Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn launches the Peace and Justice project in December, 2020. (Photo, Peace and Justice Project)
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Will a new left party challenge Keir Starmer?

Could Corbyn create new left party?
14 January 2022
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Keir Starmer ousts left completely

Starmer wants to cut out the left for good
30 November 2021
Labour right crows as conference votes to give MPs more power
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Labour right crows as conference votes to give MPs more power

MPs will now be able to stop a left wing candidate ever standing for the party leadership again.
27 September 2021
Labour left debates way forward as it faces losing battle at conference
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Labour left debates way forward as it faces losing battle at conference

In the first of our reports from Labour Party conference in Brighton, Nick Clark looks at where next for the left
25 September 2021
Starmer’s ‘vision’—warmed up Blairism and empty waffle
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Starmer’s ‘vision’—warmed up Blairism and empty waffle

Instead of being named The Road Ahead, Starmer's essay should have been called The Road Backwards.
23 September 2021
Filmmaker Ken Loach booted out of Labour
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Filmmaker Ken Loach booted out of Labour

Another principled left winger purged from the Labour Party means the ‘stay and fight’ strategy is even less credible, argues Nick Clark.
17 August 2021
Loss of support is down to the Labour Party’s own failings, not Muslims
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Keir Starmer is ‘determined’ to pull Labour further right

Labour leader Keir Starmer has said one of his most important jobs is “rebuilding the relationship between the Labour Party and business.”
10 August 2021
What’s behind the downfall of social democracy?
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What’s behind the downfall of social democracy?

Following Labour’s poor showing in recent by-elections Nick Clark explores the pattern of declining support for social democratic parties across Europe.
02 July 2021
Keir Starmer drives people away from Labour
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Keir Starmer drives people away from Labour

There was more evidence this week that Keir Starmer is both alienating and repulsing sections of people who previously supported Labour.
15 June 2021
Labour woos the bosses and maps out a path to the right
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Labour woos the bosses and maps out a path to the right

A series of speeches by leading Labour figures have mapped out a further shift right, says Nick Clark
19 January 2021
Sir Starmer plots a new shift to the right for Labour
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Sir Starmer plots a new shift to the right for Labour

Keir Starmer wants Labour to be ‘patriotic’, pander to racism and support cuts, writes Nick Clark
14 December 2020
You can’t rely on courts to beat the Labour right
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You can’t rely on courts to beat the Labour right

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn are avoiding a political fight with the leadership, writes Nick Clark
07 December 2020
Labour leadership ramps up attacks on left
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Labour leadership ramps up attacks on left

Labour’s leaders have threatened to purge “thousands and thousands” of their own members from the party in a campaign to smash the left.
03 December 2020
Keir Starmer is still on the attack 
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Keir Starmer is still on the attack 

Labour party leader Keir Starmer is holding Jeremy Corbyn to ransom as part of an all-out assault on the left in the party.
23 November 2020
SWP open letter to socialists in the Labour Party
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SWP open letter to socialists in the Labour Party

The Socialist Workers Party has issued an open letter to socialists in the Labour Party.
23 November 2020
Corbyn’s return to the Labour Party based on concessions to the right
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Corbyn’s return to the Labour Party based on concessions to the right

Jeremy Corbyn has been readmitted to the Labour Party after making another concession to right wing efforts to silence criticism of Israel.
17 November 2020
Activists speak out—the left’s hope lies outside Labour
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Activists speak out—the left’s hope lies outside Labour

Keir Starmer’s suspension of Jeremy Corbyn and the war on the left has sparked arguments about whether the Labour Party is really a vehicle for change. Here members—and some of those who have left in response to the attacks—tell Nick Clark how the witch hunt has changed the party
08 November 2020
LETTERS—Time to tear down the jails
Letters

LETTERS—Time to tear down the jails

One of my young family members was in prison a while ago. During our visit we were treated like prisoners ourselves—made to wait endlessly in the shabby, dirty facilities.
06 November 2020
Debates and divisions in unions and the left on how to respond to the attacks in Labour
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Debates and divisions in unions and the left on how to respond to the attacks in Labour

Two online rallies revealed debates on how the left should respond to the right’s assault.
02 November 2020
Keir Starmer’s suspension of Jeremy Corbyn means war on the left
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Keir Starmer’s suspension of Jeremy Corbyn means war on the left

There is now no doubt that Labour leader Keir Starmer is determined to drive the left out of the party—or force it into ­humiliated submission.
02 November 2020
It’s time to leave Labour
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It’s time to leave Labour

Keir Starmer’s assault on the left shows that Labour is a trap for socialists. It’s time to leave and fight for real change argues Charlie Kimber, editor of Socialist Worker
01 November 2020
Keir Starmer uses antisemitism report to suspend Corbyn and attack solidarity with Palestine
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Keir Starmer uses antisemitism report to suspend Corbyn and attack solidarity with Palestine

There is now no doubt that Labour leader Keir Starmer is determined to drive the left out of the party, or to force them into humiliated submission.
29 October 2020
The ugly face of Labour
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The ugly face of Labour

​​​​​​​Keir Starmer is pushing a renewed right wing direction for Labour. Nick Clark looks at why that is, and examines how it’s old hat for the party that’s built on appeasement
27 September 2020
Labour ‘conference’ confirms the party’s shift to the right
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Labour ‘conference’ confirms the party’s shift to the right

The Labour Party replaced its annual conference this year with what was meant to be a showcase for its new leadership. It was supposed to be all about “winning back trust” from people who abandoned it in the 2019 general election.
22 September 2020