Assessing the challenges
Felicity Dowling writes: This year there have been industrial, social, peace, climate, and women’s struggles but few victories. Internationally and nationally, there have been fightbacks aplenty, but the far right is still growing and reactionary governments suppress popular dissent. Read more »
A big advance for the international anti-war movement
In June this year, London hosted a historic conference against war and militarism. Three thousand packed in to Westminster Central Hall, over a thousand of whom came from at least 27 countries outside of the UK, including hundreds from France, Spain and Germany. Read more »
Left Unity National Conference 2026
In the midst of war, climate and environmental crisis, severe deliberate damage to public services, the cost of living crisis, poverty and hunger, repression of our rights to protest Read more »
Upcoming national Anti-War Tour
Following the success of the International Anti-War Conference in June, the Stop the War Coalition has organised a national anti-war tour which will be visiting six cities across the country in October. Read more »
What now for Left Unity?
Felicity Dowling writes: Our national policy conference will be held on the 12th April on zoom. We have major decisions to make. How, in 2026, do we best develop the ideas and ideals on which Left Unity was founded? Read more »
Trade Union Statement against the Illegal War on Iran
Trade union leaders have today issued this statement against the war on Iran: We condemn an illegal war on Iran and the abandonment of diplomatic talks by the United States under pressure from Israel. Read more »
Building an international peace conference
Left Unity deplores the ongoing attacks in France – on the left and on the Palestine movement. We publish here a statement from the Stop the War Coalition, laying out the key points. Read more »
Minneapolis Rises Up
Yorgos Mitralias writes: As the tragic and shocking events in Minneapolis mean that the crisis in the United States under Trump now seems to be reaching both its peak and its point of no return, Read more »
Hands off Venezuela
The shocking attacks on Venezuela by the US, and the abduction of its president has raised intense international opposition. Walter Baier, president of the European Left Party has stated, “Hands off Venezuela. Imperialism has no legitimacy. Read more »
Spain: a left-wing alternative in a conservative Europe
Ismael Gonzalez writes: The current European political landscape is dominated by the right. This statement is evident: one only needs to look at the governments of the centre-right and far-right—currently 16, of which four include far-right participation (Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, and Finland). Read more »
No one is Illegal
Felicity Dowling writes: For many weeks now, immigration has been the top story in the media and not in a good way. The latest turn of events is the conflict between local authorities where refugees are being housed, Read more »
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Discussion & Debate
Trump can only be stopped by the American people
Giorgos Mitralias writes: While, despite the two-week ceasefire, the war continues to rage, claiming thousands of lives and causing widespread destruction Read more »
Left Unity Conference 2026: agenda, motions and registration
Left Unity’s annual conference is taking place on Sunday 12th April from 2 to 5pm, on zoom. Please register here. Read more »
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Local reports
Stopping New Coal: Speakers’ Corner
YES to Just Transition and Climate Jobs – NO to the Whitehaven coalmine! Allan Todd writes: On Saturday 22 July, around 80 people – from trade unions and local campaign groups – gathered at the site of the proposed coal mine in Whitehaven, to hear a range of speakers talk about climate jobs for Cumbria, […] Read more »
Report: Northern March for the NHS
The Northern March for the NHS on July 1st in Leeds attracted about 600 supporters. The march was called by Keep Our NHS Public and 24 unions branches across the North. Read more »
Film review: Time to blow up a pipeline?!
Another month, and yet another set of news stories that graphically underline the indisputable fact that the Climate and Ecological Crises are continuing to worsen, and are thus impacting negatively on the lives of millions of people around the world: Read more »
National Humiliation for The Patriots in Leeds
On Saturday 10 June a mobilisation for the neo-Nazi Patriots was drowned out by a counter demo in Leeds. Read more »
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ACTIVIST CALENDAR
Events and protests from around the movement, and local Left Unity meetings.
Saturday 26th September: Tell Andy Burnham to Stop arming Israel
March to Labour Party Conference
12 noon: St George’s Plateau, Liverpool
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Saturday 10th October: National March for Palestine
Three Years of Genocide – Stop Arming Israel – Sanctions Now
12 noon Victoria Embankment
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