Left Unity affiliates with Your Party

Left Unity is pleased to announce that we have reached an affiliation agreement with Your Party which establishes a framework for political cooperation between our two parties. Left Unity has supported this important left political initiative and been involved in the work to create Your Party since the start. Our members will continue to work to build Your Party locally, nationally and in campaigns.

Left Unity was founded in 2013, following a call from Ken Loach, as austerity was first biting and as opposition grew across Europe and in Britain. We will remain an independent political party with our own programme: ecosocialist, anti-capitalist, feminist, internationalist, anti-racist, anti-fascist, and in opposition to all forms of discrimination. We prioritise our international work, with a strong anti-war, anti-nuclear and anti-imperialist position, and are proud to be a member party of the European Left Party. We consider that our policies are compatible with those of Your Party, and we value the interaction and opportunities for analysis, discussion and action that this cooperation will bring.

This is a time of huge challenges and great opportunities; the youth mobilisations across Europe and beyond are inspirational, as we see setbacks for the far right globally, and real opposition to the tiny number of people who hold and control the world’s wealth and, with it, the media and politics. Alternatives and solutions are there, but those in power will not relinquish that power willingly. It will require widespread organisation and campaigning in the workplace and in communities to build the forces capable of overturning these threats.

Our aim is to work with Your Party to build a mass working-class movement, a democratic movement, an internationalist movement, determined to end the chaos, poverty, war and climate degradation of capitalism. We look forward to positive cooperation: together, we will be stronger.