Articles and Editorial

Left Unity supporter Mark Perryman argues the need for a new political culture This may seem a tad premature. Signatories to Ken Loach’s appeal are still pouring in, most local groups have only had their first meeting in the past few weeks with some still yet to meet, we don’t even know what to call […] Read more »

We have received the following shocking report from Giorgos Karistinos on the shocking brutalities being carried out by the Greek police: I feel obliged to speak about the things I witnessed with my own eyes at the Police Station of Drapetsona, a close-to- the city- port neighborhood in Piraeus. I really have no idea of how I could […] Read more »

Left Unity – Leicester had the first gathering on Tuesday 23 April 2013 at the Phoenix Cinema cafe, where some of us had seen Spirit of 45. We were around 20 people, and there was some good energy in the room for finding a way forward for positive change. We pooled ideas about what we […] Read more »

  Pete Green reports on two Left Unity meetings in East London and Hackney The East London/Hackney group has now had two meetings as well as a Saturday afternoon trip to the Rio cinema for a showing of The Spirit of 45 to which quite a few people came. 23 people came to the first […] Read more »

Seventeen people attended the first meeting of the Bristol group last week, from a broad range of political backgrounds. There were also around a dozen apologies from those who couldn’t make that date. Some of those attending had previously been members of left groups or parties; others considered themselves to be independent socialists or anarchists; […] Read more »

Alan Story from Nottingham Left Unity contributes his thoughts for how the discussion could proceed As most LEFT UNITY supporters know, an initial national LU meeting will be held in central London on the afternoon of 11 May. Each local LU group has been asked to send a maximum of two representatives, of least one […] Read more »

With the urgent need to present an alternative to the neo-liberal project and to fight its austerity measures, are we in danger of forgetting about the threat of climate change? Richard Willmsen argues that Left Unity must have at its base a radical green agenda. The last couple of weeks have seen the publication of […] Read more »

Iram Awan is the new Left Unity organiser for High Wycombe. She explains why she is getting involved. I have never been aligned to any political party and have felt disenchanted with them for as long as I can remember. I find them to be consistently unrepresentative of people’s views and in thrall to corporate […] Read more »

Dave Kellaway looks at the Five Star Movement Should we invite someone from the M5S (Five Star Movement) to speak about how they built their movement in Italy? This was  an interesting and relevant question raised towards the end of our recent Left Unity meeting. I suggested that we need to think more about this […] Read more »

  A report from Keston Sutherland on the Left Unity meeting in Brighton last night Brighton Left Unity held its first meeting on the evening of the 18th April in central Brighton. Around sixty people showed up, a lively and exciting mix of experienced activists, students from the Sussex occupation, other students, trades union members […] Read more »