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Green Left activist Sean Thompson says ecosocialists should leave the rightward-moving Green Party, and join the effort to build a new political party of the left in Britain.Sean Thompson is a founding member of Green Left, which describes itself as a an ecosocialist, anti-capitalist current within the Green Party of England and Wales. Comrades, An […] Read more »

Veronica Kenning is a terminally ill Birmingham tenant threatened with eviction because of the Bedroom Tax. Watch this and be angry. (film produced by supporters of Left Unity in Staffs) Read more »

Mark Perryman reviews Stuart Hall and Alan O’Shea’s unpicking of how opinions are made and unmade As the Party Conference season draws to a close the disconnect between the politics of the Westminster bubble and the rest of us couldn’t be more obvious. Persons in suits, mostly men, addressing other persons in suits, mostly men, […] Read more »

When the left alternative goes unvoiced, the real choices unposed, democracy is drained of content, writes Mike Marqusee. That’s why we need a new party of the left. Read more »

Anti-fascist and anti-racist activists in Greece (including Petros Constantinou, seen speaking here) have been charged under Greece’s “anti-terror” laws – for speaking out against the recent police killings of two Albanian escaped prisoners. Tell the Greek government to drop the charges now, and to stop the persecution of anti-fascist and anti-racist activists. How you can […] Read more »

Sustaining the planet, preparing the future, building another world … this daunting task for current generations is also a promising manifestation of care for the future of humankind and of nature, says Francine Mestrum from the Global Social Justice Network. We are living in a multiple, civilizational crisis which forces us to reflect on our […] Read more »

Richard Murgatroyd of Huddersfield Left Unity reviews ‘NHS SOS’ and offers a personal view on what privatisation of the health service could mean for the Left Unity project. Last week the Royal London Hospital was forced to turn away emergency patients for two days running due to a shortage of beds. The boss of the […] Read more »

The London Evening Standard is an odd newspaper.  On the one hand it sees its role as to support the squalid capitalism of the City, but on the other it has to reflect the actual life conditions of Londoners.  So on a day when we have a big story about London’s booming recovery, inside the […] Read more »

Fred Leplat, one of the signatories of the appeal for the 22 June People’s Assembly, appeals to all Left Unity supporters to mobilise for the demonstration in just two weeks. Left Unity supporters should meet up at the Hilton end of Liverpool Road where the march will be assembling. Trade-unions, the anti-cuts campaigns, the peace […] Read more »

Did austerity lead to recovery? No, GDP was increased by government spending, says economist Michael Burke  The government and its supporters have been quick to claim that the most recent GDP data have vindicated its austerity policy. George Osborne says the argument in favour of austerity has been won and some more excitable commentators have even talked of a boom. […] Read more »