John Stewart sifts the statistics on Labour’s disciplinary figures. The shameful expulsion of Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi from the Labour Party shortly before she took up her seat on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has rightly got members talking about the purge of Labour’s left. Along with other recent expulsions of prominent left wingers, like longstanding… Continue reading Purges and walkouts
Professor Keith Ewing and Lord Hendy KC assess the content of the government’s new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill gives extraordinary power to the government to deny to workers what is universally regarded as a fundamental human right. It extends to six sectors - health services, fire and rescue… Continue reading Authoritarian and draconian
James Bowen reviews Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson, Pluto Press, 2022, £14.99. Workers Can Win aims to equip readers with the tools they need to organise collectively in their workplace. Synthesizing the techniques developed and theorised by labour organisers such as Jane McAlevey with the author’s experiences of… Continue reading Workers’ collective strength
Starmer is going much further than any previous leader in outlawing anti-war campaigners writes Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP. In a strategy document leaked in February 2021, Keir Starmer was counselled to wrap himself in the Union Jack: “The use of the flag, veterans, dressing smartly at the war memorial etc. give voters a… Continue reading Militarising the Party
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
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
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