A Tower Hamlets activist reports on an extraordinary election result. Barely a year ago Tower Hamlets residents voted to keep the role of a directly elected mayor in a governance referendum held on Thursday 6th May 2021. Labour campaigned for abolition of the executive mayor but the electorate voted for the current system of governance at… Continue reading The remarkable comeback of Lutfur Rahman
Month: May 2022
Defend Abortion Rights
Susan Pashkoff looks at the threat to overturn Roe vs Wade. The leak of the draft majority decision written by Justice Samuel Alito confirmed the right-wing of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will overturn the landmark decisions of Roe vs Wade (1973) legalising abortion in the US and Planned Parenthood vs Casey… Continue reading Defend Abortion Rights
NEC elections – left needs steadfastness, Palestinian style
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi sets out her platform for the Labour Party NEC elections. Let me introduce Rosa Gomez. She comes from Colombia where she was the victim of a shooting in 2010, presumed to be a political assassination attempt, because she campaigned against human rights abuses in the country . She lost her sight, her left… Continue reading NEC elections – left needs steadfastness, Palestinian style