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Iram Awan is the new Left Unity organiser for High Wycombe. She explains why she is getting involved. I have never been aligned to any political party and have felt disenchanted with them for as long as I can remember. I find them to be consistently unrepresentative of people’s views and in thrall to corporate […] Read more »

Dave Kellaway looks at the Five Star Movement Should we invite someone from the M5S (Five Star Movement) to speak about how they built their movement in Italy? This was  an interesting and relevant question raised towards the end of our recent Left Unity meeting. I suggested that we need to think more about this […] Read more »

In a week that has seen the burial of the notorious figurehead of British austerity politics and the debunking of a research paper that has been widely used by politicians to justify the implementation of the current austerity offensive, Left Unity continues to flourish, with local groups coming together across the UK to meet and discuss the way forward. […] Read more »

  A report from Keston Sutherland on the Left Unity meeting in Brighton last night Brighton Left Unity held its first meeting on the evening of the 18th April in central Brighton. Around sixty people showed up, a lively and exciting mix of experienced activists, students from the Sussex occupation, other students, trades union members […] Read more »

Inspired by his first Left Unity meeting, Mark Perryman wonders what it means to be a party I’ve been around the Left  block enough times, the old Communist Party in the Thatcher years, in and out of Respect, I  now vote Green in most elections. But mostly for the past twenty years I’ve felt that […] Read more »

As we had expected, reports Chantal Delmas, the WSF in Tunis was a great moment of solidarity with the people of Tunisia, two years after the Tunisian uprising against Ben Ali. It was also a great time to strengthen the democratic camp in the Arab world. It brought a burst of energy and dynamism to […] Read more »

Groups linked to the Venezuelan right-wing opposition have unleashed a wave of violence across the country, following their loss at Sunday’s presidential elections and their refusal to accept the official results. The European Left Party has issued the following statement, calling for respect for the democratic outcome and the election of Nicolás Maduro. “The European Left […] Read more »

Mark Perryman from Philosophy Football reviews the best reading of the quarter As the Thatcher funeral hoopla fades away and the focus shifts to the likely rout of the Con-Dems in the 2 May local elections the political landscape outside the Westminster bubble in the next few months is likely to be further shaped by the […] Read more »

More than 8,000 people have signed the Left Unity appeal to discuss a new party of the Left. They come from all walks of life. What unites them is a desire for change. There are some 90 groups now organised across the country. Here are four more accounts of why. Michael Green: I have been […] Read more »

Left Unity was first initiated by Kate Hudson and Andrew Burgin in November last year following the European Day of Action against austerity on 14th November, which saw the first ever coordinated strike action across the continent. They issued an initial unity appeal, which is on the website, and people gradually began to get in […] Read more »