‘Millions of people are out of work, despondent and extremely disgruntled. They are seeking a credible alternative to Labour and we must forge it for the sake of our children and grandchildren.
‘The collapse of the Labour vote did not come as a surprise to me. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Labour’s popularity has fallen among its traditional voters.
‘After the recent election of the British National Party (BNP) to the European parliament it is imperative that the left unites against the fascists.
‘This is an important opportunity for the left to finally unite around a key battle. Labour’s agenda is now as bankrupt as the economy.
‘I have had a positive reaction to the open letter at work. People are keen to discuss the idea of building a united left electoral alternative and the danger of people seeing the BNP as the voice for working class people if we don’t get our act together.’
With the leadership of the Labour Party likely to come up for grabs, Harriet Harman has attempted to make herself more acceptable to the centre left.
Around 200 people attended the launch of Kafa (Arabic for "enough") in east London on Friday of last week.
The magnificent victory of workers at the Lindsey oil refinery has turned the tables on bosses’ attempts to drive through attacks on construction workers.
The bosses and the media portray every construction strike as being about foreign workers. But this is simply not the case.
As bank bosses, think tanks and politicians of all stripes united this week in arguing for public spending to be slashed, a London doctor said that cuts in the health service are likely to lead to services being slashed – and potentially the loss of life.
Steelmaker Corus announced plans to cut another 2,000 jobs last week – most of them in Britain.
As bosses at private companies across the country attempt to attack pension rights, workers at the Fujitsu Services IT company are setting other groups an example by preparing to fight the cuts – and to defend their pay.
