Articles and Editorial

Left Unity is not the newest left party in Europe! New left initiatives are taking place in a number of countries across Europe and we share many common principles and objectives – particularly to work together in solidarity. The latest news comes from the Initiative for Democratic Socialism in Slovenia. Read more »

  The continuing political and economic crisis in Ukraine is taking a dangerous military turn. Left Unity takes the position that there can only be a political solution to this crisis and that neither foreign military intervention nor foreign political and economic intervention provide the answers to Ukraine’s complex problems. Whether under the flag of […] Read more »

    David Wilson of Islington Left Unity looks at recent developments in Bosnia Three years ago, the Museum of Broken Relationships was set up in Zagreb by former lovers Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubiši?.Displays include an axe used by a woman to smash her ex-girlfriend’s furniture together with a splintered chair, a wedding dress […] Read more »

Recently back from Italy, Dave Kellaway reports on the latest developments. So Renzi is poised to take the baton from fellow Democratic Party (PD) leader Enrico Letta. He will be the third Italian prime minister in a row to be installed without personally being elected. Italian president, Napolitano, also from the PD, will go through […] Read more »

RMT member Kieran Crowe from Barnet Left Unity reports on the campaign to defend Mark Harding Last night, around a hundred people gathered in a small Camden pub to meeting called by the RMT union at incredibly short notice.  They were to show their support for Mark Harding, a longstanding RMT activist, representative and local […] Read more »

Karen Michael, a long time Labour party member has resigned from the party and is now one of the founders of Left Unity in Norwich. This is her resignation letter. The Labour Party Labour Central, Kings Manor Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6PA Re. Membership in the Labour Party: I hereby resign my membership and affiliation […] Read more »

David Wilson looks at recent events in Bosnia. On 6th February, anti-government demonstrations broke out in Tuzla, Bosnia. They were led by workers who had been laid off by the owners of newly privatised factories. Contracts agreed at the time of the state sell-offs stipulated that they were to invest in their companies. Instead, they […] Read more »

Luke Cooper traces the Ukrainian movement’s origins in the ‘city square’ movements – and looks at its potential to go from protest to power. February 2014. First published in Red Pepper   Protesters on the edge of Kiev’s central square, Maidan. Photo: Sasha Maksymenko/Flickr It is easily forgotten that the inspiration for the wave of ‘city […] Read more »

the REAL news presents Leo Panitch discussing the potential of Syriza’s political approach and why European-wide action is necessary for radical change to succeed This film was first posted on the REAL news website Read more »

The voluntary interruption of a pregnancy is a right that had for a long time been denied to women in Spain, reports Adoracion Guaman. With the exception of a short period during the second Spanish republic, abortion represented a crime until the year 2010. Now abortion is to be criminalised once again. In 1985 abortion […] Read more »