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Phil Hearse, 25 June 2016 Massive amounts of comment and analysis are emerging from the political Left and the left-of-centre commentariat. Some is sensible, some is full of half-truths and some is just fantasy. Let’s start with the fantasy wing of this debate. “A victory against austerity and neoliberalism” was the first response on the […] Read more »

On Sunday Spain goes to the polls – its second attempt to elect a government in six months. The prospects for the left are hugely increased by a newly united campaign from Izquierda Unida (United Left) and Podemos – together forming Unidos Podemos. Left Unity wishes them every success. Maite Mola, from the Izquierda Unida […] Read more »

  Andrew Burgin makes a final appeal for a Remain vote. We must build a real political and socialist union across Europe. The British referendum campaign on EU membership is entering its final days.  As I write this the opinion polls are signalling an advantage for Leave but the result will be close either way. […] Read more »

As the British referendum campaign on EU membership enters its final days, the tension and anger is palpable. Traditional fault lines in politics are breaking down as the divisions over Remain or Leave cross and re-cross through parties and movements where typically in a general election period sympathies would be predictable and tolerated. This referendum […] Read more »

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There is a race to the bottom in the terms and conditions of the lowest paid, the most exploited workers. Bad contracts, poor and unsafe working conditions, and poverty pay are found in many sectors. But it’s about employers driving down working class living standards and taking advantage of the workforce to increase their own […] Read more »

Left Unity stands in solidarity with the LGBT community and rejects all attempts to use this terrible massacre to increase Islamophobia. Principal Speaker Joseph Healy said: “As Principal Speaker of Left Unity and as a gay man I condemn and deplore the mass murder of LGBT people in Orlando. This is the worst incident of […] Read more »

Serious criticisms can be levelled against the EU, particularly its austerity and cuts agenda – but those same policies would be implemented by our government anyway. The fact is we still have a range of rights from our EU membership: the right to free movement – to live, work and retire across Europe; and social […] Read more »

The recent shocking revelations about BHS and Sports Direct demonstrate without a doubt that corruption and bullying are part and parcel of the business culture and the experience of going to work in Britain today. Left Unity calls on the TUC urgently to step up its campaign for the unionisation of agency staff and all those […] Read more »

  Marga Ferre reports from Spain New elections on 26 June raise hopes for an unprecedented political scenario: As Podemos and Izquierda Unida (IU) have reached an agreement, this is the only coalition that could overturn the situation created by the 20 December election. All the polls currently attribute this coalition about 24% of votes […] Read more »