The Socialist Magazine - Issue 976, 4-10 January 2017![Add to My Favorites Add to Favorites](/static/icons/filled.svg)
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In this issue
Widening wealth gap, growing poverty... Make the fat cats pay! Chief execs at FTSE 100 firms made the average annual salary by 3 January > Our new year statement - 2018: more upheavals to come > Catalonia election: right-wing PP humiliated > Rail scandal: fares up as bosses pocket millions
Heart Unit Rescued By Campaigning Saves Baby With Pioneering Surgery
The heroic victory of thousands of community campaigners in Leicester to defend their congenital heart surgery unit, with Socialist Party members playing a leading role, was vindicated straight away. The news arrived just before Christmas that days-old Vanellope Hope Wilkins had been saved there.
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2 mins
Rail: Fares Up, Bosses' Pay Up - Delays And Cancellations Up
Greenwich and Bexley Socialist Party
![Rail: Fares Up, Bosses' Pay Up - Delays And Cancellations Up](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12023/259912/5a5763e516fd6/crp_3-Rail-Fares-Up-Bosses-Pay-Up-Delays-And-Cancellations-Up.jpg)
2 mins
Blairite Haringey Council 'All Ears' To Rich Property Developers
Nick Auvache North London Socialist Party
![Blairite Haringey Council 'All Ears' To Rich Property Developers](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12023/259912/5a5764c76d598/crp_Blairite-Haringey-Council-All-Ears-To-Rich-Property-Developers.jpg)
2 mins
Tory Prescription For Mental Illness: Stress And Bureaucracy
As an individual with mental health issues, it has been my misfortune to experience directly just how capitalist society, Britain 2017, treats such people. I can’t imagine that my experience is particularly unique.
![Tory Prescription For Mental Illness: Stress And Bureaucracy](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12023/259912/5a576590a533e/crp_Tory-Prescription-For-Mental-Illness-Stress-And-Bureaucracy.jpg)
1 min
The Socialist Magazine Description:
Publisher: Socialist Publications
Category: News
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The latest from the campaign against cuts, crisis and capitalism. The Socialist (formerly called Militant) is the weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (www.socialistparty.org.uk) in England and Wales. Fight austerity - fight for socialism!
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