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Around 3,500 people marched through Leeds this weekend in a lively and vibrant Yorkshire regional demonstration to fund our NHS, writes Marc Renwick from Leeds Left Unity. Banners and placards from trade unions, political groups and community organisations filled the streets of the city centre in a call to the government to stop the underfunding […] Read more »

The racist and xenophobic Leave campaign, together with the election of right-wing demagogue Donald Trump in the US, are part of a dangerous turn to the right in world politics. Since the referendum, one third of black and Asian people in this country have experienced some form of racism. EU citizens are being used as […] Read more »

The following were elected as officers, national council and committee members as listed below. Where there were insufficient candidates or insufficient women candidates elected, nominations will be re-opened shortly. Principal Speakers: Sharon McCourt, Joseph Healy and Nick Jones National Secretary: Felicity Dowling Treasurer: Alice Kilroy Nominating Officer: Chris Hurley Membership and Communications Officer: Andrew Burgin […] Read more »

Joseph Healy writes Left Unity mourns the loss of the Irish republican leader Martin McGuinness and we convey our condolences to his family and to his colleagues in Sinn Fein and the nationalist community in northern Ireland. He dedicated his life to ending the colonial status of northern Ireland and the brutality of British rule, […] Read more »

This is the third of Ernie Tate’s letters to Left Unity detailing and analysing the struggles against Trump as they emerge on the other side of the pond. Ernie is a lifelong revolutionary who emigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland as a young man. He was one of the most important activists of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign […] Read more »

Left Unity will call for a ‘yes’ vote if a second independence referendum in Scotland goes ahead. Next week the Scottish Parliament, with its SNP-Green majority, will sanction the call by Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon for a second referendum, triggered by the passage through the Commons of the government’s Brexit Bill. However it […] Read more »

RISE (http://www.rise.scot/) stands for Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism. Many of the long term members of RISE are also active in R.I.C. (https://radical.scot/ ) The conference was open to all members, who travelled to Glasgow from all over Scotland. Steve Freeman travelled from England and is a member of both LU and RISE; Julie Morrow […] Read more »

Following Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget today, Left Unity Principal Speaker Felicity Dowling said: “There was arrogance and impunity from the Conservative government in today’s Budget as they continue to rob public services, to penalise the poorest and to dismiss the need for increased wages. With austerity set to continue until 2025, there is not enough […] Read more »

In the wake of the intensifying war against women internationally and the growing resistance to it by women worldwide, there is a call for an international women’s strike on International Women’s Day. March 8. Inspired by the women’s strikes first in Iceland and then in Poland last autumn in response to the attempts to criminalise […] Read more »

In a watershed election outcome in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein’s support has significantly increased, taking 27 seats and breaking the unionist majority for the first time. Left Unity Principal Speaker Joseph Healy said: “With all of the results declared in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections, it looks as if political tectonic plates have shifted. Almost […] Read more »