Articles and Editorial

Andrew Burgin reports on the moves to found a European Eco-Socialist network The increasing ecological crisis and impending environmental catastrophe that we all face, is leading more on the left to recognise that we have to be both red and green in our politics – we have to be ecosocialist. One without the other is […] Read more »

Playwright and campaigner David Wilson pays tribute to the life of Roger Lloyd-Pack who died yesterday. Roger was a committed socialist, a supporter of Left Unity and was also a founding signatory of the People’s Assembly movement set up last year. Best known for his role as ‘Trigger’ in ‘Only Fools and Horses’, Roger Lloyd-Pack […] Read more »

A tribute to graphic artist Leon Kuhn Leon Kuhn political cartoonist and activist died recently in London aged 59. Leon was a regular contributor of cartoons to The Morning Star. He strove in his artwork to lampoon the rich and powerful in society. Leon always took the side of the working class .For Leon art […] Read more »

Recently in Ukraine for an academic conference, Luke Cooper had the opportunity for a discussion with some of the participants in the ‘EuroMaidan’ movement, and to visit the encampment in Independence Square. In an attempt to understand the historical and social origins of the country’s mass protests, the following are some of his observations. Cultural […] Read more »

Mark Perryman from Philosophy Football offers ten resolutions to spice up how we enjoy the sports we love in 2014 Too much Christmas pud, cake and ale over the seasonal break? Feet up in front of the TV for an indecent chunk of the duration? Sport defined as watching it rather than doing it? The […] Read more »

  As Left Unity was formed to build a new party of the working class surely one of the priorities of this task is to learn the lessons of the history of the Labour Party to examine how it failed in its task of achieving socialism. I am presenting these two articles by Bill Hunter […] Read more »

The corruption scandal surrounding Turkey’s AKP government and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan have developed into a full-fledged regime crisis, reports Mark Bergfeld. When the Gezi protests swept the Turkish state in June 2013 peoples from all ethnic, religious and political background articulated themselves and their demands through the social movement in an unprecedented way. Unfortunately […] Read more »

  Dave Kellaway reports on the well-attended film show and discussion organised by Hackney Left Unity on the 18th December “Who guarantees that willingness to work shall suffice to obtain work, that uprightness, industry, thrift and the rest of the virtues recommended by the bourgeoisie, are really his road to happiness? No one.   He knows […] Read more »

Daryl Taylor on a real Citizenship Education “IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE SAME THING TO BE A GOOD MAN AND A GOOD CITIZEN” said Aristotle. It may seem bizarre as a socialist to quote Aristotle of all people, but it is this sentence which made me reconsider my depressingly dull role as an administrator, enter […] Read more »

  “We must find new ways to excite, delight, inspire and give hope”.   These were the words of members from Leicester Left Unity, speaking from the platform at our Founding Conference. They were referring to the use of the Arts as a vital element of bringing about social change. Their Branch has decided to […] Read more »