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Leftist Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has maintained a huge lead over his nearest opposition rival in the run-up to the February 17 elections, recent polls show. Correa’s popularity has remained above 50 percent throughout his six years in office, buoyed by his personal charisma as well as his government’s heavy spending on hospitals, roads and […] Read more »

    Against privatisation: Statement from Sussex University Occupation February 8th 2013 Following a demonstration of over 300 staff and students in opposition to the privatisation of services at Sussex University; a large group of people have occupied the conference centre on the top floor of Bramber House. In May 2012, the University announced its unilateral […] Read more »

Last night construction workers from Unite blocked Oxford Street in the heart of London’s West End to protest against the insidious policy of blacklisting. Thousands of construction workers are on Blacklists in the UK and many have had their lives ruined by this secret and  shameful practice. MPs have called this a national scandal. The […] Read more »

No to selling off the stock! Sussex occupation underway now! Sussex students have occupied Bramber conference centre. Solidarity demo outside Bramber at 5 p.m today [Thursday]. The occupation is in opposition to the University selling off services.Messages of support to – sussexagainstprivatization@gmail.comsussexagainstprivatization.wordpress.com Left Unity sends its solidarity to the occupation and to the students and […] Read more »

At the heart of this new political project is the realisation that it is necessary to build a European-wide movement. We need co-ordinated action with others fighting capitalism across the continent. We saw the beginning of this when millions took strike action across Europe on November 14th last year.   We were very pleased that there […] Read more »

Dur­ing the clos­ing months of 2012, Slov­e­nia saw a series of mass pop­u­lar protests. Here, the movements in Slovenia explain why they are protesting and the nature of the changes they are fighting for. Thirty thou­sand demon­strat­ors gathered on Novem­ber 17 for the first protest, organ­ised by trade uni­ons, stu­dents, and organ­isa­tions of retired people and […] Read more »

Tonight England vs Brazil at Wembley marks the start of the FA’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman  busts the myth of Britain’s right to footballing supremacy and argues that it is the perfect time to lower our expectations of England’s chances. England vs Brazil, friendly or no friendly, is a tasty international fixture […] Read more »

This is a call to all those millions of people in Britain who face an impoverished and uncertain year as their wages, jobs, conditions and welfare provision come under renewed attack by the government. With some 80% of austerity measures still to come, and with the government lengthening the time they expect cuts to last, […] Read more »

Last night 25 comrades – some representing left organisations and some individuals met at Conway Hall in central London to continue the discussion around the recomposition of the left. We will be carrying a series of short reports about the meeting from those attending. First from Tom Walker who was until recently a full-time journalist […] Read more »

By Ian Bone Former Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, currently Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh in Hampshire, will be standing down after pleading guilty to perverting the cause of justice. Ian Bone looks at the possibilities for the right wing party UKIP in the forthcoming by-election. The Eastleigh by-election will give UKIP the long awaited opportunity to win a parliamentary […] Read more »