Articles and Editorial

‘Anti-Wokery’ – Reasons to be Fearful

Is it possible for people to laugh themselves – unwittingly and by degrees – into fascism? Read more »


Left Unity Newsletter #7

The seventh issue of Left Unity’s new printable newsletter is now available. Click below to read or download and print to share at meetings and events. Read more »


SOS NHS Leeds Day of Action

On Saturday 28 January, Leeds marched for the NHS. Many of our members joined with Left Unity NHS EMERGENCY placards. BBC Look North covered the rally. Read more »


No Plan for Utopia. But a Better World is Necessary

I will not cease from mental fight, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant land. William Blake’s Jerusalem   Francis Fish writes: Read more »


Organise to Defy Sunak’s Anti-union Laws

2022 saw more strike days lost than any year since 2011. The strike wave looks set to continue in 2023 with union members across the public sector joining or planning more action. Beyond the headline national disputes, hundreds of local strikes have been going on since the summer. Many registering significant successes, like the Dockers […] Read more »


Now is the Time

A contribution from Thelma Walker to the discussion about the need for a new mass left party. Read more »


Film Review: The Territory

The Territory (2022), directed by Alex Pritz, is a beautifully-shot and searingly-moving documentary film, focussed on the struggle by the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people to protect their way of life – and Brazil’s Amazon ever-decreasing rainforest – from destruction. Read more »


Call for a discussion about the possibilities for creating a significant new radical left party in Britain

Time is of the essence. The climate crisis is upon us and already devastating huge populations across the world. The economic crisis of capitalism is deepening. Wars rage in the Ukraine and other parts of the world. Militarisation and the danger of nuclear war are increasing. The pandemic is still with us. The rise of […] Read more »


Call for a discussion about creating a significant new radical left party in Britain

Left Unity has at its National Conference 2022 taken the decision to open up our website and media to encouraging an urgent discussion on the left about how we can create greater unity of the radical left in Britain. Read more »


March with Midwives Leeds

Around 70 protestors joined the Leeds March with Midwives event outside the Town Hall Sunday afternoon. Many midwives, student midwives were there to sound the alarm about the chronic staff shortages and extremely difficult working conditions that midwives were facing due to years of underinvestment and NHS cuts. The Royal College of Midwives reported that […] Read more »



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