Labour Party and electoral politics
Why Labour should support the Scots’ right to a referendum
By KD Tait Faced with record levels of support for Scottish independence in the run-up to Holyrood elections in May, Labour leader Keir Starmer has resorted to a tried and busted remedy patented by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In a keynote speech on 21 December, Starmer claimed he was offering “a positive alternative to […]
Labour: no responsibility for Johnson’s Brexit!
By KD Tait Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will be voted on by Parliament this week. With an 80-seat majority, the deal is certain to pass. It has already been unanimously backed by the remaining 27 EU member states. The campaign to leave the EU, based on the nationalist myth of reclaiming British ‘sovereignty’ was a […]
Open Letter: We need a united fight against Starmer’s purge
The Labour leadership is attempting to drive the left out of the party. In the past few weeks, over 100 elected branch and constituency officers have been suspended, including 54 on 19 December alone. In November, General Secretary David Evans issued a ban on CLPs discussing his suspension of Jeremy Corbyn. This attack on the […]
Paul Embery: When the dog whistle becomes tedious
Tim Nailsea reviews Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class by Paul Embery
Brexit talks hang in the balance
Deal or no deal, the working class loses.
Motion (TU branches): Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn
A motion for use in trade unions opposing Keir Starmer's suspension of Jeremy Corbyn
Shut down schools and colleges now
We need to prepare to take action.
Bristol West stands with Jeremy Corbyn
Bristol West CLP demands Corbyn is reinstated.
Health vs the economy: what’s the best way out of the pandemic?
For a zero-covid strategy.
Motion (CLPs): Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn
A motion for use in Labour Parties, opposing Keir Starmer's suspension of Jeremy Corbyn
Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn – defiance not compliance!
The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn is an attack against the socialist left which must be opposed
Labour Disconnected: Starmer’s strategy of non-opposition
Resist the return to Blairism.
The unemployed struggles of the 1920s – We will not starve in silence!
HIstory of the National Unemployed Workers Movement.
Bristol Trades Council to protest rising unemployment
Take this motion to your trade union or Labour branch.
Tories block gender recognition reform
A workers’ movement divided by prejudice cannot unite against the system that exploits and oppresses us.
Overseas Operations Bill: Starmer’s march to the right hits double-time
Labour abstains on bill that decriminalises torture.
Socialist Campaign Group rally thousands – but give no direction
A report of the Socialist Campaign Groups rally.
Double bluff or full throttle towards the Brexit precipice?
What happened to the "oven ready" Brexit?
From Allende to Corbyn: lessons in reformism 1970-2020
Lessons from the parliamentary road.
Refugees in the Aegean or the Channel – let them come to Britain!
Fires have destroyed the Moria “camp”.
From hero to zero: how the UK has shown gratitude to their most essential workers during the pandemic
NHS workers campaign for a pay rise.
Jobs for all!
Fight for work or full pay.
Tories could unleash a second wave by reopening schools
For parents', students' and teachers' control of health and safety in our schools.
“Jobs jobs jobs”
Labour’s unemployment policy means handouts for the rich.
Work or full pay!
Ending the furlough scheme threatens many thousands of jobs.
The end of the eviction ban threatens many thousands with homelessness
170,000 private tenants have been threatened with eviction.
United Left Divided
The divide in Unite's dominant faction deepens.
End the senseless slaughter, send aid not warships to migrants in the Channel!
Open the borders to refugees, economic migrants, asylum seekers.
Starmer lays down the law with CLP discussion ban
By Tim Nailsea On 12 August, the Labour Party’s General Secretary, David Evans, sent an email to CLP secretaries banning discussion of ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer’s decision to settle a court case brought by former employees and the journalist John Ware, who had accused the party of slander in its rebuttal of their accusation of antisemitism […]
Where next after Momentum elections?
By Urte March In the recent elections for Momentum’s national leadership, Red Flag stood three candidates as part of the Anticapitalist Platform. Our aim was to put forward an alternative programme: turn to the class struggle as the basis for rebuilding a mass movement capable of organising a socialist solution to the capitalist crises engulfing […]
