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Salman Shaheen writes… The Tory austerity drive – bound up as it is in the barefaced lie that Britain was brought low in 2008 by benefit scroungers and not reckless bankers – was never about fixing the economy, it is about shrinking the state. As such, it was hardly surprising to see Cameron’s Etonian class […] Read more »

The livestream of our 29 March 2014 conference has now finished. Click here for the recorded video of the whole conference. Read more »

Michael Roberts examines  the budget and its real purpose The British government’s annual budget for the fiscal year beginning in April 2014 was a budget for potential UKIP voters.  The UK Independence party is riding high in the polls and likely to take huge votes away from the main parties in the upcoming Euro elections […] Read more »

“The news of Bob Crow’s death is devastating to all those who knew him, and millions who didn’t. He was a warrior for the working class. He was a man of substance and principle, deeply rooted in the values that underpin the trade union movement. Attacked by the right wing media, he never wavered, always […] Read more »

by Karen Michael, Norwich Left Unity I recently quit the Labour Party. I live in Norfolk. I left shortly after Labour assumed overall control of the Norfolk County Council. I have joined Left Unity. I was committed to the Labour Party: I had put myself forward to be a prospective Labour parliamentarian for the Norwich […] Read more »

Bianca Todd, one of Left Unity’s principal speakers, has written this piece in the Guardian today about the Labour party special conference held this weekend. Please go to the comments section and participate in the discussion. From an early age, my grandfather instilled in me one key value: never, ever forget your roots. My grandad […] Read more »

by Leigh Harris from Left Unity South Lincolnshire The Coalition Of Resistance recently brought back to the forefront of people’s minds the very real situation of privatisation within the Police Service, specifically Lincolnshire Police Service, by posting a photograph of a G4S staff shoulder badge embroidered with the County’s Service name; a simple image that […] Read more »

Richard Morris writes ‘I officially joined Left Unity last night and resigned from the Labour Party. Here’s my letter of resignation explaining why’ Dear Roger, I am writing to inform you that I have resigned as a member of the Labour Party. I am sad that I no-longer feel that the party supports the needs […] Read more »

Stephen Hall from Wigan Left Unity outlines the case against fracking This is a critical time for Britain. Faced with the growing threat of climate change, which many believe is behind the unprecedented floods and the freak weather conditions most of us have experienced in recent years, the Government is hellbent on promoting fracking, a […] Read more »

Left Unity congratulates Snowden on rector win Left Unity congratulates NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on being elected rector of Glasgow University. Members of the Left Unity party at the university have been part of the campaign to win Snowden the post. Bianca Todd, one of Left Unity’s principal speakers, said, “This is a great victory […] Read more »