Richard Price reviews Corbynism: What Went Wrong? By Martin Thomas (Phoenix Press, 60 pp, £4) Days of Hope On 13th June 2015, outside the SWP’s Marxism fest, a leading member of Workers Liberty gave me a half-hour ear bashing for “wasting my time in the Labour Party”. Nominations for the Labour leadership contest were due… Continue reading Corbynism from the Ground Floor
Poppy Pendolino looks at the situation on Britain’s railways and call for safe and affordable public transport. In May, the Frankenstein that was privatised British railways finally met its end. Though Keith Williams had been commissioned to write his rail reform report in 2018, it was the COVID-19 pandemic that was the catalyst for the… Continue reading On the wrong track
Kent County councillor, Karen Constantine, looks at the plight of traveller communities in Kent. The newest and temporary traveller site in Kent was set up on the roughly tarmacked and windblown, long redundant, ferry car park on Ramsgate’s Port. An inhospitable and exposed location under a towering cliff. Such was the hostility of some of the local… Continue reading The last bastion of inequality
Stephen Beckett looks at the latest Israeli bombardment of Gaza, the UK’s role in it, and the explosion of grassroots support for Palestine. “In our thousands, in our millions we are all Palestinians” chanted the masses on the demos. The ‘hostilities’ between Israel and Palestine have ceased and life returns to ‘normal’. But nothing is… Continue reading We are all Palestinians
Rachel Garnham, of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, calls for accountability of the PLP to Labour Party Conference. Recent elections provide all the evidence needed that Keir Starmer and his acolytes need to urgently change course. Disastrous results, backed up by terrible polling for Starmer which also shows that Labour is, predictably, losing huge… Continue reading Restore the Whip to Jeremy Corbyn
Keith Veness is back after recovering from 18 months of serious ill health. Greetings Comrades and glad to be back and coming out swinging again. I spent eighteen months in hospitals and care homes and was told I'd never walk again. I collapsed in agony when my L4 vertebra got seriously infected and poisoned my… Continue reading Back for Good!
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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Christine Shawcroft On the outside What happens to radical women as they get older? Emmeline Pankhurst joined the Tory Party. Shirley Williams left Labour with the Gang of Four. God knows what Aung San Suu Kyi is up to in Burma these days. And Germaine Greer, responsible for converting thousands of women to feminism in… Continue reading Welcome to Labour Briefing online
Vote Steve Turner for Unite General Secretary The deadline for Unite members to vote in this election is noon on Monday 23rd August. If you are a Unite member, please vote for Steve Turner. Steve is the candidate who will fight for Unite’s members and ensure that Unite continues to stand up for socialist policies… Continue reading Crucial labour movement elections
