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The Socialist Equality Party (UK) is launching an initiative to sign up hundreds of new SEP Supporters and involve them in the party’s campaigning and educational work.

This ambitious agenda is made necessary by the severity of the capitalist crisis. Our party must grow to provide leadership to the emerging struggles of the working class against war, austerity and assaults on democratic rights.

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Workers and young people are looking for a way to fight genocide, world war, social inequality, environmental catastrophe and the drive to dictatorship and fascism.

The capitalist parties — whether Labour, Conservative, Scottish National Party or Green — offer no way forward.

It is time to join the fight for socialism. The Socialist Equality Party is the British section of the International Committee of the Fourth International, founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938.

Our party fights for the following policies

01

Stop the war on Iran, end the genocide in Gaza! Dismantle NATO!

The Gaza genocide, backed by the US and Britain, has initiated a new phase of imperialist barbarity. The US-led onslaught on Iran, an unprovoked war of aggression, aims to enslave the peoples of the Middle East and colonise its resources, to prepare for war against Russia and China. A new imperialist carve-up of the planet has begun. The SEP demands the immediate withdrawal of all UK military forces globally and the closure of its overseas military bases. NATO must be dismantled.

02

Defend immigrants and refugees! Oppose nationalism and racism! For the international unity of the working class!

The vicious scapegoating of immigrants and refugees for the social crisis caused by capitalism is the stock-in-trade of all capitalist parties, from Labour to Reform UK. The entire framework of “border controls” and anti-immigrant legislation must be abolished. Full democratic and citizenship rights must be granted to all immigrants, including those classified as “illegal.” Against the noxious fumes of racism and nationalism, the working class must unite globally in the fight for socialism.

03

End the rule of the billionaire oligarchy!

Globally, more than 3,000 billionaires hold £18.3 trillion in wealth, and the 12 richest own more than the poorest half of humanity, or 4 billion people. The UK boasts 156 billionaires, and the 50 richest families own more wealth than 34 million people. Society can no longer afford the rich. The wealth of the billionaires must be confiscated and directed to meet urgent social needs.

04

Billions for social programmes! Free healthcare, housing, childcare and education!

Resources must be poured into the NHS to meet the population's needs for GP, hospital, specialist medical and dental treatment. In-home and residential social care services must be massively expanded to care for the elderly. Housing is a social right and must be provided for all, not used to squeeze rent and interest payments. Nursery and childcare must be available to parents free of charge. Abolish tuition fees and provide income support to all students in need.

05

Guarantee a living income and secure employment!

Immediate measures are needed to protect workers from rising inflation. A 30 percent wage increase must be granted, reclaiming just a fraction of the billions stolen via wage suppression over the past three decades. The working week must be reduced to 30 hours, with 40 hours' pay. Zero-hour and gig economy contracts must be outlawed, with all workers guaranteed full employment benefits and a safe working environment from day one.

06

Repeal anti-strike laws and overturn legislation banning protest and free speech!

All laws curtailing and suppressing industrial action must be repealed. This includes strike vote threshold mandates, secret state-controlled postal ballots, and bans on picketing and secondary boycotts. The battery of laws introduced under the guise of the War on Terror aimed at criminalising protest and speech against British imperialism must be overturned. End the ban on Palestine Action!

07

Protect a liveable planet for all!

Billions must be spent replacing fossil fuelled infrastructure with clean energy and sustainable industries and agriculture, providing guaranteed jobs and retraining to all affected workers. Productive enterprises must be held responsible for managing their environmental and public health impacts, locally and globally. Money must be made available to protect communities from the effects of climate change caused already by capitalism.

08

For a workers' government and socialism!

There is no solution to the crisis confronting the working class except by ending the capitalist system and replacing it with socialism. The SEP fights for a workers' government based on rank-and-file workplace committees and workers' councils that will establish democratically controlled public ownership of the economy, dissolve the vast military-industrial complex, and establish production for human need, not corporate profit, as part of the fight for the United Socialist States of Europe and a world socialist society.

Become an SEPSupporter!

If you agree with these policies, become an SEP Supporter today. There is no time to lose! Play your part in building the necessary mass socialist party of the working class.

Supporter testimonials

Hear why SEP Supporters across Britain have decided to join the fight for socialism.

Jessica — Assistant psychologist, Nottinghamshire

Temari — Music student, London

Zubair — Small business owner, Manchester

George — Postal worker, Glasgow

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SEP (UK) Public Meetings: Your Party's Collapse: Time to build the Socialist Equality Party

The Socialist Equality Party’s message to workers and students is that it is time to break out of the cycle of betrayals. Our public meetings in July and August will discuss the building of a genuine socialist and internationalist party of the working class.

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Sunday 12 July · 2:00 PM

London — Hargrave Hall Community Centre

Hargrave Road, Archway, Islington, N19 5SP

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Sunday 19 July · 3:00 PM

Sheffield — Showroom Cinema, Room 5

15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX

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Tuesday 28 July · 6:30 PM

Manchester — Friends' Meeting House, Room G1

6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS

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Sunday 2 August · 2:00 PM

Glasgow — Premier Inn, Meeting Room 7 (Glassford)

187 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1YU

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