Editorial

Will McMahon from Barnet Left Unity argues that if Left Unity and TUSC build a united electoral coalition for 2014 and 2015 it could lay the basis for a new mass party, and he poses some alternatives as to what that party might look like. Socialists face a major challenge in the next decade. While […] Read more »

In his “keynote speech” on Saturday, Ed Miliband attempted to make links between the ‘Labour Government’ of 2015 and the Attlee Government of 1945. John Penney, from Crewe Left Unity, was not impressed.    I had the misfortune today, since I  couldn’t attend the Peoples Assembly event in London, to listen on the TV to […] Read more »

Mark Perryman argues why the Left should take sport seriously Of course how fast an individual can run, how far they can chuck an object, how high they can jump hardly matters at all in the greater scheme of global justice and human rights. But that isn’t what is being claimed on behalf of sport […] Read more »

The gathering of over 4,000 people at the People’s Assembly Against Austerity in London on Saturday 22nd June was truly inspirational, reports John Keeley. To be together with so many who regard profit as a dirty word & who want a world based upon more humane values, such as equality, solidarity & dignity, it’s hard […] Read more »

Chavs author, Independent writer and Labour activist Owen Jones talked to Salman Shaheen about the People’s Assembly and the prospects for resistance to austerity If the People’s Assembly could be summarised in a word, it would be optimism. From the opening speeches it crackled, infusing enthused activists with the idea that austerity – a failure […] Read more »

Ken Loach addressed a packed meeting at the People’s Assembly on June 22nd. The article Ken refers to in his speech can be found here and here The film of Ken was produced by Percivale Productions which is making a film about Left Unity and the process of founding a new party of the Left. Read more »

The movement is battlefield, highlighting all the contradictions of Brazilian society. For more than a week Brazilian workers have taken to the streets. Yesterday, the country witnessed its biggest demonstrations since the fall of the dictatorship. But the situation on the ground has confounded many international commentators. Interviewing for Jacobin, Mark Bergfeld sheds light on new developments with […] Read more »

The national launch of the People’s Assembly against Austerity is a very welcome development, says economist Michael Burke. It brings together a number of the largest unions, anti-cuts group and political forces both inside and outside the Labour Party in opposition to austerity policies. Many will have been drawn into active opposition to government policies because […] Read more »

Luke Cooper discusses the potential and pitfalls of this Saturday’s People’s Assembly Against Austerity The People’s Assembly has resulted in a considerable bout of energetic debate on the British left, ranging from the super-supportive, to the cynically-critical, and those, on the money perhaps, who are supportively critical. But no one is seriously downplaying the size […] Read more »

With the Tour de France starting on 29 June Mark Perryman argues for a two wheels good politics ”Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” HG Wells The most infamous quote on cycling from modern British politics remains hard right Thatcherite Norman […] Read more »