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  Last month Syriza, a coalition of radical left parties in Greece, formed itself into a unitary party and held its first congress as such. This is the political resolution from the congress. 1.      The Conference of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is a continuity and a breakthrough in its course, which started […] Read more »

Andy Smith from Leeds Left Unity gives a report of their latest public meeting Kate Hudson spoke at the second Leeds Left Unity public meeting last Wednesaday. Again there were many new faces with around 28 people in attendance. The discussion section was started off with an appeal from the Leeds Pathology labs strike, where […] Read more »

These minutes, along with all other documentation published by Left Unity, can be downloaded in PDF format from the Documentation section of the website, at http://leftunity.org/documentation Left Unity National Co-ordinating Group Draft minutes of meeting held on 27 July 2013 in London Attendance: Delegates: JS (Barnet); SM (Birmingham LU); BW (Birmingham CATC LU); CP (Brighton LU); […] Read more »

Sharon McCourt from Left Unity’s National Co-ordinating Group reports on the recent meeting between Left Unity and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, with additional thoughts from Bianca Todd. As agreed by Left Unity’s National Coordinating Group (NCG) in June, four of us went along from Left Unity to meet with delegates from TUSC. Left […] Read more »

Draft statement for consideration from the Reclaim the Net conference organised by the Dei Lenk (Left Party) of Luxembourg with the participation of members or supporters of Parti de Gauche (France), Die Linke (Germany) and Left Unity (Britain). 28th/29th June 2013 Conference supported by the European Left Group in the European Parliament. Introductory note This […] Read more »

Dave Kellaway reports on a recent conference he attended as a contributor and Left Unity supporter. Seven rather austere-looking middle aged men looked down on us as we discussed the way the Internet was raising new issues for the left. They were the former presidents of the transport union in Luxembourg. These men were brought […] Read more »

Helena Sheehan is professor emerita at Dublin City University and long time left activist. This is a sequel to To the crucible: An Irish Engagement with the Greek Crisis and the Greek Left published on the 21st of January, 2013. The Dominant Narrative “Things have gone very quiet in Greece, haven’t they?” So many people said […] Read more »

A letter from Edward Snowden’s father and his lawyer, Bruce Fein, to President Obama: Bruce Fein & Associates, Inc. 722 12th Street, N.W., 4th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: 703-963-4968 July 26, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Re: Civil Disobedience, Edward J. Snowden, and the Constitution […] Read more »

Micheline Mason is one of the Left Unity organiserd for Wandsworth. Here is her petition against the privatisation of education. Dear All, It was good to see you at the National Coordinating group meeting on Saturday. Hard work, but building the foundations of new houses is always worth the effort. Here is the link to […] Read more »

Pedro Filipe Soares is a Left Bloc MP in the Portuguese parliament. Soares attend the first congress of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) from July 10-14. Syriza, a coalition of left groups, decided to become a new political party after it came close to winning elections on an anti-austerity platform last year. The […] Read more »