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Left Unity stands in complete solidarity with the students at Birmingham University whose only ‘crime’ has been to defend education. Re-instate Simon and Kelly! Dear comrades, We are writing on behalf of Defend Education Birmingham calling for solidarity with our comrades Simon Furse and Kelly Rogers who have both been suspended from our university following […] Read more »

Len Arthur has just resigned from the Labour Party and joined Left Unity. His resignation letter below makes his reasons clear Sunday, January 26, 2014 Labour Party resignation letter – joining Left Unity. Dear Mathew Direct Debit payment With reference to your letter to me date December 6th 2013. I’m afraid I have decided to […] Read more »

Andrew Burgin reports on the moves to found a European Eco-Socialist network The increasing ecological crisis and impending environmental catastrophe that we all face, is leading more on the left to recognise that we have to be both red and green in our politics – we have to be ecosocialist. One without the other is […] Read more »

This article is written by Left Unity member at the University of Birmingham, who is currently in the occupation but who has chosen to remain anonymous to avoid disciplinary action from the University.  Last term hundreds of students undertook a massive eight day occupation of the University of Birmingham Senate Chamber with a list of […] Read more »

Oliver New, a leading member of the RMT rail union and a member of  West London Left Unity, outlines the work the new Hands off London Transport campaign and the union’s plans to oppose job cuts. RMT and TSSA tube workers are squaring up to London Mayor Boris Johnson over his plan to cut 950 […] Read more »

Glasgow University students have a long and proud tradition of electing student rectors to represent their political views – from Albert Lutuli to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and, in 2005, the Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu. The campaign to elect Edward Snowden is set firmly in that tradition. Once every three years we, as Glasgow University students, have […] Read more »

From RT: Afshin Rattansi goes underground on the new parties developing left of Labour. Award-winning film director and member of Left Unity Ken Loach says the democratic process in the UK is not functioning — as no one speaks for the vast majority of people. Islamophobia is on the rise — but who’s to blame […] Read more »

Playwright and campaigner David Wilson pays tribute to the life of Roger Lloyd-Pack who died yesterday. Roger was a committed socialist, a supporter of Left Unity and was also a founding signatory of the People’s Assembly movement set up last year. Best known for his role as ‘Trigger’ in ‘Only Fools and Horses’, Roger Lloyd-Pack […] Read more »

Perhaps the correct question is not How can Labour do better? – but simply Can Labour do better? Micheline Mason spoke to Vice Magazine recently for an article, How Can Labour Do Better In 2014? . Micheline Mason, a 63-year-old disabled pensioner, recently left the party in order to help with Left Unity, a Ken […] Read more »

RT Great Fire Sale: EU auctions ‘family silver’ as debt mounts Salman Shaheen on RT. Read more »