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Sixty years ago today, floods and gales shattered the east coast and its communities. Every East Anglian of a certain age still remembers the 1953 floods, when sea walls were breached in over 1,000 places, and more than 300 people died. Three events combined: full moon, a deep trough of low-pressure that sucked up the sea […] Read more »

Labour councillors marched alongside anti-cuts campaigners in Derby last night to show their opposition to the axing of vital services. Derby City Council’s 28 Labour members took to the streets before a budget meeting, joining a protest organised by the local trades union council and the People’s Charter campaign group. A Derby Labour Party spokesman […] Read more »

GMB members employed by Brighton & Hove City Council are facing massive cuts to their take-home pay following Green Party & Conservative plans to alter their terms and conditions. At a meeting of Brighton’s Policy and Resources Committee on 24th January 2013, Green and Conservative Councillors forced through a measure* which authorised Council officers  to […] Read more »

On the 70th Anniversary of the Victory at Stalingrad, Mark Perryman, explains why this battle and its outcome still matters today. Seventy years ago, 2 February 1943 is the date of the Red Army victory at Stalingrad. From the moment of near-certain defeat the previous year the siege of the city, Hitler’s gateway to success […] Read more »

Today an estimated 25,000 people marched to save Lewisham Hospital from having its A&E Department closed, and other services severely downgraded, in plans put forward by a government-appointed NHS Special Administrator, Matthew Kershaw. This was part of his solution to the financial problems of a neighbouring NHS Trust, the South London Healthcare Trust, burdened with […] Read more »

On January 22, Global Economy and Development at Brookings hosted Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the Greek opposition, for a conversation about Greece and the economic challenges ahead. Tsipras’ remarks touched on themes including: economic and social prospects for his own country; the relationship between Athens and the rest of Europe, including what reforms are needed […] Read more »

The Workers’ International welcomes the Left Unity website The establishment of the Left Unity website is a great step forward. Working people urgently need a voice that asserts their needs and is neither a narrow sect nor  kowtows to the establishment. Let’s hope it will become a real resource for everybody who wants to strengthen […] Read more »

By Helena Shehan Part 1 is here The unaffiliated left Another person with whom I had been in ongoing contact for a number of years was Christos Kefalis, who has translated a number of my publications into Greek. He is editor of the journal Marxist Thought and a book called October and Our Age, in […] Read more »

The deepening economic crisis and accelerating attacks on working people are compelling us to work in new ways. That was the conclusion reached by a number of people from a range of left backgrounds who came together yesterday to share views on overcoming the weaknesses of the left. Fragmentation, division, hostility – these have become […] Read more »

By Helena Sheehan   Part two is here   A Greek tragedy A monumental drama is playing out before our eyes. It is a true Greek tragedy. The plot: A society is being pushed to its limits. The denouement is not yet determined, but survival is at stake and prospects are precarious. Greece is at the […] Read more »