Lesley Rodin, Great Yarmouth CLP, reviews Uprising, Steve McQueen’s trilogy of films on the fight against racism in the early 1980s. A follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Small Axe, and co-directed by Steve McQueen and James Rogan, Uprising was another landmark TV production. Three documentary films, screened on primetime BBC One, chronicle three pivotal historical events… Continue reading Fighting back against racism
Nick Davies, Swansea West CLP, criticises Keir Starmer’s Road Ahead for Wales. Those in Wales who took the trouble to read Keir Starmer’s catchily titled ‘The Road Ahead’, (not, it must be said, a significant cohort), noted only one mention of Wales among 11,500 words. They were right to be annoyed, but they shouldn’t be… Continue reading Road to Nowhere
Misrepresenting history doesn’t educate anyone, argues Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP. “Labour’s worst defeat since 1935” – if we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a thousand times since 2019. For the Labour right it has become a neat mantra intended to encapsulate how unelectable Jeremy Corbyn was by benchmarking the last general election… Continue reading 1935 and all that
Mickey Brady, Sinn Fein MP for Newry & Armagh, extends solidarity to the Palestinian people. As a Sinn Féin MP, I have always been proud of our party’s historic solidarity with the Palestinian people. As Irish republicans, internationalism is more than a buzzword. We know our history. We know the nefarious role British imperialism has… Continue reading Two nations, one struggle
The Christine Shawcroft column Years and years ago, in the Paleolithic period when I was quite young, I used to be married. And one of the reasons for my subsequent divorce was that there were three people in my marriage. Me, the poor misguided creature who’d married me (without realising what he was letting himself… Continue reading On the Outside
Liverpool Cressington Ward Labour Councillor, Sam Gorst, calls for Starmer to apologise for writing for The S*n. On 18th January 2020, I attended the Labour Leadership hustings in my home city of Liverpool. I was eagerly writing down the pros and cons of all the candidates and scoring them. Unsurprisingly, I went in believing that… Continue reading How bloody dare you, Keir!
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