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We stand with Palestine

The barbaric treatment of the people of Palestine by the state of Israel is one of the great crimes against humanity. The founding of the state of Israel in 1948 was accompanied by the expulsion Read more »


Covid-19: Science and Struggle in Brazil

Zoom Public meeting: Monday 17th May 1pm in Brazil; 5pm in UK; 6pm in Brussels (with translation) Register here Please join us by Zoom to discuss the Covid crisis in Brazil and Europe. Read more »


The NHS: Fight for it or lose it

Felicity Dowling writes: The NHS is now facing its greatest threat yet in the form of the Government White Paper (soon to become Bill), even as the pandemic is still with us, though slowing. Read more »


Taking our politics forward

Left Unity’s new National Secretary, Doug Thorpe, writes: We are in a dynamic and volatile political period with a number of crises unfolding at the same time. Read more »


Brexit and the burning buses of Belfast – The Endgame for Unionism in Ireland?

Joseph Healy writes: This week in the Irish Times the former Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, who together with Tony Blair orchestrated the signing of the Good Friday Agreement Read more »


Join us to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1971 World Romani Congress: full programme

On 8th April 2021, the World Romani Congress will mark 50 years since the 1971 founding event in London. It was a crucial point in the history of Romani people and is now seen as the beginning of the worldwide Romani emancipation movement. Read more »


Kill the Bill – the new movement strengthens

Andrew Burgin on the growing Kill the Bill protests With the outpouring of rage and anger and sadness around the murder of Sarah Everard, Read more »


Leeds Kill the Bill Protest

Nick Jones from Leeds Left Unity reports on the Kill the Bill march there today Leeds says Kill the Bill Hundreds of protesters converged on Millennium Square Leeds for a peaceful socially distanced protest against Government proposals to restrict the right to protest. A coalition of groups gathered together including disability rights activists, Black Lives […] Read more »


Nurses not Nukes!

Nick Jones writes: Campaigners from Yorkshire CND and Keep Our NHS Public united at a socially distanced protest outside Leeds General Infirmary to highlight their campaign for prioritised spending on the NHS and not Trident nuclear weapons. Read more »


A NIP in the air

Why the new Northern Independence Party could cause problems for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour: Phil Butland writes. Something interesting is happening in the North of England. Read more »



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Saturday 15th February: National March for Palestine

Freedom for Palestine – No to Ethnic Cleansing

Stop Arming Israel

Assemble 12 noon – Whitehall, London

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