Articles and Editorial

With the Tour de France starting on 29 June Mark Perryman argues for a two wheels good politics ”Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” HG Wells The most infamous quote on cycling from modern British politics remains hard right Thatcherite Norman […] Read more »

This documentary film, based on Friedrich Engels’ book “The Condition of the Working Class in England”, is made by Mike Wayne and Deirdre O’Neill, both members of Southwark Left Unity. Here it is reviewed by Mark Boothroyd. “Well the way this government is at the moment, I’m afraid, I think its absolutely disgusting, they’re taking […] Read more »

Many of you may well attempt to keep up with events abroad, says freelance journalist Roland Wood. It might be because of family, friends and, for many socialists, a desire to express and give international solidarity. Yet it can be surprising, to some of us at least, how little is often known about how, and […] Read more »

Merry Cross shares an excellent piece of advice about how to challenge domineering behaviour in others – or address it in yourself. As a white disabled woman, I am already hugely bothered by the fact that too many thoroughly good people who joined Left Unity are thinking of leaving, because of the behaviour of white […] Read more »

As the mainstream media remains quiet, the state violence in Turkey since the Gezi Park occupation is escalating. Kerem Nisancioglu sent this report from Istanbul on Saturday 15 June. Istanbul has been turned into a war zone. People have defiantly stood up to the brutality of state repression, seeking to reclaim Taksim Square and Gezi […] Read more »

James Youd reports on the European Assembly Against Austerity on the Sunday after the PAAA Sunday 23 June 2013: 12-5pm, Unite the Union Headquarters 128 Theobald’s Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8TN Agenda: The resistance against austerity across Europe today Report from Alter-Summit The next steps for solidarity across Europe Speakers: Yannis Baskosos, member of SYRIZA […] Read more »

Lewes Left Unity have held their first meet-up, Mark Perryman reports Last Thursday, signatories to Ken Loach’s Left Unity Appeal in the East Sussex town of Lewes, met up for the first time. We opted for abandoning the formalities of traditional Left meetings and instead we gathered in an artists’ cafe, sat on sofas and […] Read more »

Greek journalists striking in solidarity with ERT have issued their own solidarity newspaper with the title “Unbound Opinion”. Myrto Bolota and Christos Giovanopoulos from the Greek Solidarity for All organisation  have sent a short film that documents the publishing process of this newspaper  The paper was published last weekend Saturday/Sunday 15-16 June 2013 as a reaction to the […] Read more »

by Petros Diveris Apparently the writing was on the wall. On Tuesday 11 June 2013 the Greek coalition government passed through the parliament a “special executive order” which allows ministers to shut down public sector companies, organisations and departments at will, as a matter of urgency. Greece is increasingly governed with the use of “special […] Read more »

Jim Jepps reports back from Camden Left Unity’s launch meeting. In Camden we approached launching Left Unity a little nervously and had a couple of meetings with half a dozen of us getting together in front rooms before we decided to take the plunge. We knew if we didn’t take this step then it would […] Read more »