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Left Unity congratulates Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party on an outstanding election result and calls on Theresa May to stand down. This has been a remarkable, policy-oriented election campaign which has shifted the political narrative in Britain. Significant numbers – including amongst young people – have rejected Tory policies based on fear, intolerance, stoking […] Read more »

Steve Freeman and Julie Morrow write: The general election is an opportunity for the working class in Scotland to build a stronger and more militant opposition to Tory Brexit and all anti-working class austerity policies whether from Tory or SNP governments. It is an opportunity to organise a stronger democratic movement against the Union, including […] Read more »

Name: Vera Arthur Standing for Disputes Committee: Nominated by Len Arthur Statement: I know this can be a difficult task but as a rank and file member of Left Unity since the beginning and not being involved in any leadership role, I hope this provides me with a reasonably independent starting position. For me socialism […] Read more »

Felicity Dowling draws parallels with the US health system and argues that defence of the NHS is a crucial reason to vote Labour. The National Health Service, founded in the aftermath of an unprecedented war and the 1945 Labour victory, is a truly valued institution. It was founded to be free at the point of […] Read more »

Left Unity condemns the brutal and criminal terrorist attack on London last night. We send our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those so tragically lost, and our love and solidarity to those injured and in distress. The Prime Minister says that things cannot continue as they are, that things need to change, […] Read more »

On Wednesday, the Dail (the Irish parliament) passed a bill banning onshore fracking in the Irish Republic. Ireland now joins three other EU states in banning fracking and the environmental risks associated with it, as well as its impact on climate change. By contrast, President Trump, the so-called ‘Leader of the Free World’ has just […] Read more »

Dave Landau analyses Labour policy One of the most important acid tests for socialists is our attitude towards immigration.  This is generally so but in this election, pivoting as it does on Brexit and Freedom of Movement, crucially so.  Jeremy Corbyn and the progressive forces around him have a good track record on this question, […] Read more »

  Ernie Tate’s latest letter from North America The campaign has begun in Canada’s New Democratic Party to replace Tom Mulcair as leader, after the party’s disastrous performance in the 2015 Federal election, the results of which induced a major crisis in the party, from which it has yet to recover.  In 2011 under its […] Read more »

Left Unity condemns the horrific attack in Manchester and sends deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those who died and to all those injured and affected by the attack. We pay tribute to the people of Manchester for their dignified and compassionate response. Their determination to stand together as a community, in all […] Read more »

Left Unity calls for compassion and generosity for the Gay men wishing to flee persecution and abuse in Chechnya. Left Unity is appalled at the apparent decision of the United States government to deny VISAs for roughly forty Gay men wishing to flee the severe and horrific abuse and persecution Gay men are experiencing in […] Read more »