Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP, traces the fate of Labour’s largest left-wing split Every time the Labour left has suffered a significant setback in the last 35 years there have been resignations and calls to form a new left party. Attempts like Arthur Scargill’s Socialist Labour Party rapidly collapsed into irrelevance, but if there… Continue reading The ILP – a cautionary tale
John Stewart, Hackney North & Stoke Newington CLP writes: The uproar continues in the Labour Party over the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn on 29th October and then, following his reinstatement to the Party on 17th November, the refusal of Keir Starmer to restore the Labour Whip in Parliament. Corbyn’s legal team went to the High… Continue reading Struggle against Suspensions
Lesley RodinGreat Yarmouth CLPReview: Steve McQueen’s compelling anthology of the Black British experience. One of the landmark cultural TV events of 2020 was Small Axe. Timely and compelling, this anthology of five films, directed by Oscar-winning film director, Steve McQueen, is a powerful exposition of key historical events and culture of the British black, Caribbean… Continue reading Small Axe
John Stewart writes: Twenty eight MPs from the Socialist Campaign Group have released a statement welcoming Jeremy Corbyn’s reinstatement as a Labour Party member by an NEC Panel and calling for the Labour Whip to be restored to him in Parliament. The statement follows on from the original call from 18 SCG MPs in October… Continue reading Support Corbyn’s reinstatement
There may be trouble ahead, warns Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP That Donald Trump will spend the next two months trying to subvert the verdict of voters is not in doubt. While his legal challenges look increasingly desperate and several have already run aground, he will be busy trying to sabotage the incoming administration,… Continue reading America Divided Against Itself
Lisa Hallgarten and Jayne Kavanagh consider what more do we need than choice. Three years ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act. This piece of legislation was hailed as making a vital contribution to public health, bringing access to safe, legal abortion to women across the UK – with the shameful… Continue reading Reproductive Rights
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