John Stewart sifts the statistics on Labour’s disciplinary figures. The shameful expulsion of Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi from the Labour Party shortly before she took up her seat on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has rightly got members talking about the purge of Labour’s left. Along with other recent expulsions of prominent left wingers, like longstanding… Continue reading Purges and walkouts
Professor Keith Ewing and Lord Hendy KC assess the content of the government’s new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill gives extraordinary power to the government to deny to workers what is universally regarded as a fundamental human right. It extends to six sectors - health services, fire and rescue… Continue reading Authoritarian and draconian
James Bowen reviews Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson, Pluto Press, 2022, £14.99. Workers Can Win aims to equip readers with the tools they need to organise collectively in their workplace. Synthesizing the techniques developed and theorised by labour organisers such as Jane McAlevey with the author’s experiences of… Continue reading Workers’ collective strength
Starmer is going much further than any previous leader in outlawing anti-war campaigners writes Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP. In a strategy document leaked in February 2021, Keir Starmer was counselled to wrap himself in the Union Jack: “The use of the flag, veterans, dressing smartly at the war memorial etc. give voters a… Continue reading Militarising the Party
Orpington CLP’s Barry Rodin warns that government policies risk another recession. Five different Conservative Prime Ministers since 2016 confirm that staying in power is the Tories’ number one priority. Their trick is to provide a fresh face and narrative to revive electoral fortunes. But whoever is leader, the outcome is divisive class-war politics. Austerity, so… Continue reading Austerity continues, whoever leads Tories
The Christine Shawcroft column Years and years ago, in the Paleolithic period when I was quite young, I used to be married. And one of the reasons for my subsequent divorce was that there were three people in my marriage. Me, the poor misguided creature who’d married me (without realising what he was letting himself… Continue reading On the Outside
John Stewart, Hackney North & Stoke Newington CLP, spoke at an event in Hackney in March to thank Jeremy Corbyn for his work. As Jeremy stands down as Labour leader, Briefing reproduces John's speech. It’s hard to know what to say when you’re on a platform with the Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition. You have… Continue reading An inspiration to our movement
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31 years after we kicked the BNP off the Isle of Dogs, the fascists are back. They will always be back. The target keeps changing though. In 1993/4 the enemy, apparently, was homeless families. Now it is refugees. There were refugees in the late '90s, but they weren't 'the enemy' then. Now, after decades of… Continue reading Fascists return to the Isle of Dogs
The recent election on 4 July saw Sinn Féin return as the largest party from the north in Westminster, alongside being the largest party in local councils and the Assembly. Since 2022, our electoral successes have strengthened our mandate and most importantly, our ability to deliver for workers and families. Michelle O’Neill is now in… Continue reading Time to prepare and plan for a new future – John Finucane MP
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