Discussion & Debate

Felicity Dowling summarises: On Sunday 30th October, we held a set of workshops on key issues facing working people in Britain. Defending the National Health Service. Organising against the benefits cap, and to defend tenants, organising to defend women’s refuges, and to understand the impact of austerity on women. The campaign for the planet and […] Read more »

David Landau from Camden & Islington branch minuted issues and action points. Read more »

Drew Milne from Cambridge Left Unity on the need for a social movement that goes beyond the Labour Party and electoral politics Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour are running out of time to put together a viable challenge at the next general election, even if the next election comes as late as 2020. Electoral disappointment could quickly […] Read more »

A discussion piece from Neil Faulkner A mighty storm is gaining force. Some, having seen it coming, argue for furling the sails and battening the hatches. Others, in denial of the storm, hold up a picture of their destination: a sun-soaked haven beyond the horizon. Some stare reality in the face; others take refuge in […] Read more »

Neil Faulkner responds to the latest attack on free movement in the Morning Star. The Lexit argument is now beyond logic and reason. It is the mistaken argument that will not be silenced. The dog barks but the caravan moves on; only in this case, the dog digs itself deeper and deeper into its hole. […] Read more »

Left Unity’s 2016 National Conference will be held on Saturday 29th October in Liverpool. Sunday 30th will be an open conference day of themed workshops and discussions. Further details will be published as they become available. Our National Council has agreed the following pre-conference timetable:   18 July:                        Pre-conference discussion period begins 16 September:          […] Read more »

By Stuart King Winifred Knights is a little recognised woman artist who was working in the early twentieth century. This lack of recognition is something this exhibition seeks to change by bringing together a major collection of her paintings. Her talent can be seen early on with a number of fine drawings from the age of […] Read more »

Stuart King writes Finally Angela Eagle has announced she will stand against Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party. Only ten months after Jeremy was elected by nearly 60% of the party, with over a quarter a million votes, the LP is plunged into another election contest. This should come as no surprise […] Read more »

Steve Lytton writes from France Whatever has happened to the British – a people whose reputation lies in part on a solid belief in fairness and in the determination to fight for a seemingly lost cause, despite all the odds, because it is right, decent and proper? Though it sickens me to admit it – […] Read more »

Economist Michael Burke writes: The EU referendum campaign began as farcical attempt to set aside divisions in the Tory Party but it has turned into a debacle for Cameron. Overall anti-immigration rhetoric and racism have dominated. The entire responsibility for this lies with Cameron, the leadership of the Tories and their allies in the media. […] Read more »