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 Mike Wayne argues that with the policy conference for Left Unity looming in March 2014, it is time to start thinking seriously about the centrality of culture for any genuine attempt at large scale social transformation.  Without a move towards democratic participation in culture, the social and economic objectives of a socialist politics that aims […] Read more »

  As Left Unity nears our formal Lift-Off, John Tummon says we need to take full account of the nature of political literacy in 21st century Britain.   As a regular viewer of the BBC-1 Quiz ‘Pointless’, which assesses contestants by how obscure their knowledge is in comparison to 100 people given the same questions […] Read more »

  As we enter the political party conference season, it is clearer than ever that we need a new party of the left to challenge the austerity agenda and fight for an alternative. You can sign up for both on our website. As the attacks continue, the latest onslaught is the privatisation of Royal Mail. In this […] Read more »

At its recent meeting in London, Left Unity’s National Coordinating Group (NCG) has agreed the rates for Founding Membership and also the details of our Founding Conference in November. You have to sign up for Founding Membership in order to participate in the Founding Conference. You can sign up for both on our website Founding […] Read more »

  Join Left Unity at the People’s Assembly This Saturday’s People’s Assembly will be the largest gathering of the left that this country has seen for decades. Thousands of anti-cuts activists, trades unionists and campaigners struggling to defend the welfare state will meet at Westminster Central Hall in London. They will be planning a united […] Read more »

  The EDL and other far-right and fascist groups have been attempting to make political capital out of the brutal murder of an unarmed soldier in Woolwich. But the scale of protests this weekend have shown that we will not allow them to take our streets, as thousands have turned out to say that our […] Read more »

Our first national meeting was a great success. More than 100 supporters of Left Unity – with over 55 of the new local groups represented – came together to discuss first steps towards a new left party. Many spoke of their enthusiasm and hope, of feeling inspired and empowered.     Towards a founding conference […] Read more »

Tomorrow, Saturday, is Left Unity’s first national get-together. Local group representatives from more than 80 towns and cities will come together to take the first important steps towards the national conversations Left Unity needs to have: What do people in local groups think, and what have they been doing locally? What are our politics – or […] Read more »

In a week that has seen the burial of the notorious figurehead of British austerity politics and the debunking of a research paper that has been widely used by politicians to justify the implementation of the current austerity offensive, Left Unity continues to flourish, with local groups coming together across the UK to meet and discuss the way forward. […] Read more »

Welcome to our fourth newsletter. Support for Left Unity continues to grow, amid popular outrage at the scale of spending on Thatcher’s funeral and the failure of the Labour leadership to properly criticise the devastation that her ruthless policies wreaked on our communities. Our website has been a focus for debate on the subject. 8,000 people have now signed the Left Unity appeal and […] Read more »