After the local elections, Starmer's Labour looks set to enter government. With the parliamentary left defeated we must organise to force workers' demands onto their agenda
By Alex Rutherford WITH A new winter of discontent, rising prices, a growing strike wave and scandals ranging from tax penalties to kidnapped child refugees, it is no wonder that many commentators are predicting that Rishi Sunak’s career as Prime Minister may be a short one. From the perspective of the working class, the shorter […]
Members should boycott this fraudulent selection.
Labour’s lead has narrowed to just four points.
Four of the five candidates of the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance were elected to the NEC.
Dave Stocking Radical Lambeth: 1978-1991 by Simon Hannah
Boris Johnson's government suffered two significant by-election defeats on 23 June.
By Urte March VOTING IS open until 6 July in the Momentum leadership elections, with two slates—Your Momentum and Momentum Organisers—competing in a lifeless re-run of the 2020 contest. Your Momentum is a rebrand of the incumbent Forward Momentum grouping orienting itself towards social movements and community campaigns, while Momentum Organisers emphasises the need to […]
It will be up to the rank and file to lead the resistance.
Labour’s NEC has voted to proscribe three leftwing organisations.
Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has won a court case in defence of his plans to bring the city’s buses back into public control
Coventry’s refuse drivers have voted 94% in favour of continuing their strike as Coventry Labour councillors are suspended from Unite.
Strike-breaking by Coventry's Labour council has raised the question of affiliation once again
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The Tory crisis won't last forever.
The ongoing witch-hunt against socialists and pro-Palestinian activists within the Labour Party has jumped up another gear.
Palestinians and their supporters in Britain are facing a new offensive following Tzipi Hotovely's visit to the London School of Economics.
Urte March reviews Corbynism: What Went Wrong by Martin Thomas (AWL)
By Tim Nailsea BRITAIN’S ECONOMIC growth has almost stalled because of shortages of labour in parts of industry and of material inputs, due to disruptions in the supply chain, coupled with the effects of Brexit. GDP grew by 0.4% in August but is still 0.8% below where it was in February 2020, before the country […]
Editorial October 2021, No. 387
Political bulletin for 26 September 2021