Articles and Editorial

Mel Kelly of Glasgow Left Unity makes the case for a vote for Left Unity Our grandfathers and great grandfathers stood shoulder to shoulder against the corrupt and greedy of other nations to ensure democracy and the wealth of our nation was preserved for future generations – standing up to those who wanted to pilllage […] Read more »

John Tummon muses on the question of Left Unity in the regions Lambeth LU’s amendment No 26 would have moved LU towards a federal structure, whilst at the same time seriously cutting our regional capacity, in the name of strengthening branches; I was very pleased to see it defeated but, after that, the Wigan amendment […] Read more »

Daniel Harvey reviews: Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey, Michael Rustin (eds) ‘After neoliberalism? The Kilburn manifesto’, Soundings, 2013 After reading After neoliberalism? The Kilburn manifesto, which is currently being released in chapter instalments on the internet, I felt as though I had just had afternoon tea with my local vicar. Prominent Eurocommunist Stuart Hall might well […] Read more »

An article by John Penney of Crewe Left Unity Almost unnoticed, until it actually happened almost by default at the Founding Conference ,when we voted not to adopt any of the much debated rival “Platforms Statements” as our Aims, we adopted the “Aims” statement component of the Constitution, as originally written by the Internal Democracy […] Read more »

Chris Stafford’s analysis of the Left Unity Founding Conference When the Conservative-led government took power in 2010 it was met by thousands of angry and active youth on the streets. There was a sense that the struggle against austerity was about to take off. Even when the movement subsided we were met with the prospect […] Read more »

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football provides a guide for books to give the Leftist in your life this Christmas Cheer up, it could be worse? Well, under this hapless government probably not but a bit of seasonal present-giving might at least keep the temptations of miserabilism at bay. 2014 will mark the start of the […] Read more »

The Danish municipal and regional election on 19 November was a historic success for the Red-Green Alliance (RGA) writes Nikolaj Villumsen. Find here a first assessment by the RGA. We are now a nationwide party with representatives in all regions and corners of Denmark. With a raise in votes from the previous election in 2009 […] Read more »

On December 6 2013 the founding congress of the Hungarian Trade Union Confederation took place in Budapest, reports Karoly Gyorgy. Through the integration of the Autonomous Trade Union Confederation (ASZSZ), the National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions (MSZOSZ) and the Forum for the Co-operation of Trade Unions (SZEF) the largest interest representation organisation in Hungary […] Read more »

The result of the ballot at our Founding Conference on the name of our new party was as follows. This means we will be “Left Unity” as a new radical force on the left in the UK. We are “Left Unity” a new political force on the left. Result of party name: Left Unity Party […] Read more »

 Mike Wayne argues that with the policy conference for Left Unity looming in March 2014, it is time to start thinking seriously about the centrality of culture for any genuine attempt at large scale social transformation.  Without a move towards democratic participation in culture, the social and economic objectives of a socialist politics that aims […] Read more »