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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 »

In the second of a two part essay, Ed Rooksby sketches some broad strategic principles for a radical left party.  In the first part of this essay I argued that the current crisis must be seen as a systemic crisis of capitalism which is rooted in an underlying structural problem of low profitability. I also […] Read more »

 Micheline Mason has decided to resign from the Labour party in order to help us build Left Unity. Here is her resignation letter to Ed Miliband April 12th 2013 Dear Ed Miliband I am sorry to say that I have decided to resign from the Labour Party in order to help organise ‘Left Unity,’ a […] Read more »

Welcome to our fourth newsletter. Support for Left Unity continues to grow, amid popular outrage at the scale of spending on Thatcher’s funeral and the failure of the Labour leadership to properly criticise the devastation that her ruthless policies wreaked on our communities. Our website has been a focus for debate on the subject. 8,000 people have now signed the Left Unity appeal and […] Read more »

More than 80 local Left Unity groups have been formed and many have been having their first meetings. Here is an account of a few of them The first Huddersfield meeting We had our first Huddersfield group meeting on Wednesday. It was really good. We had 15 folks there (and 3 apologies). And although backgrounds/affiliation […] Read more »

Nick Long who works with the successful Lewisham People Before Profit party and who is now linked with Left Unity outlines his proposals for the new party. All the recent left initiatives at building a new party of the left have failed or only been a limited success. This latest initiative may perhaps be the […] Read more »