National

With the traditional Labour-trade union relationship under strain and increasing disenchantment with Ed Miliband’s brand of socialism, is there space for a new workers’ party? asks The Guardian’s John Harris Ever since the general election of 2010, British politics has been in a very curious state of flux. Public mistrust in politicians runs rampant. After […] Read more »

Jim Jepps on the state of Left Unity, its potential, and the dangers ahead. We are what we do. While the stories we tell about ourselves can be interesting, significant, enduring or helpful they are rarely the best guide to what an organisation is. Before the 2010 General Election I had many conversations with Liberal […] Read more »

Statement from the NASUWT and NUT unions. The two largest teacher unions, the NASUWT and the NUT, representing nine out of ten teachers, are today confirming the next phase of their jointly coordinated campaign to Protect Teachers and Defend Education. Following the continued refusal of the Secretary of State to genuinely engage with the NUT […] Read more »

An article by Salman Shaheen in this week’s New Statesman Undominated by a central charismatic figure, and uncontrolled by a single far-left group, Left Unity is a movement that is being built from the bottom up. By Salman Shaheen Published 03 September 2013 12:01   “There is a spectre haunting Britain,” Ken Loach warned a […] Read more »

This Autumn will see a major conference in London take place on the issue of Ireland, reports Jayne Fisher. The conference on 19 October is hosted by Sinn Fein in order to provoke some serious discussion around the issue, ‘Towards a New Ireland’, looking at the future relationship between Britain and Ireland. It is something […] Read more »

The momentous decision by Parliament on August 29 not to participate in a military attack on Syria raises important points both for the trends in British politics and for economic policy, says economist Michael Burke.  SEB has repeatedly argued that there is no prospect of a Tory election victory in 2015. After the failure of Cameron’s military […] Read more »

The Party of the European Left (EL) condemns the coming attack of USA and its western allies to Syria for several reasons. Our only guideline is the interest of the Syrian population. We condemn all the crimes committed for 2 years against the civilian populations: those of the Assad regime who took the responsibility of the […] Read more »

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on foreign affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has spoken out against the reported plans of Britain, France and the USA to attack Syria. Crowe believes that foreign military intervention will increase the death and destruction that the Syrian people are experiencing and called on world leaders to work towards a ceasefire and peace […] Read more »

After Wiggo, London 2012, Murray in New York, The Ryder Cup and Chelsea winning the Champions League it looked like last summer could never be bettered. And then this summer began… Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football reviews a selection of books that explain sporting success, and failure. The Lions series victory in Australia, Murray’s triumph […] Read more »

Kevin Ovenden, a national officer of the Stop the War Coalition, looks at the arguments about whether protest makes a difference – and what we need to do now. It may seem wearily familiar – a rush to war, disputed intelligence dossiers and a determined effort to proceed without even UN Security Council authorisation. There […] Read more »