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
CONFERENCE: Solidarity * Struggle * Socialism A national conference bringing together left & anti-Tory resistance movements in unity to discuss next steps in the fightback in 2023. Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas Join us at this conference bringing together left & anti-Tory resistance movements in unity to discuss next steps in the fightback. … Continue reading Arise Conference – 10th December
Kent County Councillor for Ramsgate, Karen Constantine, looks at the bleak reality of the UK’s failed immigration policy. We heard rumours of plans to locate a migrant processing centre at Manston, East Kent. A rural area adjacent to touristy, and trendy, Ramsgate in Thanet. It was a surprise when we realised some months later that,… Continue reading Manston – the rotten truth
Right wing control of the party machine is allowing racism and islamophobia to flourish, argues Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP. Labour under Keir Starmer may be 25-30% ahead in the polls but it faces a jarring mismatch between its public claims of having tackled racism and the boiling discontent of many of its minority… Continue reading Labour’s Racial Politics
General Secretary of the League of the Kurdistan Regions, Ihsan Qadir, reports on the uprisings in Iran. A tremendous burst of energy is being displayed by masses throughout Iranian cities and towns. The whole of Kurdistan is out on the streets, as well as Beluchistan, Azerbaijan, Khorasan and Tehran. Even in Kum city, people are… Continue reading Iranian masses show their power
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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Support original Labour Briefing Wednesday 30th November, 7.30-10pm.Join us at the Spice Merchants Indian Restaurant, 38 Salter Street, London E14 8BHnext door to Westferry DLR station.Guest speaker: Apsana Begum MPTickets £25 In these difficult times for the left, both locally, nationally and internationally, an independent left voice for the labour movement is needed more than… Continue reading Briefing meal with Apsana Begum MP
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