NUM) draws some lessons
[from 'New Problems, New Struggles', Socialist Organiser pamphlet, November 1989]
New left caucus in Unite
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Grass Roots Left (GRL), which emerged from Jerry Hicks’ campaign in the Unite General Secretary election, has officially launched itself as an organisation.