Podcast appearances and mentions of tony mulhearn

How did Liverpool defeat the Iron Lady? A political tribute to Tony Mulhearn, a giant of the workers' movement. As part of the Militant Tendency and Socialist Party, Tony helped lead the working-class struggle that defeated Margaret Thatcher, and spent his life fighting for Trotskyist ideas. What can we learn from those heroic struggles in fighting for socialism today?

We speak to Clive Heemskerk from the Socialist Party executive committee about a strategy for struggle against local government cuts. Useful further reading: • ‘Passing the council cuts test’: http://www.socialismtoday.org/217/editorial.html • Response to the Corbyn and McDonnell letter Clive references: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/21923/18-12-2015/labour-councils-dont-have-to-pass-on-tory-cuts • ‘Who’s killing local government’ by Clive Heemskerk: http://www.socialismtoday.org/206/councils.html • Interview about the Liverpool experience: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/954/25739/28-06-2017/liverpools-1983-87-socialist-council • ‘Preparing a no-cuts people’s budget’ briefing by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/355.pdf • ‘Liverpool – a city that dared to fight’ by Peter Taaffe and Tony Mulhearn: available at leftbooks.co.uk • ‘Our record: socialist councillors are different’ on the Lewisham Socialist Party councillors Clive talks about: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/txt/132.pdf • Campaigning against council cuts: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/26748/17-01-2018/we-must-fight-all-council-cuts

After the party conferences this autumn, Socialist Party general secretary Peter Taaffe discusses the trends in politics in Britain at the moment – from two parties in one within Labour to the Tories’ Brexit crisis. Useful further reading: • ‘Consolidating the Corbyn revolution’ by Peter Taaffe: http://www.socialismtoday.org/210/britain.html • ‘Tories’ crisis conference – Corbyn must fight for general election’: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/28044/10-10-2018/tories-crisis-conference-corbyn-must-fight-for-general-election • ‘Labour conference shows – Blairites must be ousted’: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/28018/03-10-2018/labour-conference-shows-blairites-must-be-ousted • ‘The Fog of Brexit’: http://socialismtoday.org/222/editorial.html • ‘Liverpool - A City that Dared to Fight’ book by Tony Mulhearn and Peter Taaffe available from leftbooks.co.uk • The Rise of Militant book by Peter Taaffe available from leftbooks.co.uk

Former Labour councillor, Tony Mulhearn, told Mick Coyle that he believes that anti-semitism in the Labour Party is a right wing conspiracy against Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.