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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 »

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 »

A member of Left Unity in Huddersfield gives us her thoughts. Hello, my name’s Char. I’m so pleased to be part of Left Unity. I have been dismayed by British politics since Blair’s time, the only party I can put a cross next to is the Green’s and as a born and bred socialist this […] Read more »

Richard Seymour’s speech at the Subversive festival in Zagreb I think the title of this talk, The Rise of a New Left, is clearly to some extent projection of a desired outcome; of course, there are elements of a New Left visible.  Not just the indignados and occupiers, but also the radical left challengers: Syriza, […] Read more »

If I hear the term ‘hardworking families’ once more I think I am going to scream, says Micheline Mason. They apparently are the only people worthy of our respect and support.  All the rest of us scrounging idle unmarried pretenders who contribute nothing and absorb huge proportions of the national income getting old and fat […] Read more »

The national meeting of supporters of the Left Unity project on Saturday 11 May 2013 was a significant step towards the formation of a new party, says Nick Wrack. Exactly what sort of party it will be still has to be decided. Will it be an explicit socialist party, as Ken Loach clearly wants it […] Read more »

Bianca Todd from Northampton Left Unity reports on the Nottingham People’s Assembly We are talking about actions, not words. People don’t want any more debates, for the sake of talking, they want action, an opportunity to roll their sleeves up and get dirty in the fight against the austerity measures; which is why the People’s […] Read more »

Haringey Left Unity supporter Joe Lo looks at what we can learn from the King Blues. Last year I went to a gig in Sheffield with two artists performing who I think represent the two paths Left Unity can go down. Headlining was Billy Bragg who’s been barking earnestly away for 30 years whilst society’s […] Read more »

Felicity Dowling was recently elected to Left Unity’s National Co-ordinating Group. Here she sets out her assessment of the political context in which we are working. In May 2013 we can see real and concrete gains for the very rich. Austerity is working for them. It is transferring wealth from the workers and their communities […] Read more »