This commemoration is being organised by the Terence MacSwiney Commemoration Committee [London], please contact: terencemacswineycommittee@gmail.com for further information.
Labour Women’s Conference
The Labour Party’s Women’s Conference will take place online over the weekend of Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March. Since the Women’s Conference was re-established under the Corbyn leadership the left has won most of the policy battles and the elections there, but this year’s conference is expected to be a lot closer between left… Continue reading Labour Women’s Conference
A travesty of democracy
The right of members to select their local government candidates is being usurped by a Labour First power grab reports Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP. It’s selection time in London’s 32 boroughs for next May’s council elections – a time when party members come together to stab each other in the back, powerful figures… Continue reading A travesty of democracy
COP26: Don’t believe the hype
A massive opportunity was missed in Glasgow, says Tim Harris, Leyton and Wanstead CLP. Hundreds of millions were looking to COP26 to agree the drastic programme needed to rapidly cut CO2 and methane emissions. That action is vital if global temperatures are to be limited to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels - and so avoid the… Continue reading COP26: Don’t believe the hype
On the Outside
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
An inspiration to our movement
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
The Journey Begins
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NHS under threat
Kent County Councillor, Karen Constantine, reports on the way the NHS in Thanet is being stripped out. In recent months vital health services in Thanet have been subject to a range of blows, as the Tories continue their ideological attack on our NHS. Thanet has extremely poor health outcomes, high rates of disability and the… Continue reading NHS under threat
Celebrating street life
Steve Price reviews the Helen Levitt exhibition, In the Street, The Photographers’ Gallery, Ramillies Street, London W1. Helen Levitt has been described as ‘the most famous photographer you’ve probably never heard of’. This exhibition, featuring 130 of her images and running until February 2022, begins to show why that is. Apart from a year in… Continue reading Celebrating street life
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