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
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
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