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Stoke-on-Trent councillor Duncan Walker: why I left Labour and joined Left Unity

Duncan Walker writes… Read more »


Felicity Dowling: candidate for Ellesmere Port & Neston

Felicity Dowling, principal speaker for Left Unity, will stand as a candidate in the coming general election in Ellesmere Port and Neston. Read more »


Report from solidarity centres in Athens

by Liam Cooper, Lambeth Left Unity Read more »


Nick Wrack: A socialist candidate in Camberwell & Peckham

Left Unity founding member Nick Wrack has been selected to stand as the joint socialist candidate in Camberwell and Peckham for both Left Unity (LU) and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC). Nick is standing against the austerity policies that are supported by the other parties. He is one of more than 100 socialist […] Read more »


The socialist history of International Women’s Day

by Peg Rapp and Susan Pashkoff Read more »


Edmund Potts for Exeter

Members of Left Unity and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition have selected Edmund Potts to represent them in Exeter in the upcoming general election in May. Ed, 22, lives in the Polsloe area of Exeter and works in Newton Abbot. The need for a representative that can stand up for local services has become […] Read more »


Left Unity internal elections: call for nominations, deadline 26 Feb

Left Unity’s internal elections need to take place by the end of March. We need to elect our national officers and other members of the national council by then as well as the Disputes and Appeals Committee and Standing Orders Committee This letter is to ask whether you would be interested in standing for any […] Read more »


Simon Hardy, Left Unity candidate for Vauxhall

Simon Hardy will be standing as Left Unity’s candidate in Vauxhall in the General Election. Read more »


Islamophobia and the war on terror: meeting report

Rachel Godfrey Wood reports. Read more »


Key criteria for general election candidates

Left Unity has publicly pledged not to clash with other anti-austerity candidates in the general election. For clarity, this is the relevant part of our policy on General Election Strategy passed by the September 2014 National Council. a) Standing Left Unity candidates in the General Election – key criteria • We should identify key constituencies […] Read more »



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