Articles and Editorial

There is  a rich discussion taking place in Left Unity and beyond about the sort of new party of the left that needs to be built in this country. Here Jay Blackwood of Bristol Left Unity makes his contribution. On the day of Thatcher’s funeral I was struggling home from the shops with my groceries […] Read more »

Why Left Unity MUST stand in elections and as soon as practically possible!!!* by Neil Williams, Chair Left Unity Milton Keynes in personal capacity In a reply to the article “Abolish the policy commissions!” one reply stated “if LU people insist on becoming a party, 2020 is the earliest one to go for – and […] Read more »

Sharon McCourt from Left Unity’s National Co-ordinating Group reports on the recent meeting between Left Unity and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, with additional thoughts from Bianca Todd. As agreed by Left Unity’s National Coordinating Group (NCG) in June, four of us went along from Left Unity to meet with delegates from TUSC. Left […] Read more »

I’ve attached the text of a leaflet I’ve prepared for the Leeds Left Unity Public Meeting: Kate Hudson on The New Left, Europe and Left Unity on 31st July which can be also posted on the national Left Unity website as a contribution to the debate on the need to build a new party by […] Read more »

Draft statement for consideration from the Reclaim the Net conference organised by the Dei Lenk (Left Party) of Luxembourg with the participation of members or supporters of Parti de Gauche (France), Die Linke (Germany) and Left Unity (Britain). 28th/29th June 2013 Conference supported by the European Left Group in the European Parliament. Introductory note This […] Read more »

Dave Kellaway reports on a recent conference he attended as a contributor and Left Unity supporter. Seven rather austere-looking middle aged men looked down on us as we discussed the way the Internet was raising new issues for the left. They were the former presidents of the transport union in Luxembourg. These men were brought […] Read more »

Helena Sheehan is professor emerita at Dublin City University and long time left activist. This is a sequel to To the crucible: An Irish Engagement with the Greek Crisis and the Greek Left published on the 21st of January, 2013. The Dominant Narrative “Things have gone very quiet in Greece, haven’t they?” So many people said […] Read more »

A letter from Edward Snowden’s father and his lawyer, Bruce Fein, to President Obama: Bruce Fein & Associates, Inc. 722 12th Street, N.W., 4th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: 703-963-4968 July 26, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Re: Civil Disobedience, Edward J. Snowden, and the Constitution […] Read more »

Micheline Mason is one of the Left Unity organiserd for Wandsworth. Here is her petition against the privatisation of education. Dear All, It was good to see you at the National Coordinating group meeting on Saturday. Hard work, but building the foundations of new houses is always worth the effort. Here is the link to […] Read more »

A contribution to the housing policy discussion from Liverpool Left Unity Housing discussion There are many aspects to the housing crisis in Britain. • The bedroom tax, • the relentless attacks on social/council housing and its removal from democratic control • the virtual end to the concept of housing based on social need • the […] Read more »