Articles and Editorial

Neil Faulkner Taking a position on the EU Referendum was not easy. The in/out choice was essentially an argument inside the political and corporate elite about what was best for British capitalism. We do not wish to be ruled by either the City of London or the European Central Bank. Both are run by bankers. […] Read more »

Phil Hearse, 25 June 2016 Massive amounts of comment and analysis are emerging from the political Left and the left-of-centre commentariat. Some is sensible, some is full of half-truths and some is just fantasy. Let’s start with the fantasy wing of this debate. “A victory against austerity and neoliberalism” was the first response on the […] Read more »

  Andrew Burgin makes a final appeal for a Remain vote. We must build a real political and socialist union across Europe. The British referendum campaign on EU membership is entering its final days.  As I write this the opinion polls are signalling an advantage for Leave but the result will be close either way. […] Read more »

Andrea Germanos from Common Dreams writes about the current struggles in France   ‘What we want today is for this movement to spread,’ says unionist.    Refinery workers stepped up strikes that threaten to paralyse France weeks ahead of the Euro 2016. (Credit: AFP) Amid ongoing blockades and intensifying clashes with police, protests against President […] Read more »

Doug Thorpe reports: The Housing and Planning Act 2016 received Royal Assent on 12 May 2016. The House of Lords had passed a number of amendments to the Bill. But after a process of the amendments going back and forth between Commons and Lords (official known as ‘ping pong’) the Lords agreed to drop (or […] Read more »

At the Cannes press conference for his new film “I, Daniel Blake”, Ken Loach spoke about austerity, neoliberal EU, the dangers of an exit vote and the significance of Jeremy Corbyn’s election on the leadership of the Labour Party. Watch the entire interview. Read more »

We are republishing this review by Mike Dempsey of the work of the great graphic designer David King who died last week. Mike originally  wrote the article in 2001 and we post it here with his permission. I’m very sad to hear that this influential and single-minded designer, writer, collector and author died suddenly on […] Read more »

Spain’s two biggest left wing movements, Podemos (‘We Can’ in Spanish) and the Izquierda Unida (United Left – IU), have announced the formation of an electoral bloc for the June 26th general election.  In the lists of candidates submitted, Podemos will be allocated six seats for each one for IU, which most commentators think is […] Read more »

Left Unity welcomes the election of Sadiq Khan as the new Mayor of London. He won on a high turnout and by a large majority. He becomes the first Muslim Mayor of a major European city.  The Labour Party did well across the capital. The substantial victory for the Labour Party in the London elections […] Read more »

Stuart King reports on the recent Lambeth Library occupation In mid April, shortly after a 10-day occupation of the Carnegie library in Lambeth, the first cracks appeared in the monolithic Progress run council in Lambeth. Councillor Rachel Heywood issued an open letter entitled “Why I broke ranks” referring to the fact that she marched with […] Read more »