The Socialist Party is a Marxist political party active in England and Wales. It has five councillors in local government and two dozen members on the executives of major trade unions. It publishes The Socialist, a weekly newspaper, and Socialism Today, a monthly magazine. It is part of the Committee for a Workers' International.
The Socialist Party campaigns vigorously against the health service "reforms" with the majority of The Socialist front page articles on the NHS in 2006 . It was prominent, alongside the National Pensioners Convention and South London Keep Our NHS Public, in organising a march to meet the TUC lobby of Parliament at Westminster Hall on the 1 November 2006, calling for the TUC to organise a national demonstration against the attacks on the NHS, gaining some media coverage. Left wing Labour MP John McDonald joined the march.
A major theme in the Socialist Party's weekly and monthly publications is the support of trade union struggles in defence of jobs, pay,...
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