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  Phil Hearse examines the corrupt state of capitalism   The Panama Papers’ revelations about the rich and powerful hiding untold billions in ‘offshore’ tax havens may be shocking, but it’s hardly a surprise to anyone who knows the first thing about the way that big business works. We are living through a blitzstorm of […] Read more »

Stuart King reports from the occupation of the Carnegie Library in Lambeth which faced imminent closure by the local council. Lambeth council had planned to lock the doors of Carnegie Library to the public at 6.00.pm on Thursday night. Instead library users refused to leave and vowed to keep the library in the hands of […] Read more »

Inbar Tamari reports from NUT conference In the last two days of conference the union debates and reached important decisions regarding funding education and implementing policies in and out of the union. Inclusion and funding Conference noted how changes in government led to inclusion from being the norm for educating learners with special educational needs […] Read more »

A statement from Left Unity in Wales on the steel crisis. The crisis in steel is not being produced by any one country but is another outcome of the failure of capitalism to pull out of the financial crisis of 2007-08, as is the wider collapse in the price of commodities. Workers in no country […] Read more »

National Secretary: Kate Hudson is elected.. Principal Speakers Female: Felicity Dowling and Sharon Mc Court are elected. Principal Speakers male: Steve Hall and Joseph Healy are elected. Media Officer: Bianca Todd is elected. Nominating Officer: Terry Conway is elected. Trade Union Officer: Oliver New is elected. Treasurer: Alice Kilroy is elected. Membership and Communication officer: […] Read more »

Jon Duveen from Cambridgeshire NUT reports on Jeremy Corbyn’s speech at the first day of the NUT  conference Usually the Friday afternoon session of NUT Conference is a sedate affair where we go through installing the new president and some ‘general housekeeping’ issues. However this year it was very different. Conference rose to applaud the […] Read more »

By Sarah Parker and Phil Hearse On March 21 hundreds of thousands of Kurdish people in Diyarbakir, unofficial capital of Turkish Kurdistan, flocked to celebrations of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year. The celebrations this year had a more than usual political angle – not just a celebration of Kurdish identity but a demonstration of opposition […] Read more »

 Walter Baier reports on the Conferences in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Brussels and Athens The neoliberal model has failed. In order to counteract the current destructive tendencies of Europe’s governing elite, various conferences and meetings have been organised by forces of the Left in order to find a common strategy. These events are taking place all […] Read more »

Pete Green looks at the budget Jeremy Corbyn got it right in his response to Osborne’s budget last Wednesday: “This budget has unfairness at its very core, paid for by those who can least afford it” For once this message appears to be cutting through the media hype and reaching the majority of voters who […] Read more »

Felicity Dowling, Left Unity principal speaker, opens a debate on the forthcoming referendum The referendum on membership of the European Union is making many people think very seriously, not only about this political decision but also of its after effects. Many, especially women, are undecided. Following the party line will not work as political parties […] Read more »