For an active boycott of the Brexit referendum!

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  • No to the European Union—No to British nationalism!
  • For the unity of the British and European working class!
  • For the United Socialist States of Europe!

Socialist Equality Party Statement

1. The June 23 referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union raises issues of immense international importance. The outcome will have implications for workers not only in the UK, but far beyond its shores.

2. The Socialist Equality Party urges workers and young people to boycott the referendum. The Remain and Leave campaigns are both headed by nationalist forces that stand for greater austerity, brutal anti-immigrant measures and the destruction of workers’ rights. Their differences are over how best to defend the interests of British capitalism against its European and international rivals under conditions of economic slump and the escalation of militarism and war.

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Brexit referendum campaign

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News

UK Junior doctors dispute at a crossroads
29 March 2016
The imposition of a draconian contract on 55,000 junior doctors is a test case for restructuring employment conditions for the entire workforce of the National Health Service.
Tube drivers shut down London Piccadilly Line
26 March 2016
Prior to the stoppage, the RMT union sought to get the strike off the agenda.
UK dockers strike suspended by Unite union
25 March 2016
From the start, Unite made clear that it sought nothing more than good relations with Forth Ports to carry forward their shared interests.
Corbyn’s six months as UK Labour leader: A record of capitulation and betrayal
24 March 2016
There is a stark symmetry between the treacherous and cowardly course of Corbyn’s tenure and the betrayal carried out by the Syriza government in Greece.
Resignation of UK work and pensions secretary divides Conservative government
22 March 2016
Under conditions of escalating economic crisis, the rifts in the Tory party are an expression of political realignments underway within bourgeois politics internationally.
UK super-rich seize 26 percent of all new wealth since 2000
22 March 2016
According to a new report by Oxfam, just seven percent of the increase in wealth over the past 15 years went to the poorest 50 percent, or 30 million people.
UK teacher shortages on the rise
19 March 2016
The failure of the UK government to achieve its target for teacher recruitment is symptomatic of the crisis arising from dictatorial conditions and extreme governmental pressure.
The pseudo-left’s nationalist Leave campaign in the UK Brexit referendum
19 March 2016
Against the pseudo-left, the Socialist Equality Party intervenes in the referendum campaign in order to clarify the fundamental historical and programmatic issues raised by the struggle against auster
The pseudo-left’s nationalist “Leave” campaign in the UK Brexit referendum
18 March 2016
The Socialist Party has played the central role in glossing over the nationalist opposition to immigration on the part of Trade Unionists Against the European Union and its predecessors.
UK Budget: Austerity for workers pays for tax breaks for corporations and the rich
17 March 2016
Conservative Chancellor George Osborne’s budget, announced Wednesday, dramatically slashes the tax rate on corporate profits and capital gains.

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