Discussion & Debate

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 »

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 »