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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 »

The Labour Party sensationally lost a council by-election to the UK Independence Party in one of its heartlands of Rotherham this week.  Harry Blackwell examines the background and its consequences. Labour lost 24% of their vote in the previously ‘safe’ Rawmarsh ward of Rotherham Borough Council in South Yorkshire.  Labour came 104 votes behind the […] Read more »

Our first national meeting was a great success. More than 100 supporters of Left Unity – with over 55 of the new local groups represented – came together to discuss first steps towards a new left party. Many spoke of their enthusiasm and hope, of feeling inspired and empowered.     Towards a founding conference […] Read more »

David Smith, the campaigns officer for the Leeds Green party and a member of the Green left offers some personal views on the state of left politics. UKIP 192 councillors (but there are ongoing defections) 11 MEPs (but again possible defections) Parish councillors?   Green Party 141 principle authority Councillors 14 Scottish Councillors 2 MSP […] Read more »

In a further advance for the European left, Spain’s Izquierda Unida (United Left) is rising in the opinion polls, as support declines for Spain’s major parties. Kate Hudson looks at the origins and development of Izquierda Unida (IU) and its relationship to PSOE – the social democrat-turned neo-liberal party comparable to Labour here in Britain. […] Read more »

Iram Awan from Left Unity High Wycombe looks at David Cameron’s work for the rich. David Cameron is currently at the UN, and news is emerging that he plans to block the moves by a panel to include a commitment to reducing income inequality in the new targets set to replace the Millennium Development Goals. […] Read more »