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  Keith Flett has a look at the history of beer drinking and the left The left and beer- indeed drink in general- have a long history. There are many stories, none of which I plan to recount here. The attractions of drink for many ordinary workers as a release from long hours of hard […] Read more »

The government’s flagship scheme for promoting investment in infrastructure has been branded a failure, says economist Michael Burke. A report in The Times[i]quotes speakers for both the Engineering Employers Federation and the Confederation of British Industry as saying that the scheme is ‘disappointing’ and ‘more needs to be done’. In July 2012 the government announced […] Read more »

Well over 1000 people marched in Newcastle yesterday in a united show of opposition to devastating cuts inflicted on public services. The city’s Labour council is implementing coalition cuts in draconian fashion, with libraries, youth services, play services and the arts all set to be devastated. 1300 council jobs are set to go. This is […] Read more »

On Saturday May 11th 2013, the Alliance for Radical Booksellers (ARB) will be hosting a bookfair, to take place in London’s Conway Hall. The idea behind the fair is to create an event which showcases the depth and breadth of radical publishing and bookselling in the UK. The ARB is composed of booksellers with a […] Read more »

Hugo Daillan-Drissi from the Front de Gauche reports for Left Unity on Mélenchon’s visit to Tunisia This week, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the Front de Gauche visited Tunisia. The visit had been planned as a meeting with Chokri Belaïd, the leader of the Front Populaire, to discuss the political situation in Tunisia and to plan cooperation […] Read more »

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Tonia Katerini of Syriza describes the social solidarity movement rising as Greeks struggle for survival The first problem is that in Greece now we have 25 per cent unemployment, with youth unemployment reaching 58 per cent and unemployment in areas that used to be highly industrialised sometimes reaching 70-80 per cent. Many industries either close […] Read more »

Joseph Healy reports on the decision to stop providing HIV patients in Greece with anti-retroviral drugs. Just when it seems that things cannot get any worse in Greece, comes the news that antiretroviral drugs for HIV will not be given out any more as part of the subsidised national health system – a system already […] Read more »

An important meeting against austerity took place in Rouen this week. Hugo Daillan-Drissi from the Front De Gauche reports for Left Unity on the discussion at the meeting and future plans for an international campaign against austerity. This Wednesday in Rouen more than 500 people packed into the town hall to protest against the austerity […] Read more »

Salman Shaheen speaks out on his hopes for left unity Sixteen years of age, a naive young activist who’d read a bit of Marx and wanted to make the world a better place, I was walking along Lowestoft high street when I encountered a stall of scruffy-looking men campaigning against the impending Afghanistan war who […] Read more »