Labour Party and electoral politics

Labour Party Democracy Review – where to begin?

LABOUR’S DEMOCRACY review, led by Katy Clark, is an important opportunity for members to demand the opening up of the party to greater, meaningful participation from below. We list here some of our recommendations for the review. We have included the call for mandatory re-selection of MPs, even though the review does not explicitly refer […]

Workers Power  ·  01 February 2018

RF No. 17 Editorial: Getting serious about taking power

Labour needs to become a genuine social movement to make an election victory the launchpad for a real struggle for power

Workers Power  ·  30 January 2018

From the ruins of Carillion and PFI, let’s build a real alternative

The collapse of Carillion threatens the whole privatisation and outsourcing swindle, but bolder measures are needed to completely break with the logic of the market. 

Workers Power  ·  16 January 2018

Give class room in Labour’s education policy

JEREMY DEWAR responds to Angela Rayner’s recent comments about white working class boys’ underachievement in school

Workers Power  ·  08 January 2018

Why won’t Labour show solidarity with Iran protests?

The Labour leadership's 'caution' is a cover for ducking its duty of solidarity and giving the Iran regime the benefit of the doubt

Workers Power  ·  08 January 2018

Thousands march to demand justice for Palestine

The absence of Labour leaders and members speaks volumes about the real priorities of the Labour left

Workers Power  ·  05 November 2017

Labour secures pause in Universal Credit rollout

ON 18 OCTOBER, Labour unanimously won a symbolic opposition day vote calling for a pause in the introduction of Universal Credit. The motion was non-binding but the result is a fresh sign of the government’s vulnerability, with Tory mps ordered to abstain from the vote. Earlier that day, facing growing disquiet from her own backbenchers, […]

Workers Power  ·  01 November 2017

Labour claims the new political centre ground

LABOUR’S BRIGHTON conference was a confirmation that, thanks to a general election in which Labour saw a net gain of 31 seats and the Tories lost their overall majority, Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party is now unchallenged. This should not have been surprising in a party where electoral success comes first, second, and third […]

Workers Power  ·  01 November 2017

Internationalism: Labour’s missing link

Labour’s subservience to imperialism is the price it pays for ruling the capitalists' system

Workers Power  ·  29 October 2017

Labour of Love: a marriage of convenience

Audiences will wish a little more love had gone into James Graham's laboured production

Workers Power  ·  25 October 2017

Labour conference rejects vote on Brexit policy

It's not undemocratic to oppose Brexit

Workers Power  ·  20 October 2017

Reinstate Moshé Machover

The noted socialist and Anti-Zionist writer has been purged by the Labour Party

Workers Power  ·  12 October 2017

A Labour Brexit? Definitely maybe

By Peter Main LABOUR’S CALL for a post-Brexit “transition period”, during which the UK would remain in the Single Market, has been presented as a clear-headed alternative to the government’s “constructive ambiguity”. Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer described it as “a credible solution to one of the most important issues facing Britain’s exit from the […]

Workers Power  ·  09 September 2017

Birmingham bin strike: class solidarity trumps party unity

By Bernie McAdam AFTER SEVEN weeks of strike action and an apparent agreement with council chiefs, it seemed sense had prevailed; Birmingham’s Grade Three bin workers would not be sacked and a suspended union rep would be reinstated. Instead the Labour run council has completely gone back on its word and issued redundancy notices to […]

Workers Power  ·  06 September 2017

Support the Labour Campaign for Free Movement

THE UK is at a crossroads in its relationship to the rest of the world, and so is our party. Immigrants and free movement are being scapegoated by a political and economic elite that is subjecting ordinary people to cuts and austerity. During the greatest refugee crisis in recent years, the Tories have responded with […]

Workers Power  ·  01 September 2017

Red Flag No. 15 Editorial – September 2017

By KD Tait LABOUR have been consistently ahead of the Tories in the polls since the summer. This Autumn is a chance for the whole labour movement to take the offensive against a Tory government that has no plan except fighting amongst themselves over Brexit. But although Theresa May is a lame duck prime minister, […]

Workers Power  ·  01 September 2017

A tale of two manifestos

Simon Hannah compares Tony Benn’s 1983 and Jeremy Corbyn’s 2017 contributions

Workers Power  ·  21 June 2017

Making Labour’s National Education Service fit for purpose

THE UNDERFUNDING of childcare programmes, the privatisation of secondary education

Workers Power  ·  21 June 2017

Bittersweet victory?

L.A., from South London explains how members took their confidence into winning campaigns in marginal seats

Workers Power  ·  21 June 2017

Red Kensington beats Tories

A Kensington CLP member explains how victory has been tempered by catastrophe of Grenfell Tower fire

Workers Power  ·  21 June 2017

Labour surge hangs Tories out to dry

A massive turnout of young and working class voters has inflicted a shock defeat on the Tories

Workers Power  ·  09 June 2017

Corbyn says ‘War on Terror’ has failed

In the week or so between the leaking of Labour’s Manifesto and the Manchester terrorist attack, Labour began to close the gap in the opinion polls.

Workers Power  ·  30 May 2017

For the many: a manifesto worth fighting for?

LABOUR’S 2017 MANIFESTO has been heralded as the most left wing manifesto since 1983.

Workers Power  ·  20 May 2017

Labour 2017: A manifesto worth fighting for

Labour’s 2017 manifesto has been heralded as the most left wing manifesto since 1983.

Workers Power  ·  16 May 2017

8 June – Labour Must Turn Left to Spike May’s Plans

Labour can stop a big Tory win if it fights with a bold left-wing message, pledging to tax the wealthy to rebuild our public services and communities

Workers Power  ·  19 April 2017

Tom Watson and Bomber Benn back Trump’s militarism

Tom Watson and Hilary Benn have taken advantage of Trump’s missile attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase to launch their own attack on Jeremy Corbyn. This is the latest salvo in their war of attrition which they intend to wage until they finally remove him as the Leader of the Labour Party. Tom Watson, Deputy Leader […]

Workers Power  ·  10 April 2017

Grassroots Momentum conference should call for a broad, democratic organisation of the Labour Left

THE GRASSROOTS Momentum conference in London should be a chance to rally Labour members and supporters around a fighting strategy to push for democracy and socialist policy in the movement. The conference is the first chance Momentum’s members have ever had to meet up nationally. It is also the first national meeting of grassroots activists […]

Workers Power  ·  11 March 2017

Labour Right orchestrate by-election defeats

As epected and intended, the Copeland and Stoke by-elections were severe setbacks for Labour and for Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Whatever the particular reasons for the defeat in the two seats, the campaign and the result shows that an army of activists is no use if you haven’t got a clear altnernative. That Labour, not the […]

Workers Power  ·  01 March 2017

Labour’s immigration policy: from tragedy to farce

The lack of imagination at the top of the Labour Party was on display for all to see last week. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday 12 February, Deputy Party Leader Tom Watson announced that Labour was considering a regional immigration policy: “I think you can actually say London requires more liberal […]

Workers Power  ·  20 February 2017

Free movement: a self-inflicted wound that will fester unless we act

JEREMY CORBYN kicked off 2017 by announcing that Labour was not committed “in principle” to defending freedom of movement for workers within the European Union. This major retreat represents an attempt to reposition Labour as a pro-Brexit party, despite the fact that 65 per cent of Labour voters and an overwhelming majority of members oppose […]

KD Tait  ·  18 January 2017

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