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Sheffield Left Unity: An Open Letter To The Left This is an invitation to all working class and socialist organisations to participate in the official launch of Sheffield Left Unity on Saturday 29 June. The event will take place at the Central United Reformed Church (S1 2JB) at 1pm. As the welfare state is being […] Read more »

The DGB German trade union confederation has produced a manifesto which offers an internationalist answer to the crisis, reports Nicky Dempsey. It stands in sharp contrast to the bitter diet of xenophobia and racism which is being promoted across Europe. The DGB’s ‘Marshall Plan for Europe‘  is a first attempt by one of the leading […] Read more »

Mark Perryman argues that England fans should voluntarily give up their “No Surrender” chant It has been on the fixture list for months – I snapped up my tickets as long ago as February. On Wednesday, England play Ireland at Wembley, as part of the celebrations to mark the FA’s 150th anniversary. Yet it seems […] Read more »

Salman Shaheen comments on EU plans to crack down on tax-havens  Read more »

This year marks the 50th anniversary of E.P.Thompson’s book The Making of the English Working Class. Barbara Segal, a member of Bristol Left Unity, attended a celebration of its author, E.P. Thompson, and came away with some ideas of what Left Unity might become. The Making of the English Working Class, first published in 1963, […] Read more »

Alternative Summit of the European Movements The Greek Working Group for the preparation of the Alter Summit has addressed the following call to the public. A spectre is haunting Europe: the self-organization and the resistance of the people against the dictatorship of the “free markets”, the multinationals, the Troika and the governments. The tens of […] Read more »

CND General Secretary, Kate Hudson, wrote the following post after hearing of the attack in Woolwich. We deplore the brutal murder of an unarmed British solider in Woolwich yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Acts of violent retribution against individuals can never be justified as a response to the crimes of states […] Read more »

Edd Mustill reflects on the challenge of building left unity a hundred years ago It’s 1912, and socialists in Britain are asking themselves a lot of questions. Why, they wonder, were there so many different socialist groups? Why is the Labour Party unfit for purpose, not reflecting the interests of the class it is supposed […] Read more »

A member of Left Unity in Huddersfield gives us her thoughts. Hello, my name’s Char. I’m so pleased to be part of Left Unity. I have been dismayed by British politics since Blair’s time, the only party I can put a cross next to is the Green’s and as a born and bred socialist this […] Read more »

Richard Seymour’s speech at the Subversive festival in Zagreb I think the title of this talk, The Rise of a New Left, is clearly to some extent projection of a desired outcome; of course, there are elements of a New Left visible.  Not just the indignados and occupiers, but also the radical left challengers: Syriza, […] Read more »