Discussion & Debate

Mike Scott of Nottingham Left Unity writes. As someone from a secular Jewish background, I’d taken an interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict from an early age. Even though I had no close relatives there, I always felt some degree of involvement and indeed responsibility – after all, everything that was happening was being done in […] Read more »

Andrew Burgin writes on the current crisis in Greece and the prospect of SYRIZA coming to office Read more »

[fusion_text]Gioia Coppola, Steve Freeman and Sharon McCourt report from the conference, which took place on 22 November. Read more »

As the Scottish Republic Yes tendency comes to a formal end, it has produced this report of its activities. Read more »

Luke Stobart continues his series exploring the rise of Podemos. Read more »

Preamble The general motivation for this counter-proposal has three elements. Read more »

How to vote at conference – Mike Macnair explains the Communist Platform’s recommendations for November 15-16 Read more »

This emergency motion has been submitted to Left Unity conference by the Wigan branch Read more »

The Libertarian Socialist Tendency believes that a new society cannot be based upon authoritarian institutions such as the state. Those campaigning against the ruling class need to develop their own organisations based upon workers’ self-management, co-operatives, federalism and grass-roots democracy. Read more »

The meteoric rise of Podemos into the mainstream of Spanish politics poses a number of questions for the British Left. We think that the methods used by Podemos can be effective in this country and that a shift of focus is needed in Britain. Read more »