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Is Labour Anti-Big Business?
Stefano Pessina the tax-exile billionaire boss of Boots has rounded on Labour’s election tax plans as ‘anti-growth and anti-business’. However, Tessa Warrington argues that, on the contrary, Labour remains subservient to big business interests, at our expense. Labour Party leader Ed Miliband responded to Pessina’s criticism by saying he “ought to pay his taxes” rather […]
Labour and the One Percent
Sadly, local Council leaders continue to promise multi-million-pound cuts to vital public services that serve the 99%, while vying to attract the super-rich 1% to their towns. Thus “in the past two weeks, we’ve learned that IBM, Hastings Insurance Services and the Tejani family (estimated wealth £140 million) have been given £1 million each in […]
Millions Stolen from Leicester: Bringing Tax Justice to Boots
Over £6 million has been stolen from the people of Leicester by Boots the chemist since 2007. This shocking sum was calculated based on national figures that estimated that Boots failed to pay some £1.2 billion in tax in the past seven years. Seeking to redress this injustice, local campaigners working with the Trade Unionist […]
Victory of the Marigold Gloves
“They came after cleaners with very small salaries and families, forgetting we are women, we are mothers, and if you mess with us we can become like the harpies in the ancient Greek legends…. I never thought that a rubber cleaning glove could become such a symbol of struggle, but it has.” These are the […]
Leicester Councillors Address Packed Anti-Cuts Conference
Bringing a ray of hope to workers across the country, Leicester’s two local TUSC councillors, Barbara Potter and Wayne Naylor, gave passionate speeches at the recent annual conference of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, held on Saturday 24th January in London. Councillor Barbara Potter said she stood for a council seat because she was […]
Darker Shade of Blue – Life on the Azure Card
The Azure card is given to asylum seekers who are under Section 4, awaiting a result on their claim for asylum. The card limits where you can go to for food and other essentials and asylum seekers live on a measly £36.62 a week. They do not have access to other benefits and are not […]
Students Take to the Streets
“Students and workers, unite and fight!” was the chant that summed up the spirit of the Leicester March For Free Education. With support from local anti- cuts councillors, environmentalists and trade unionists; student activists took to the streets to build a movement to end austerity. “We’re leading the struggle against fees, cuts and privatisation,” said […]
Davos Summit: ‘The pitchforks are coming!’
The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) was held in Davos, Switzerland, last week. A global elite of world leaders, intellectuals, philanthropists, entrepreneurs and representatives of big business gathered to focus their ‘talents’ on the most pressing issues in the world today. Inequality and poverty were high on the agenda. On the same day, Global Justice […]
Leicester March for Free Education
By Thomas Barker, Leicester Socialist Students As part of a national day of action, people across Leicester will be coming together to march for free education on Saturday the 31st of January. The march has been organized by student groups at Leicester and De Montfort University, including Socialist Students, Young Greens, and Defend Education, but […]
Leicester Students Solidarity Demo
Police provoked outrage last week at Warwick University with the disgraceful brutality that was used against students who were holding a peaceful occupation calling for free education. CS spray was used, a taser was drawn and a female student was dragged across the room by her hair. Yesterday afternoon, students at Leicester University gathered to […]
