The organised working class has the potential power to stop the cuts and transform society.
As capitalism dominates the globe, the struggle for genuine socialism
must be international. The Socialist Party is part of the Committee for a Workers' International
(CWI), a socialist international that organises in over 40 countries.
Our demands include:
Public services
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No to ALL cuts in jobs, public services and
benefits. Defend our pensions.
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No to privatisation and the Private Finance
Initiative (PFI). Renationalise all privatised utilities and services, with
compensation paid only on the basis of proven need.
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Fully fund all services and run them under
accountable, democratic committees that include representatives of service
workers and users.
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Free, publicly run, good quality education,
available to all at any age. Abolish university tuition fees now and introduce
a living grant. No to academies and 'free schools'!
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A socialist NHS to provide for everyone's health
needs - free at the point of use and under democratic control. Kick out private
contractors!
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Keep council housing publicly owned. For a massive
building programme of publicly owned housing, on an environmentally sustainable
basis, to provide good quality homes with low rents.
Work & Income
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Trade union struggle to increase the minimum wage
to £10 an hour without exemptions as an immediate step towards a real living
wage. For an annual increase in the minimum wage linked to average earnings.
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All workers, including part-timers, temps, casual
and migrant workers to have trade union rates of pay, employment protection,
and sickness and holiday rights from day one of employment.
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An immediate 50% increase in the state retirement
pension, as a step towards a living pension.
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Reject 'workfare'. For the right to decent
benefits, education, training, or a job, without compulsion.
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Scrap the anti-trade union laws! For fighting trade
unions, democratically controlled by their members. Full-time union officials
to be regularly elected and receive no more than a worker's wage. Support the
National Shop Stewards Network.
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A maximum 35-hour week with no loss of pay.
Environment
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Major research and investment into replacing fossil
fuels with renewable energy and into ending the problems of early obsolescence
and unrecycled waste.
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Public ownership of the energy generating
industries. No to nuclear power. No to Trident.
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A democratically planned, low fare, publicly-owned
transport system, as part of an overall plan against environmental pollution.
Rights
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Oppose discrimination on the grounds of race,
gender, disability, sexuality, age, and all other forms of prejudice.
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Repeal all laws that trample over civil liberties.
For the right to protest! End police harassment.
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Defend abortion rights. For a woman's right to
choose when and whether to have children.
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For the right to asylum. No to racist immigration
laws.
New workers' party
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For a new mass workers' party drawing together
workers, young people and activists from workplace, community, environmental
and anti-war campaigns, to provide a fighting, political alternative to the
pro-big business parties. Support the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition as
an important step towards this.
Socialism and Internationalism
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No to imperialist wars and occupations.
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Tax the super-rich!
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For a socialist government to take into public
ownership the top 150 companies and the banking system that dominate the
British economy, and run them under democratic working-class control and
management. Compensation to be paid only on the basis of proven need.
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A democratic socialist plan of production based on
the interests of the overwhelming majority of people, and in a way that
safeguards the environment
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No to the bosses' neo-liberal European Union! For a
socialist Europe and a socialist world!
