Left Unity Elections: call for nominations
This is the time of year that we invite all members to stand for election to one of our posts or committees. We have lots of new members and this invitation is for you too! The entire process takes place online, including the voting. Read more »
Organise to Defy Sunak’s Anti-union Laws
2022 saw more strike days lost than any year since 2011. The strike wave looks set to continue in 2023 with union members across the public sector joining or planning more action. Beyond the headline national disputes, hundreds of local strikes have been going on since the summer. Many registering significant successes, like the Dockers […] Read more »
Call for a discussion about creating a significant new radical left party in Britain
Left Unity has at its National Conference 2022 taken the decision to open up our website and media to encouraging an urgent discussion on the left about how we can create greater unity of the radical left in Britain. Read more »
Patriotic Alternative. Fight the Fascists
We are witnessing a frightening new upsurge in fascist activity in the recent period – declaring itself in Telford with a series of mobilisations by Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon) and now, taking a further violent turn in Merseyside, spearheaded by a fascist outfit called Patriotic Alternative with other events planned in Newquay […] Read more »
Left Unity Newsletter #7
The seventh issue of Left Unity’s new printable newsletter is now available. Click below to read or download and print to share at meetings and events. Read more »
Why the NHS should turn away from the private sector
Dr John Puntis writes: The founding principles of the NHS have long been under attack, but now it seems that some politicians from both Conservative and Labour parties are predicting its impending collapse unless radically reformed. Read more »
Join a picket line near you!
Dear comrades, We urge you to join or visit picket lines near you. Read more »
No New Coalmine in Cumbria!
Allan Todd writes: When this Tory government decided to ‘postpone’ its decision on the controversial plans to open a new coalmine in Cumbria, until after COP27 Read more »
Nurses are right to strike
Up to 100,000 nursing staff will take part in strike action in England and Wales on Thursday 15th and Thursday 20th December. Tory MPs are lining up to condemn the strike action. Read more »
Call for a discussion about the possibilities for creating a significant new radical left party in Britain
Time is of the essence. The climate crisis is upon us and already devastating huge populations across the world. The economic crisis of capitalism is deepening. Wars rage in the Ukraine and other parts of the world. Militarisation and the danger of nuclear war are increasing. The pandemic is still with us. The rise of […] Read more »
Left Unity’s conference decisions 2022
The following reports were carried: Standing Orders Committee Report; National Secretary’s Report; Wales Secretary’s Report. Resolutions Under One Banner: London Left Unity Branch – Carried as amended by amendments 1,2 &3 The climate crisis is upon us and already devastating huge populations across the world. The economic crisis of capitalism is deepening. Wars rage in […] Read more »
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Discussion & Debate
Government to force the sick and aged back into work
Ian Hodson writes: Doctors are to be instructed by Government to stop signing people off sick from the workplace. In a new move to get people into the workplace it’s expected that Jeremy Hunt will announce measures that will include returning those who have taken early retirement Read more »
‘Anti-Wokery’ – Reasons to be Fearful
Is it possible for people to laugh themselves – unwittingly and by degrees – into fascism? Read more »
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Local reports
A Fair Trial?
On Saturday (26 Feb), Red Rebels from XR North Lakes processed through Keswick (Cumbria) to raise awareness of the ever-worsening Climate and Ecological Crises. Read more »
Review: ‘Finite: The Climate of Change’
With the world already looking to ‘warm’ beyond 1.5C – and probably reaching 2.7C of heating by the end of this century – younger people in particular are increasingly looking for ways to stop this climate madness before it is, quite literally, too late. Which is why, if you only see one film this year, […] Read more »
SOS NHS Leeds Day of Action
On Saturday 28 January, Leeds marched for the NHS. Many of our members joined with Left Unity NHS EMERGENCY placards. BBC Look North covered the rally. Read more »
March with Midwives Leeds
Around 70 protestors joined the Leeds March with Midwives event outside the Town Hall Sunday afternoon. Many midwives, student midwives were there to sound the alarm about the chronic staff shortages and extremely difficult working conditions that midwives were facing due to years of underinvestment and NHS cuts. The Royal College of Midwives reported that […] Read more »
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