Brighton Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: Brighton Trade Unionist and Socialist Election Campaign Launch

Monday 8 February 2010

Brighton Trade Unionist and Socialist Election Campaign Launch

Tuesday 9 March 6.45pm Brighthelm Centre

Speakers:

Bob Crow RMT General Secretary,

Hannah Sell Socialist Party Deputy General Secretary,

Dave Hill your TUSC Brighton Kemptown Parlimentary Candidate

Come and hear why the coalition has been formed, why you should support it and get involved in the campaign. Bob Crow is probably the best known union leader in Britain today and has a reputation second to none for defending his members jobs, pay and conditions. He is a key supporter of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and will be explaining why at this meeting.

The Socialist Party has been campaigning for a New Worker's Party for many years and its public representatives always only take a worker's wage when elected, a far cry from the expense scandal ridden MPs most of us have to put up with. Hannah Sell the Deputy General Secretary of the Socialist Party will be speaking on how the coalition nationally can be used to put forward polices in the interests of the millions, not the millionaires.

Dave Hill is the coalition candidate for Brighton Kemptown and has many years experience representing the people of Brighton when in the Labour Party. He will be explain why we can no longer rely on Labour to protect jobs, public services and pensions, and why people of Brighton should vote for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition to do just that.

WHAT TUSC STANDS FOR

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, NOT PRIVATISED PROFIT

Stop all privatisation, including the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and the immoral privatisation of prisons. Bring privatised public services and utilities back into public ownership under democratic control.

NO CUTS - QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES

Take rail back into public ownership and build an integrated, low-pollution public transport system.

For a high-quality, free National Health Service under democratic public ownership and control.

Stop council estate sell-offs and build eco-friendly, affordable public housing.

Good, free education for all, under democratic local authority control; student grants not fees.

Keep Royal Mail as a publicly-owned service, not a privatised cash cow.

JOBS, NOT HANDOUTS TO BANKERS & BILLIONAIRES

Bring banks and finance institutions into genuine public ownership under democratic control, instead of giving huge handouts to the very capitalists who caused the crisis.

Tax the rich. For progressive tax on rich corporations and individuals, with a crackdown on tax avoidance.

For massive investment in environmental projects.

EMPLOYMENT & TRADE UNION RIGHTS

Repeal the anti-trade union laws.

A minimum wage set at half average adult male earnings, with no exemptions.

Invest to create and protect jobs, including for young people.

Solidarity with workers taking action to defend jobs, conditions, pensions, public services and trade unions. Reinstate full trade union rights to prison officers.

PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT - STOP GLOBAL WARMING

Deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions - otherwise climate change, caused by capitalism, will destroy us.

Invest in publicly-owned and controlled renewable energy.

Move to sustainable, low-pollution industry and farming - stop the pollution that is destroying our environment.

Recognise that many of our planet's resources are limited and that capitalism fritters them away for profit.

Produce for need, not profit, and design goods for reuse and recycling.

DECENT PENSIONS & BENEFITS

Restore the pre-Thatcher real value of pensions. Reinstate the link with average earnings.

Protect entitlement to benefits; for living benefits; end child poverty.

DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY & JUSTICE

Welcome diversity and oppose racism, fascism and discrimination. Defend the right to asylum.

Ensure women have genuinely equal rights and pay.

Defend our liberties and make police and security democratically accountable.

SOLIDARITY NOT WAR

Bring home all British troops from Afghanistan immediately - no more wars for resources.

No more spending on a new generation of nuclear weapons, huge aircraft carriers or irrelevant eurofighters - convert arms spending into socially useful products and services.

An independent foreign policy, based on international solidarity – no more being a US poodle, no moves towards a capitalist, militarist United States of Europe, no Lisbon Treaty.

SOCIALISM

For a democratic socialist society run in the interests of the people not the millionaires. For democratic public ownership of the major companies and banks that dominate the economy, so that production and services can be planned to meet the needs of all and to protect the environment.