Discussion & Debate

Communist Platform statement on the candidacy of Steve Freeman

1. Steve Freeman has announced that he is a parliamentary candidates in Bermondsey and Old Southwark for the May 7 general election. He is standing as a Republican Socialist. He is therefore opposing Kingsley Abrams, a candidate jointly backed by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and Left Unity. Politically this amounts to sabotage. 2. […] Read more »


Lib-Lab-Con: the new Transformismo

Ken King, a Left Unity member in Hertfordshire, writes. Read more »


24 hour childcare – A ‘revolutionary’ idea that is an obtainable reform!

By Susan Pashkoff Read more »


Communist Platform’s seven questions for internal elections candidates

The seven questions we would like to put to the candidates are: Read more »


No, Syriza has not surrendered

Tom Walker looks at what Greece’s government has agreed – and argues that buying time is not the same thing as breaking promises Read more »


Assemblies for Democracy – why Left Unity should get behind this

John Tummon of Stockport Left Unity writes. Read more »


Call for a Syriza Tendency

We believe that the left does garner support in Britain, but remember this is Left Unity. We believe that the left must unite electorally and see past its few conflicting views in order to end austerity in our country and across Europe. We take inspiration from the Greek election success of Syriza, initially ‘the Coalition […] Read more »


Towards a head-on collision – Tsipras rejects the blackmail of the ECB and the aggressive acts of the European leaders

by Stathis Kouvelakis Read more »


A cheer for Syriza and Left Unity in Europe and an Open End

Ozlem Onaran writes. Read more »


Understanding Podemos (3/3): ‘Commonsense’ policy

This is the third part of Left Flank’s series exploring the rise of Podemos. [i] The first part looked at how the new organisations drew on the inspiration and power of the 15-M (“Indignados”) movement. The second part critically examined the Podemos leadership’s deployment of radical populist strategy. In the third part Luke Stobart examines […] Read more »



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