Ben Timberley of Kettering Left Unity muses on the democractic deficit and the effect that has on the public consciousness It’s the name of a London town that many people had probably only heard of for some inane reason, but never really thought about. That…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of E.P.Thompson’s book The Making of the English Working Class. Barbara Segal, a member of Bristol Left Unity, attended a celebration of its author, E.P. Thompson, and came away with some ideas of what Left Unity might become. The…
Alternative Summit of the European Movements The Greek Working Group for the preparation of the Alter Summit has addressed the following call to the public. A spectre is haunting Europe: the self-organization and the resistance of the people against the dictatorship of the “free markets”,…
CND General Secretary, Kate Hudson, wrote the following post after hearing of the attack in Woolwich. We deplore the brutal murder of an unarmed British solider in Woolwich yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Acts of violent retribution against individuals can never…
Edd Mustill reflects on the challenge of building left unity a hundred years ago It’s 1912, and socialists in Britain are asking themselves a lot of questions. Why, they wonder, were there so many different socialist groups? Why is the Labour Party unfit for purpose,…
A member of Left Unity in Huddersfield gives us her thoughts. Hello, my name’s Char. I’m so pleased to be part of Left Unity. I have been dismayed by British politics since Blair’s time, the only party I can put a cross next to is…
by Jenny Ross How comes there’s no money for the poor, When the millionaires sending his money offshore? Bedroom tax is completely unfair, Next you’ll be charging us £50 a stair. The only parasites in this ‘big’ society Are the hedgefund manager and…
A voluntary sector worker explains the shift to corporate style working in the third sector and how employees and staff loose out. I’m focused on trying to build the labour movement in the voluntary sector. That is where i work, so that’s where i need…
Richard Seymour’s speech at the Subversive festival in Zagreb I think the title of this talk, The Rise of a New Left, is clearly to some extent projection of a desired outcome; of course, there are elements of a New Left visible. Not just the…
