Discussion & Debate

Susan Pashkoff on the possibility of a new movement arising from the mass protests that took place across the world yesterday Having participated in yesterday’s Women’s March in London and looking at all the pictures from the various sister marches in the US and around the world, this is a question we need to ask […] Read more »

  Neil Faulkner reports on the Women’s March on London. It was vast. You knew as you approached it. You saw people on the tube and the pavements with placards and banners. As you got closer, you found the street was rammed. I walked with my daughter from Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square, marching towards […] Read more »

Richard Farnos writes Corbyn’s “relaunch” speech on  Tuesday (10/1/17) has only managed to muddy the waters.  In it he said: “Labour is not wedded to freedom of movement for EU citizens as a point of principle,” then bizarrely added “but I don’t want that to be misinterpreted, nor do we rule it out.”  This position […] Read more »

Dave Landau from Islington Left Unity on how to respond to the rise in racism and xenophobia. There is a spectre haunting Europe and the United States of America. It is the spectre of racism, xenophobia, nationalism and even fascism. Gallons of ink have been devoted to try and understand the triumph of Brexit and […] Read more »

Susan Pashkoff looks at the new situation we face. We need to understand what the liberals already know but are unwilling to admit publicly; liberalism is in a deep crisis. The liberal wing of the ruling class has caught itself on the horns of a dilemma. On the one hand, the Liberals serve the interests […] Read more »

Neil Faulkner on Momentum and Brexit and free movement Since the election of Jeremy Corbyn as its leader, the main fracture-line in British politics has run through the middle of the Labour Party. On one side is the main weight of the party apparatus and most of the party’s MPs, MEPs, and councillors. They form […] Read more »

Phil Hearse continues the debate on Trump, Brexit and the dangers from the right. Neil Faulkner (This is what modern fascism looks like on this site) is right to sound the tocsin about the dangers involved in the new surge of right wing authoritarianism. But his article includes formulations about fascism and the stage we […] Read more »

On 30 October 2016, Left Unity members and affiliates met in Liverpool for a number of workshops, to share ideas and experiences. Joe Halewood reported from the Overall Benefit Cap (OBC) workshop. Read the report. Read more »

Neil Faulkner opens a debate on the nature of the threat we face from the far right in the wake of the Trump victory Marxists are divided on a question of vital historical importance. If the modern far right is simply an extreme form of conservatism – if Trump, for example, is simply a radical […] Read more »

Do it yourself catering for campaigns in the age of Austerity, as sampled at our 2016 National Conference. In many campaign meetings, these days, there are people who are hungry. Charging for food and drink often stops these campaigners eating, and makes life worse. It makes it harder for people to take a real part […] Read more »