Liverpool fights the Tories 1985 - Socialist Party video

Militant-led Liverpool city council inspired an army of support to battle prime minister Margaret Thatcher and the Tory government in 1983-1987.
The council, led by Militant Tendency supporters (now Socialist Party), refused to raise rents or rates to compensate for central government cuts, and demanded extra money, in order to build decent houses and other facilities for the working class men, women and hildren of the city.
This film by Leslie Ann Barrett, shown at the Militant Rally 1985, captures a moment in that battle.
The Achievements of the 47 councillors who stood firm against the government:
6,300 families rehoused from tenements, flats and maisonettes
2, 873 tenement flats demolished
1,315 walk-up flats demolished
2,086 flats/maisonettes demolished
4,800 houses and bungalows built
7,400 houses and flats improved
600 houses/bungalows created by 'top-downing' 1,315 walk-up flats
25 new Housing Action Areas being developed
6 new nursery classes built and open
17 Community Comprehensive Schools established following a massive re-organisation
£10million spent on school improvements
Five new sports centres, one with a leisure pool attached, built and open
Two thousand additional jobs provided for in Liverpool City Council Budget
Ten thousand people per year employed on Council's Capital Programme
Three new parks built
Rents frozen for five years

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• politics
• Liverpool
• cuts
• militant
• socialist

[SouthWalesSocialist]

Brilliant! If there are more videos from the Liverpool struggle, please post them!

[TheSocialistParty]

@SouthWalesSocialist This is the best i've seen. On the socialist party website videos section, on the last page there is a link "Historic videos" at the bottom of the page. There's a 36 min film made by the Liverpool 47, "Socialism on Trial"

[tellyontellyon]

The Labour Party is an empty husk of a party these days. We need Militant/Socialist Party people back in power to fight the present cuts.

The New-Labour party (which is still the same under Milliband) will not fight against these cuts because they believe in them.

Labour believe in these cuts and will only get involved with inneffective campaigns.

[xrach2006x]

we can do it again

[CFMEUVIC]

Legendary political movement. Shame more working class 'leaders' (and just normal working people) didn't back it. English working class still paying for losin' that one and the miners strike

[JakCei]

@TheSocialistParty As someone who only joined the Party in December and wasn't even alive during the the struggle, videos like these are really insightful and inspiring to watch so thanks for the upload.

[tabilicula]

motivating!