Discussion & Debate

Fight to restore the safety net

Micheline Mason of Wandsworth and Merton Left Unity calls for a campaign against destitution Read more »


The politics of food and poverty

John Tummon joins the debate on the issue of hunger and what Left Unity’s policy on it should be Read more »


Statement on Gerry Adams’ arrest

This is a statement on the arrest of Gerry Adams by a number of Left Unity’s national officers Read more »


The Scottish independence debate

Allan Armstrong of the Radical Independence Campaign debates Alan Mackinnon of the Red Paper Collective. Read more »


Development of Left Unity: Things to consider

Mike Scott of Nottingham Left Unity joins the debate about language and the left, and looks at how Left Unity can put its principles into practice. Read more »


How to start a foodbank: the story of Luton Foodbank

As the Daily Mail attacks foodbanks, Mark Boothroyd of Southwark Left Unity looks at how they are really run – and calls for the left to rediscover its traditions of mutual aid Read more »


In defence of the economic policy of Left Unity

Pete Green responds to a critique of the proposals passed at conference. Read more »


Do the Tories really own the future?

Phil Hearse says the ‘soft left’ alternative put forward by John Harris in the Guardian is weak and unworkable Read more »


A new language is the number one imperative for a new left project

The left in this country has a language problem, writes David Stoker Read more »


Left Unity’s debate on Scottish Independence

by John Tummon Read more »



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Saturday 21st June: End the Genocide – national march for Palestine

Join us to tell the government to end the genocide; stop arming Israel; and stop starving Gaza!

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Summer University, 11-13 July, in Paris

Peace, planet, people: our common struggle

The EL’s annual summer university is taking place in Paris.

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