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HERE TO STAY!  HERE TO FIGHT! by David Landau The question of immigration will be central to this General Election, whether immigration is talked about directly or indirectly in the debate about Brexit.  Theresa May insists that the election is about Brexit – ‘strengthening my hand in negotiating with the leaders of 27 countries’.  But […] Read more »

Phil Hearse on the results of the recent local and mayoral elections The huge Labour losses in the local council elections are just what the Labour Right was hoping for. Peter Mandelson said as much late last year, when he stated he was hoping for Theresa May to call an early election that would result […] Read more »

Statement by the French Communist Party on the presidential election calling for a vote against Le Pen and unity discussions on the left. The second round of the French presidential election will be a contest between the racist and xenophobic candidate of the far right, Marine Le Pen, and Emmanuel Macron, the candidate selected by […] Read more »

Following the Foreign Secretary’s talk of attacking Syria, Left Unity Principal Speaker, Joseph Healy, said: “At a time when the prospect of nuclear war hangs over North East Asia, Boris Johnson has decided to sound the war drums over Syria. Not only that but he seriously proposes to bypass Parliament with any such decision! Has […] Read more »

Left Unity Disabled Members Caucus Introduction The decision of Theresa May to call a snap General Election for the 8th June 2017 has caught everyone by surprise. The Left Unity Disabled Members Caucus were in the process of using the Spring Conference to launch a discussion on the type of policies we believe are necessary […] Read more »

Disabled people expect more from Labour Introduction The decision of Theresa May to call a snap General Election for the 8th June 2017 has caught everyone by surprise. Members of our Caucus are fully aware of the significance of this General Election for ordinary people but in particular sick and disabled people. In the communities […] Read more »

Ernie Tate’s latest message from America.  The new Trump administration has made NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States, a major issue in its relations with its two neighbours.  Recently, Trump has threatened to tear it up.  With his standard nationalist demagogy, he claims “previous bad trade deals”, […] Read more »

 Steve Jefferys on the second round of the French presidential elections. In France the whole trade union movement has finally showed 99% unanimity in calling workers to vote against Le Pen and the National Front on Sunday May 7. The CGT, Force Ouvriere, Solidaires, the CFDT, FSU and even the Christian CFTC, which only once […] Read more »

The second round in the French presidential election poses a choice between the far right candidate Marine Le Pen, and the new candidate of the neoliberal establishment, Emmanuel Macron. The two parties which have dominated French political life for forty years – the Socialists and the Republicans – have been eliminated in the first round. […] Read more »

So in the end the polls were accurate, writes Dave Kellaway. Official results with 97% votes counted put Macron on 23.86%, Le Pen on 21.43%, Fillon on 19.94%, Melenchon on 19.62%, Hamon on 6.35% and the two revolutionary left candidates, Philippe Poutou (for the NPA, New Anti-Capitalist party) on 1.10% and Nathalie Arthaud (Lutte Ouvriere, […] Read more »