Editorial

As Ed Miliband backs a cap on benefits spending, Tom Walker says that the more you read of Labour’s new welfare policies, the worse it gets They finally went and did it. Granted, the signs have long been there – not least in human form as Liam Byrne – but this week the Labour leadership […] Read more »

  On 22nd June a People’s Assembly will meet in Central Hall Westminster to plan a fightback against Government austerity measures, Keith Flett looks at the history of similar gatherings. It will of course excite much debate on the left but will also hopefully lead to something actually happening to protect the poor and disadvantaged […] Read more »

The brutal killing of Lee Rigby in Woolwich has led to a media frenzy about “Muslim terrorism”. Thankfully, however, horrific incidents such as the one in Woolwich are extremely rare. We in Left Unity believe that  it is necessary to question why the debates in the media about “Muslim extremism” are framed in the way […] Read more »

The DGB German trade union confederation has produced a manifesto which offers an internationalist answer to the crisis, reports Nicky Dempsey. It stands in sharp contrast to the bitter diet of xenophobia and racism which is being promoted across Europe. The DGB’s ‘Marshall Plan for Europe‘  is a first attempt by one of the leading […] Read more »

Mark Perryman argues that England fans should voluntarily give up their “No Surrender” chant It has been on the fixture list for months – I snapped up my tickets as long ago as February. On Wednesday, England play Ireland at Wembley, as part of the celebrations to mark the FA’s 150th anniversary. Yet it seems […] Read more »

Sophie Katz argues that Samual Huntingdon’s infamous phrase is at its zenith following the Woolwich attacks It has never been more important to look at the world from the point of view of the clash of civilisations. Three groups of people in the UK see the hacking to death of Lee Rigby as a symbol […] Read more »

Salman Shaheen comments on EU plans to crack down on tax-havens  Read more »

This year marks the 50th anniversary of E.P.Thompson’s book The Making of the English Working Class. Barbara Segal, a member of Bristol Left Unity, attended a celebration of its author, E.P. Thompson, and came away with some ideas of what Left Unity might become. The Making of the English Working Class, first published in 1963, […] Read more »

CND General Secretary, Kate Hudson, wrote the following post after hearing of the attack in Woolwich. We deplore the brutal murder of an unarmed British solider in Woolwich yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Acts of violent retribution against individuals can never be justified as a response to the crimes of states […] Read more »

Edd Mustill reflects on the challenge of building left unity a hundred years ago It’s 1912, and socialists in Britain are asking themselves a lot of questions. Why, they wonder, were there so many different socialist groups? Why is the Labour Party unfit for purpose, not reflecting the interests of the class it is supposed […] Read more »