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Jen Ross gives a brief personal report of Saturday’s  Manchester Left Unity organising meeting. There will be five people from Manchester attending the May 11th group representatives meeting from the five Manchester groups. The picture was taken right at the start of the post May day rally meeting. It was rammed by the end. People […] Read more »

Phil Hearse wrote this piece for his site Crisis and Revolt.  The worst possible response to the local council elections in which UKIP won 25% of the vote would be complacency. For this result is shameful for both Labour and for the left-of-Labour left. While it’s true that the mainly rural areas and small town […] Read more »

Left Unity supporter Mark Perryman explores the who, what and how of a Left populism Of course there are plenty who have signed up to Left Unity who wouldn’t want to be in a party bearing any kind of resemblance to UKIP. But what we need to explore is not tacking right to embrace their […] Read more »

Left Unity supporter Iram Awan comments on the local council elections In the local council elections this week UKIP won a staggering number of seats. Apparently this was the biggest surge by a fourth party on these shores since the second world war. Naturally this sends chills down the spines of many on the left […] Read more »

Merry Cross from DPAC lays out ground rules to make meetings accessible for all. First your publicity needs to state explicitly that you welcome disabled people and will make every effort to meet any access needs.  If you don’t do this, disabled people will assume it is NOT the case (which is the norm) and […] Read more »

Cyprus is currently experiencing dramatic moments that are expected to subvert the entire network of social relations and daily life of our people, says Yiannos Katsourides. The recent agreement of the Cypriot government with the Eurogroup overturns violently the main pillar of the capitalist structure; namely, the banking sector.  The effective resolution of the Popular […] Read more »

  Over the past two months Bulgaria, the most passive country in the traditionally belligerent Balkans, has been shaken by protests, says Mariya Ivancheva. Since the beginning of February Bulgarians in most big cities have been out in the streets, protesting against the increased electricity and heating bills. After a few nights of clashes between […] Read more »

A contribution to the discussion on a new party by Kady Tait of Leeds Left Unity and Workers Power, The terrific response to Ken Loach’s Appeal proves this is an idea whose time has come. So how can we achieve the potential that 8000 signatories and more than 80 local groups present for the formation […] Read more »

John Keeley (Left Unity supporter & IOPS member) contributes to the debate. One of the biggest challenges we face is convincing people that we are different to the capitalist political parties. That we are not just another group of politicians seeking power to rule over the people. After 18 years of Tory government, Blair & […] Read more »

Left Unity supporter Mark Perryman argues the need for a new political culture This may seem a tad premature. Signatories to Ken Loach’s appeal are still pouring in, most local groups have only had their first meeting in the past few weeks with some still yet to meet, we don’t even know what to call […] Read more »