Dave Levy, Lewisham Deptford CLP secretary, calls for Labour to put its house in order. After a year’s rest, local elections and Labour selections are back in the news. In addition to mayoral and local authority elections of various types, there is also a backlog of by-elections in many areas, stored up as a result… Continue reading Time for a local government clean up
There will be a series of elections for some of Labour’s internal national committees this year. They offer Labour Party members a chance to express their view on the direction of the party under Keir Starmer by voting for candidates that support an open and inclusive, democratic and radical party. Women’s Conference Labour Women’s Conference… Continue reading Support the left in Labour’s elections
Labour Women’s Conference will take place online over the weekend of 26th and 27th June. Each CLP or Women’s Branch can send two delegates, with at least one identifying as BAME, Disabled or LGBT+. All delegates must have been Labour members since at least 10th December 2020. Delegations must be registered by midnight on Wednesday… Continue reading Women’s Conference
Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP, examines where conspiracy theories and vaccine hesitancy overlap. Back at the dawn of the internet age, it was commonly referred to as the information superhighway. Its creators probably didn’t reckon with it also becoming the most efficient method of spreading a tsunami of disinformation and conspiracy theories. Most people… Continue reading Covid conspiracies and vaccine take up
Amy SmithHalifax CLP and Labour Assembly Against Austerity volunteer, calls for the adoption of a Zero Covid strategy. Around 120,000 people have died because of the Conservative Government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis. It has been nothing short of shambolic. But it has not just been down to incompetence – they have made the political… Continue reading Absolute Zero
Siân ErringtonHornsey & Wood Green CLP and a volunteer with Arise - A Festival of Labour’s Left Ideas, says unity in the struggle for change is an integral part of socialist politics. Socialists have always kept alive the links between trade unions, social justice and equality campaigners across a spectrum of issues, peace and anti-war… Continue reading Fighting Back Together
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