National

Dave Kellaway, a supporter of Left Unity and a member of the Fourth International examines the tepid and timid response from the far left to our new political project My dad used to say that if the other side are ignoring you then you are failing or not working hard enough. The activists supporting Left […] Read more »

Since Monday there has been a near universal media lockdown on dissenting views of Thatcher’s legacy. Mark Perryman explores how to break through the consensus, effectively yet sensitively. “Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there […] Read more »

Michelle Maher explains the importance of the War on Welfare petition The War on Welfare petition came about in a very ad hoc way. I am sure many a thesis is now written on the power and connectivity of Facebook and twitter. The reality is twitter does enable the sick and disabled to have a […] Read more »

As austerity measures bite while the economy continues to flatline, arguments for a Keynesian response to the recession are gaining traction. Marxist economist Michael Roberts casts a critical eye over the Keynesian case, arguing that it misunderstands the causes of capitalist crisis  A new radical think-tank kicked off last year in the UK. It’s got […] Read more »

Tony Blair matched his zeal for neoliberal policies and privatisation with a propensity for war — in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond — which Margaret Thatcher can only have envied argues Lindsey German, Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition. Margaret Thatcher laid the basis for policies that wrecked the lives of many in Britain. But […] Read more »

As the media is dominated by pro-Thatcher voices, here are the views of some who speak for so many of us: Ken Loach says: “Margaret Thatcher was the most divisive and destructive Prime Minister of modern times. Mass Unemployment, factory closures, communities destroyed – this is her legacy. She was a fighter and her enemy […] Read more »

Dr Iain Maclennan is the new Left Unity contact for Portsmouth. He stood in the recent Eastleigh by-election for the NHA party – here he explains his decision to join with Left Unity I was born and grew up in Portsmouth and have a home in Gosport, although my wife and I currently stay most […] Read more »

Julian Cohen, the new Manchester North Left Unity organiser explains why he is joining up I am getting involved in Left Unity because I really believed the Labour anthem “things will only get better”. (and it didn’t) Well they certainly couldn’t get any worse after the Tories left power leaving a deeply divided country, very little […] Read more »

Andrew Burgin remembers those lives tragically lost as a result of Thatcher’s policies. Ed Miliband MP, the Labour leader said today ‘I send my deep condolences to Lady Thatcher’s family, in particular Mark and Carol Thatcher…’ Well my thoughts today are with the families of those not mentioned by Ed; the families of Joe Green, […] Read more »

I don’t mind a fair political fight but that is not what CND got from Margaret Thatcher’s government, says Kate Hudson. As anti-nuclear protest rose across Britain in the early 1980s, against cruise, Pershing and Trident, support for CND grew exponentially. Thatcher’s government carried out its own attempts to counter the growing strength of CND […] Read more »