Cost of Living Crisis: Build the Resistance! Keep Up the Momentum!
Saturday 3 July saw the third one day strike by over 40,000 rail workers in defence of decent pay, jobs, and passenger safety. Read more »
Just Stop Oil…And Gas, And Coal!
With ‘National Treasures’ like Chris Packham and Stephen Fry recently voicing their support for the peaceful direct action of Climate groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil, it is clear that more and more people are finally realising that we need urgent action to drastically cut carbon emissions to Net Zero. Read more »
European Left Summer University – booking now open
The Summer University of the Party of the European Left & Transform!europe takes place from 8th to 12th of July 2022, High School José Estevão, Aveiro, Portugal Registrations are open! Find the form here Read more »
French celebrate Macron’s General Election Defeat
Nick Jones reports: Results from the second round of the French General election show that Macron’s hopes of driving through more austerity were rejected and his majority has been slashed to 245 seats. Read more »
The NHS is being failed by Government: Yorkshire March for the NHS Leeds 2nd July
Nick Jones writes: Unions are uniting for the Yorkshire march for the NHS in Leeds. Read more »
The French Left and the Legislative Elections
Ken King writes: The main parties of the Left in France have united around a coalition of candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections for the National Assembly on 12th and 16th June respectively. This is an historic achievement in respect of the challenge of the far right. Read more »
Rising Left? election analysis with Danièle Obono MP and Chris Hazzard MP
Recording of the public meeting held on Thursday 23rd June to analyse the recent significant election results in France and the north of Ireland. Read more »
Support the Rail Workers Strikes! Solidarity with the RMT! Resist new anti-union laws!
RMT members have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay and impending cuts, which threaten jobs and safety on the railways. Read more »
Making trade unionism illegal? Fight back against Lukashenko!
Hanna Danilovich, International Representative of the Belarus Electrical And Radio Trade Union, REP, and David Hemson write: The Belarusian alliance with Putin and support of the invasion of Ukraine has led to an all-out attack on independent unions. Read more »
Statement from the Anti-War Committee of Kyrgyzstan
Sharing the statement of The Anti-War Committee of Kyrgyzstan (KYRGSOTS), originally posted in Russian here. English translation below. Read more »
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Discussion & Debate
We are the socialists. A contribution to the discussions around the war on Ukraine.
Felicity Dowling writes: We are the socialists, far from the only socialists, but in Left Unity, socialism is our starting point. Read more »
Notes on the war in Ukraine
Andrew Burgin writes: 1) We are now well into the third month of the war. In my initial piece on the war written several weeks ago I outlined the origins of the war Read more »
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Local reports
Support the RMT Strikes! Safety and Jobs before Profit! Renationalise the Railways!
Craig Lewis reports: 80% of train services were axed during the 24-hour RMT strike on Tuesday as 50,000 rail workers took strike action. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch praised the “fantastic” turnout of members and said they had “exceeded expectations in our struggle for job security, defending conditions and a decent pay rise”. Read more »
Justice Denied: 18th June – Remember Orgreave
Great atmosphere on the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign March today in Sheffield. The campaign includes ex miners, trades unionists and others who are determined to get justice for miners who were victims of police lies and cover ups at Orgreave in June 1984. The march and rally is important because it was precisely on the […] Read more »
French Left Unites to Block Macron
The second round of the French Presidential elections presented French voters with a stark choice Read more »
Kill the Bill – the new movement strengthens
Andrew Burgin on the growing Kill the Bill protests With the outpouring of rage and anger and sadness around the murder of Sarah Everard, Read more »
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