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The following resolution was proposed by Nick Wrack at the meeting of the Independent Socialist Network held yesterday. The resolution was passed unanimously. The ISN notes the Left Unity initiative and the call by Ken Loach for people to join in a discussion about the need for a new party of the left. The ISN […] Read more »

Lucy Reynolds is an academic who has studied the background of the NHS in detail, learning in the process what the appalling consequences of privatisation will be. Here she answers questions put by Jill Mountfield, a member of the steering committee on the “Save Lewisham Hospital” campaign. Read more »

Maxime Benatouil reports on the recent planning meeting for this June’s European Alter Summit in Athens. Backed by the TUC as well as unions, campaigns and movements across Europe, the Alter Summit presents an opportunity to build coordinated action and solidarity across Europe. Gathered in Brussels on 15 and 16 March, the members of the […] Read more »

Left Unity supporter Salman Shaheen comments on the budget for Russia Today: Osborne must completely change his policy. Read more »

(First Left Unity Newsletter) “I think there’s a new mood among people. The serious attacks on public services, on the N.H.S. and education, the savage cuts on the poorest people and the general cynicism with politicians – all this makes us determined to find an alternative. Let’s make a start, in an open and democratic […] Read more »

Some people have asked about the difference between the People’s Assembly being held in June and the Left Unity project. Andrew Burgin explains that the initiatives are complimentary. Britain stands on the verge of a triple dip recession. The government is relentlessly pursuing its austerity policies. This year the unemployed, the disabled, the low paid […] Read more »

  The Greens are telling those calling for a discussion of a new left party that they should just join them instead. Tom Walker looks at the Green Party’s record “There is no need to reinvent the wheel,” commented Green Party deputy leader Will Duckworth on Ken Loach’s appeal to discuss a new party of […] Read more »

Film director Ken Loach has called for the creation of a new party of the left in Britain. Kate Hudson explains why she is supporting the call. Austerity is wreaking economic catastrophe on the people of Cyprus, but George Osborne is still following the same disastrous policies. This week’s budget comes as no surprise – […] Read more »

UPDATE: Cyprus and the division in the union  Kevin Ovenden updates his earlier article on the crisis devastating Cyprus.   Since then events have proceeded rapidly and dramatically. They will continue to do so. This introductory update is meant to highlight the political significance of some of those developments in a fast moving crisis. 1) […] Read more »

This is part two of Sophie Katz’s article on political representation. Part one was published last week and is on the debate pages of this site. Setting up literary utopias has been a dangerous business since Marx and Engels wrote ‘Socialism – Utopian or Scientific’ and it became catastrophic after Proudhon’s magnum opus on the […] Read more »