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Andrew Burgin argues for a ‘Remain’ vote in the forthcoming referendum. On June 23rd the British people will vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union. The European project is facing the most profound crisis in its history driven by the subordination of the European Union not to the needs of its […] Read more »

Steve Jefferys reports from France Where do Europe’s fascist-origin, populist and nationalist political parties stand on Brexit? Jumping for joy! They are lapping up the forward march of Leave in UK opinion polls. Until now they thought Cameron’s blatant electioneering manoeuvre to win voters away from UKIP was just that. The UK was certain to […] Read more »

Cameron has tried – but failed – to distance himself from the Panama papers, says Left Unity Principal Speaker, Felicity Dowling. The recent revelations and admissions show that he has dissembled the sources of his wealth. He has profited from offshore banking, inheritance tax management and the tax avoidance schemes that are the preserve of […] Read more »

Fred Leplat on the People’s Assembly demo next Saturday. The Tories are facing their biggest crisis yet. The revelation of David Cameron’s stake in his father’s off shore tax haven, proves that this is a government for the privileged few, not for the majority. This shows beyond all doubt that Cameron is divorced from the […] Read more »

Junior Doctors in England are taking strike action again today for the fourth time. On many picket lines they were joined by teachers who are preparing their own action to defend education and by patients showing solidarity with the action of the doctors. Simon Pirani reports from the picket line at Queen Elizabeth hospital. Junior […] Read more »

  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 »