International

The Party of the European Left (EL) condemns the coming attack of USA and its western allies to Syria for several reasons. Our only guideline is the interest of the Syrian population. We condemn all the crimes committed for 2 years against the civilian populations: those of the Assad regime who took the responsibility of the […] Read more »

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on foreign affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has spoken out against the reported plans of Britain, France and the USA to attack Syria. Crowe believes that foreign military intervention will increase the death and destruction that the Syrian people are experiencing and called on world leaders to work towards a ceasefire and peace […] Read more »

Kevin Ovenden, a national officer of the Stop the War Coalition, looks at the arguments about whether protest makes a difference – and what we need to do now. It may seem wearily familiar – a rush to war, disputed intelligence dossiers and a determined effort to proceed without even UN Security Council authorisation. There […] Read more »

London: Downing Street, 5—7pm, Wednesday 28th August Britain, France and the US are committing to another disastrous military intervention. Apart from the inevitable casualties, any attack on Syria can only inflame an already disastrous civil war and would risk pulling in regional powers further. Most people in this country have learnt from the disasters of […] Read more »

CND general secretary Kate Hudson shares her recent blog post on why we should oppose attacks on Syria. We oppose any military attack on Syria. Such actions will only exacerbate this bloody civil war and risk drawing neighbouring states into the conflict. The alleged use of chemical weapons within Syria is to be condemned in […] Read more »

Egyptian revolutionary socialist Hannah Elsisi, currently in Cairo, talks to Hesham Zakai about the sources and repercussions of Egypt’s unfolding tragedy. Hesham Zakai: Have we just witnessed a massacre in Cairo and where does the blame for the enormous bloodshed lie? Hannah Elsisi: We haven’t just witnessed a massacre. We’ve just witnessed another massacre. The […] Read more »

Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left, known as SYRIZA, held its first congress on July 10-14, reports Panos Petrou. SYRIZA shocked Greece and all of Europe in the spring of last year, when it nearly won two national elections – it fell just short of the centre-right New Democracy party and pushed the main centre-left […] Read more »

The first Irish Left Forum took place on the 18th of May 2013. The aim was to create a space for discussion on left wing politics in Ireland and to facilitate more unified work and discussion between left wing activists and those interested in left politics. The day was broken up into a deliberative session, […] Read more »

Draft statement for consideration from the Reclaim the Net conference organised by the Dei Lenk (Left Party) of Luxembourg with the participation of members or supporters of Parti de Gauche (France), Die Linke (Germany) and Left Unity (Britain). 28th/29th June 2013 Conference supported by the European Left Group in the European Parliament. Introductory note This […] Read more »

Dave Kellaway reports on a recent conference he attended as a contributor and Left Unity supporter. Seven rather austere-looking middle aged men looked down on us as we discussed the way the Internet was raising new issues for the left. They were the former presidents of the transport union in Luxembourg. These men were brought […] Read more »