Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Tsar to Lenin shown at UK’s National Media Museum and the Cornerhouse
By our reporters, 6 June 2013
First released in 1937, Herman Axelbank’s Tsar to Lenin ranks among the greatest documentary films of the twentieth century.
David North addresses London meeting on the 15th anniversary of the WSWS
By our reporters, 8 May 2013
The chairman of the World Socialist Web Site’s international editorial board and national chairman of the SEP (US) addressed a well attended meeting in London on the significance of 15 years of the WSWS.
David North to address public meeting in London on May 5: Fifteen Years of the World Socialist Web Site
20 March 2013
David North, chairman of the WSWS international editorial board and national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the US, will speak at a public meeting in London on the political significance of the site’s 15th anniversary.
Thousands march in London against threat to close Lewisham Hospital Accident & Emergency unit
By our correspondent, 29 January 2013
Around 25,000 people marched through the South East London borough of Lewisham on Saturday to protest the threat to close the hospital’s Accident & Emergency unit and to downgrade its maternity ward.
Fightback needed to defend the UK’s National Health Service
21 January 2013
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) has taken the initiative in launching a national campaign to defend the National Health Service.
Resolution of SEP (UK) Congress: “Build the International Youth and Students for Social Equality”
10 January 2013
Published here is the fourth resolution, “Build the International Youth and Students for Social Equality”, adopted unanimously by the First National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), held November 17-19, 2012
Resolution of SEP (UK) Congress: “Defend Julian Assange and WikiLeaks”
9 January 2013
Published here is the third resolution, “Defend Julian Assange and WikiLeaks”, adopted unanimously by the First National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), held November 17-19, 2012.
Resolution of SEP (UK) Congress: “The SEP and the struggle against imperialist war”
8 January 2013
Published here is the second resolution, “The SEP and the struggle against imperialist war”, adopted unanimously by the First National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), held November 17-19, 2012.
Main resolution of SEP (UK) Congress: “The political tasks of the Socialist Equality Party”
7 January 2013
Published here is the main resolution adopted unanimously by the First National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), held November 17-19, 2012.
Socialist Equality Party (UK) holds First National Congress
By Julie Hyland, 7 January 2013
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) held its First National Congress in Manchester, on November 17-19, 2012.
Britain: Oppose the closure of Maltby Colliery
24 December 2012
Campaigners from the Socialist Equality Party are circulating this leaflet at Maltby Colliery and the nearby village of the same name.
Socialist Equality Party/SouthWest NHS Fightback
A reply to Unite Head of Health Rachael Maskell
By our correspondent, 4 December 2012
The SEP/SouthWest NHS Fightback replies to a Unite union official.
For a European-wide struggle to defend auto jobs
By Statement Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Germany) Socialist Equality Party (Britain), 19 November 2012
The devastation of the auto industry is inseparably linked to the austerity measures dictated by the EU in Greece, Spain, Portugal and other countries.
Defence of the National Health Service demands a new socialist strategy
By our reporter, 10 November 2012
The SEP held a public meeting in Manchester to explain why action committees must be developed to protect health care.
UK showings of Tsar to Lenin
13 October 2012
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality are to host film showings of the remarkable film documentary, Tsar to Lenin this month.
Socialist Equality Party (Britain) launches National Health Service Fightback web site
By our reporter, 5 September 2012
The Socialist Equality Party has launched a web site as the basis for organising opposition to the attempt by a consortium of 19 NHS Trust managements to cut the wages and conditions of some 60,000 workers.
SEP (UK) public meetings
Defend the Greek working class
For the United Socialist States of Europe
1 June 2012
Greek workers are suffering the greatest decline in living standards since the Nazi occupation. Unemployment is above 20 percent and 50 percent for youth. Wages have been slashed by up to 50 percent and pensions, education and health care decimated.
Opel/Vauxhall workers need an international strategy
Statement by the Socialist Equality Parties of the UK and Germany
By Socialist Equality parties of the UK and Germany, 31 May 2012
The European head of General Motors, Karl-Friedrich Stracke, will put forward a restructuring plan involving annual savings of $1 billion (800 million euros) at GM’s supervisory board on June 28.
Vote “No” in Ireland’s referendum on EU fiscal treaty
By Socialist Equality Parties (UK and Germany), 30 May 2012
The Socialist Equality parties of Britain and Germany call for a “No” vote in the Irish Republic’s May 31 referendum on the European Union’s fiscal treaty.
St. Helens, UK: Election meeting discusses Jerry White’s presidential campaign
By Robert Stevens, 20 April 2012
The latest election meeting for SEP candidate Danny Dickinson in the St. Helens Town Centre ward discussed the campaign of Jerry White as the US SEP’s candidate in the presidential election.
St Helens, UK: A message to car workers from SEP candidate Danny Dickinson
By Danny Dickinson, 18 April 2012
The following statement is being distributed at the Jaguar Land Rover plant at Halewood and Vauxhall’s at Ellesmere Port, as part of the election campaign by Socialist Equality Party (UK) candidate Danny Dickinson in the St Helens Town Centre ward.
UK SEP candidate condemns huge increase in day care charges for the elderly
By of Stephen Woodbridge, SEP candidate in Bretton North and Peterborough, 17 April 2012
The following statement has been issued by Stephen Woodbridge, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for the Bretton North ward of Peterborough in local elections on May 3.
SEP (UK) candidate in British council elections speaks to St. Helens residents
By our reporter, 16 April 2012
Socialist Equality Party campaign teams met and spoke to many residents in St. Helens town centre over the past week.
UK teaching unions complete rout of pensions fight
By Socialist Equality Party (UK), 13 April 2012
To understand how the UK’s Conservative/Liberal Democrat government is managing to push through the most drastic cuts in public spending since the 1930s, it is necessary to look no further than last weekend’s annual conferences of the education unions.
Workers and youth speak out in St. Helens, England
By Liz Smith, 11 April 2012
The Socialist Equality Party has been campaigning in all areas of the Town Centre ward in St. Helens, where its candidate Danny Dickinson is standing for local elections on May 3.
St Helens, England: Scarred by joblessness and poverty
By Danny Dickinson, 9 April 2012
The Socialist Equality Party is standing Danny Dickinson for the St Helens Town Centre ward, in the local elections on May 3. Dickinson has provided this account of St Helens, its history and the conditions now faced by workers and youth.
Peterborough: Far from a boomtown
By Stephen Woodbridge, SEP candidate in Bretton North and Peterborough, 7 April 2012
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) is standing Stephen Woodbridge as its candidate for the ward of Bretton North, Peterborough, in the local council elections on May 3. Woodbridge has provided this profile of the city and ward he is contesting.
The Bradford by-election and the need for a revolutionary socialist party
By Socialist Equality Party (UK), 6 April 2012
The victory of Respect Party candidate George Galloway in the Bradford West by-election last week has been met with shock and nervousness throughout the political establishment and media.
Socialist Equality Party (UK) launches council election campaign
5 April 2012
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) is standing candidates in local authority elections in Peterborough and St Helens to be held May 3.
SEP (UK) candidates in council elections
5 April 2012
Stephen Woodbridge is standing for the SEP in the Bretton North ward of Peterborough. A socialist his entire adult life, Stephen worked at the Perkins diesel engines plant (now a subsidiary of Caterpillar) for 35 years until 2009.
SEP (UK) public meetings: For a general strike to bring down the Cameron government!
16 February 2012
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) is holding public meetings to discuss the attack on public sector pensions and the way forward in the fight against the government’s austerity programme.
SEP (UK) public meetings: For a general strike to bring down the Cameron government!
16 February 2012
On November 30, more than 2 million public sector workers struck against government plans to make them pay more, and work longer, for reduced pensions. It was the biggest strike for decades. The Socialist Party and Socialist Workers Party seized upon the stoppage as proof of the revival of the trade unions as organs of class struggle.
UK public meeting
Lessons of the Southampton council workers strikes
24 September 2011
The SEP public meeting will discuss the lessons of the series of rolling strikes by Southampton council workers against the imposition of fire and rehire contracts by the Conservative authority.
SEP (UK) public meetings
Oppose state repression against youth in Britain
13 August 2011
The Socialist Equality Party in Britain has organised a series of meetings inviting all who oppose the state repression and erosion of democratic rights being imposed in the aftermath of the recent riots, to attend to discuss the political way forward.
Oppose state repression of British youth
By Socialist Equality Party (UK), 11 August 2011
The Socialist Equality Party unequivocally condemns the police assault that has been unleashed against young people in Britain and demands the immediate withdrawal of riot police from the areas they now occupy.
Britain: Westminster council ban SEP public meeting in attack on democratic rights
By Paul Stuart, 11 August 2011
In an attack on democratic rights, an August 4 public meeting called by the Socialist Equality Party was banned on political grounds by management at Vital Regeneration who are contracted to run residents meeting halls by Westminster local authority, London.
UK rail union seeks imposition of speed-ups and job losses
By Socialist Equality Party (UK), 6 August 2011
Conductors at London Midland private rail franchise are currently voting on a restructuring package agreed between the Rail Maritime Transport Workers Union and the company. The SEP is distributing this statement to workers at London Midland depots.
Reject appeals to government ministers:
Saving Bombardier jobs means mobilising against Britain’s Tory-Lib Dem government
By Socialist Equality Party, 23 July 2011
Almost 1,500 jobs are set to go at the Bombardier factory in Derby, England.
Public meeting in Bristol, England
Hands off Libya!
Behind NATO’s war drive
11 July 2011
The Socialist Equality Party and WSWS will be holding a meeting July 12 in Bristol, England to discuss the real reasons for the NATO war on Libya.
Trade unions offer no way forward in fight against British government assault on pensions
By Socialist Equality Party (Britain), 30 June 2011
The condemnation heaped on today’s strikes by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, leading members of the Labour Party and the media must not detract from the fact that the limited action is a calculated betrayal by the trade unions—both of their own members and of every worker and youth.
The ex-left apologists for Scottish nationalism
By Socialist Equality Party (UK), 13 May 2011
The formation by the Scottish National Party of a majority administration in the Holyrood parliament raises issues of serious concern for the working class.
Oppose cuts to Manchester hospitals
By the Socialist Equality Party candidate for Ardwick and Robert Skelton, 2 May 2011
The gutting of the National Health Service will have a disastrous impact in Manchester, in particular in the Ardwick ward.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Eleven
22 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22/25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Ten
21 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22 and 25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts. See Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Nine
19 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22 and 25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts. See Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Eight
18 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22 and 25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts. See Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Seven
17 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22 and 25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts.
Socialist Equality Party public meetings in Britain: A socialist programme to fight the cuts
16 March 2011
The Socialist Equality Party in Britain is holding a series of public meetings this month, to champion a politically independent mass social movement against the savage cuts being imposed by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Six
16 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22/25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Five
15 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22 and 25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Four
14 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester October 22-25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Three
12 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester between October 22 and 25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part Two
11 March 2011
This document, The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain), was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester October 22-25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class, centring in particular on the post-war history of the Trotskyist movement. It is being published on the WSWS in 11 parts.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Part One
10 March 2011
This document was adopted unanimously at the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), held in Manchester October 22-25, 2010. It reviews and examines the most critical political experiences of the British working class. Today, the WSWS is publishing the first of eleven parts.
Oppose all cuts in public spending
Build rank-and-file committees to lead the struggle
By Socialist Equality Party (UK), 10 February 2011
The cuts being imposed by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government in Britain represent the most sustained attack on the living standards and social rights of the working class in over 80 years.
SEP (UK) public meetings
Egypt, Tunisia and the perspective of permanent revolution
5 February 2011
Upcoming public meetings in the UK will address the uprising in Egypt, which marks a new stage in the class struggle in the Middle East and internationally.
SEP (UK) public meetings
Defend Julian Assange! Behind the witch-hunt of WikiLeaks
5 February 2011
Public meetings in the UK will address the publication of US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks and threats against the organisation’s founder Julian Assange.
Socialist Equality Party public meetings in Britain
For a mass movement against austerity! For a workers’ government on socialist policies!
15 November 2010
The Socialist Equality Party is convening a series of public meetings as the basis for instigating a politically independent mass social movement against austerity.
Oppose the witch-hunt of student protesters in Britain
By Socialist and International Students for Social Equality (Britain), 13 November 2010
The Socialist Equality Party and the International Students for Social Equality call on working people and students to oppose the vicious witch-hunt of those involved in the anti-education cuts protest at Conservative Party HQ.
Socialist Equality Party in Britain holds meetings: A socialist programme against mass austerity
By our correspondent, 16 August 2010
The Socialist Equality Party in Britain held two meetings last week, part of a series advancing a socialist programme to oppose the massive austerity cuts outlined by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government.
Once more on the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
By Chris Marsden, 20 May 2010
An exchange with a supporter of the Socialist Party of England and Wales.
After the General Election
The task facing British workers
By Socialist Equality Party (Britain), 15 May 2010
Workers in Britain face the biggest struggles in generations against a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition set on imposing budget cuts, the likes of which have not been seen since the 1930s.
Socialist Equality Party (UK) public meetings: General Election 2010
9 April 2010
The SEP in Britain is announcing two public meetings
Socialist Equality Party Manifesto for the 2010 British general election
6 April 2010
The Socialist Equality Party of Britain is standing two candidates in the UK general election.
Public Meeting in London
Historians in the service of the Big Lie
12 November 2009
This important public meeting will be held on December 13 at the Friends Meeting House in London.
European Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II
“It was industrialised slaughter on an unimaginable scale”
By Barbara Slaughter, 2 November 2009
On October 11 in London, the European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International held a joint meeting on the lessons of the Second World War. We publish here the remarks made by veteran Trotskyist and SEP (UK) Central Committee member Barbara Slaughter.
No compromise possible in UK post strike
A political and industrial offensive against Labour government is required
By Socialist Equality Party (UK), 31 October 2009
Striking postal workers in Britain are involved in a fundamental political struggle, against not just Royal Mail but also the Labour government.
Britain: Postal workers face a political struggle against Labour government
By Socialist Equality Party, 20 October 2009
Postal workers confront a coordinated campaign to defeat their strike in defence of jobs and conditions, drawn up and executed by Royal Mail and the Labour government.
European Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II
By our reporter, 14 October 2009
On October 11 in London, the European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International held a joint meeting on the lessons of WWII.
A new period of class struggle and inter-imperialist conflict
By Chris Marsden, 2 October 2009
The following remarks were given by Chris Marsden, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party of Britain, at an election-eve rally held Saturday, September 26, in Berlin by the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (PSG—Socialist Equality Party) of Germany.
Seventy years on
World War II: The essential lessons
Joint public meeting of the Socialist Equality Party, Britain and Germany
22 September 2009
World War II engulfed the entire European continent, pitting all of the continental powers in the bloodiest slaughter in world history.
The significance of the British Socialist Workers Party’s call for a new “left alternative”
Part two
By Tony Robson and Chris Marsden, 29 July 2009
This is the conclusion of a two-part series on an open letter issued by the Socialist Workers Party in Britain.
Scotland: Oppose Diageo job losses by mobilising the working class
By Socialist Equality Party (Britain), 25 July 2009
The following leaflet is being distributed by the Socialist Equality Party (Britain) to Sunday’s march and rally in Kilmarnock against the announcement by Diageo, the world’s largest drinks manufacturer, that it is shedding 900 jobs across Scotland.
SEP public meeting
Capitalist breakdown and the need for a socialist Europe
30 May 2009
The Socialist Equality Party will be holding a public meeting on Sunday, June 7, in Manchester, England.
Britain: ISSE to hold meetings on Charles Darwin
9 May 2009
The International Students for Social Equality in Britain are holding a series of meetings to mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth.
G20 summit protest: A socialist answer to the global crisis is needed
By Socialist Equality Party (Britain), 27 March 2009
Saturday’s mass protest in London directed towards the G20 summit raises fundamental questions of political perspective.
Britain: Student meetings hear report on socialist perspective for the Middle East
By our correspondent, 3 March 2009
Jean Shaoul of the World Socialist Web Site recently addressed a series of meetings held by the International Students for Social Equality in Britain on the war in Gaza.
International Students for Social Equality meetings in Britain
A socialist answer to the Gaza crisis
5 February 2009
Jean Shaoul of the WSWS will speak at a series of meeting in Britain on an international socialist perspective for the Middle East and the Gaza crisis.
Stalin, Trotsky and the 1926 British general strike
Part Three
By Chris Marsden, 30 December 2008
Trotsky had argued that the very survival of British imperialism now rested not on the right-wing social democrats, but on the supposed lefts, without whom the right wing could not maintain its position in the labour movement.
Stalin, Trotsky and the 1926 British general strike
By Chris Marsden, 27 December 2008
More than 80 years on, the May 1926 British General Strike remains a defining moment in the history of the workers’ movement. Its lessons are essential for the development of a revolutionary strategy, not just in Britain but the world over.
University of Manchester ISSE hear report on international economic crisis
By our correspondent, 17 December 2008
Chris Talbot addressed an International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) meeting at the University of Manchester on December 11.
SEP candidate Jerry White addresses successful meetings in Britain
By Robert Stevens, 15 October 2008
Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate Jerry White addressed successful meetings this week in London and Manchester, England, and Glasgow, Scotland.
Withdraw all troops from Afghanistan and Iraq! A socialist answer to war and militarism
The perspective of the “peace movement”
By Socialist and Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Germany), 20 September 2008
Demonstrations calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan are taking place today in German, French and British cities. The Socialist Equality Party and the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, the British and German sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International, support this demand. We call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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