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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 »

On March 1st the Alliance for Free Movement campaign was launched at a meeting in parliament.  Left Unity is a founding member of the campaign. Matt Carr who initiated the One Day Without Us national day of action was one of the speakers and this is his report of the meeting. Last night I spoke […] Read more »

Voting is now open for our internal elections. All Left Unity members can elect new national officers, standing committees and regional representatives to the National Council. Read more »

Left Unity comment on the Copeland and Stoke election results Labour’s Blairite right wing has been waiting for the party under Jeremy Corbyn to lose a by-election and for the first time it has, in Copeland. In fact the resignations of Blairite former MPs Tristram Hunt in Stoke and Jamie Read in Copeland were almost […] Read more »

This is the second 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. As we work to build the movement here against the turn to the right in politics so too are we building stronger links with struggles and movements […] Read more »

Demonstrations against US president Donald Trump’s proposed state visit took place across the UK last night as parliament debated a near 2 million strong petition opposing the visit. The demonstrations were jointly organised with the One Day Without Us movement which sought to highlight the importance of migration and migrant workers. In central London on […] Read more »

MPs have overwhelmingly agreed to let the government begin the UK’s departure from the EU in their final vote on the Brexit bill. The draft legislation was approved by 494 votes to 122, and now moves to the Lords. Labour’s shadow business secretary Clive Lewis quit the front bench rather than follow party orders to […] Read more »