Anyone involved in the Labour movement can see first hand that the momentum of the Jeremy Corbyn campaign is continuing to transform our political environment. Many of us are still trying to get our heads round the new situation. Socialists like myself, or the Socialist Party who haven’t signed up continue to feel the magnetic…
Grauniad – 5th October 2015 “This has been the most ridiculous protest I’ve ever witnessed” said Chief Superintendent Bacon, describing the mayhem of yesterday’s Peoples Assembly Protest at Conservative Party Conference. They had promised to “Shut Down” Tory Conference, which thankfully they failed to do. However, their other hope was to “Laugh Them Out Of Town“, and…
Five arguments for joining Labour. Five arguments for staying outside Labour As thousands have joined the Labour Party since Corbyn’s stunning success in the leadership race, there are many thousands more who have yet to make up their mind. I’m one of them, and I thought I’d try and give the arguments for and against…
With Corbyn now leading the Labour Party, socialists, ant-capitalists, anti-austerity campaigners and environmental activists urgently need to answer the following questions 1 Is the Labour Party still just a bosses party? Over the last 25 years, more and more socialists have concluded that Labour is no different from the Tory Party. Given that…
“Its against the law to ban us from voting” declared one supporter. “The Sale of Goods Act, 1979, clearly says purchases of goods must be “fit for purpose”. Labour says “Registered Supporters will also have an individual vote at future Labour Party leadership elections“. They have denied us this so we want our money back!” Said Aaron…
#thisisacoup sums up the disgust millions around the world feel after the spectacle of EU politicians yet again robbing ordinary Greek people to line the pockets of their banker mates. I’m sure I wasn’t the only socialist who, after not being sure how they’d vote in the coming UK referendum on EU membership, decided to…
The biscuit industry were the only ones cheering as the Electoral Court examined evidence of fraud in the 2015 General Election in light of April’s judgement on Luftur Rahman, former mayor of Tower Hamlets. With the spirit of the Tower Hamlets judgement applied to all elections in May 2015, most MPs, including the Prime Minister…
Who thinks that sixth formers in Bristol are any different from most young people in Britain? Nobody I hope, unless there’s something I don’t know about scrumpy’s special ingredients.So why were they able to mobilise 3,000 people in a few days to protest about the actions of a newly elected government? I think it’s because they’re…
It was 11pm of 25th January 2015. By chance I was watching The Wire’s most amazing TV election for the first time After it finished I was back to the real world for an even more crucial election result. In Greece, we had won! Later I turned to facebook and left websites where my fellow British Leftists had…
Last week, Unison members and others witnessed the bizarre spectacle of Brighton and Hove councillors declaring their love for all the communities of Brighton and Hove, before voting to slash services for all communities. To be fair, they were only following orders from Central Government… And to be fair, some wanted to cut some communities…
Facing Reality 