Labour Party

Labour report will be used to tarnish the left as ‘racist’

18 July 2020
A report into alleged antisemitism in the Labour Party will be used as another way to push back activists, says Nick Clark

A win for Tower Hamlets council workers would be a victory for us all

17 July 2020
Striking council workers in east London concluded their second round of strikes on Friday with defiant picket lines and a vow to keep on fighting.

Determined Tower Hamlets workers begin second three-day strike

15 July 2020
Scenes of resistance erupted on the streets of Tower Hamlets on Wednesday as council workers across the borough struck to defend their jobs.

Don’t look to Starmer to resist the Tories

14 July 2020
Here’s a forensic look at some of the big moments of Keir Starmer’s first 100 days as Labour leader.

Step up solidarity as Tower Hamlets strikers prepare for more action

07 July 2020
More strikes are likely next week in this important dispute

Tower Hamlets workers strike as Labour council forces through attack on contracts

06 July 2020
Tower Hamlets council workers vowed to keep up the fight as the Labour-run council sacked and rehired them on worse contracts

Letter to a Jeremy Corbyn supporter—time to leave Labour

05 July 2020
In a third letter to a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, Charlie Kimber argues to break from Labour, join the Socialist Workers Party and to build the resistance on the streets

Letters—we’ve become fed up with the right in the Labour Party

03 July 2020
I’m sickened by the decision to sack Rebecca Long-Bailey from the shadow cabinet

Starmer sacks Long-Bailey to show clean break with Corbyn, and to dump Palestine

25 June 2020
Labour leader Keir Starmer has sent his clearest signal yet that he will attack left wing party members—and use criticism of Israel as an excuse

Labour report misses what led the party to lose election

22 June 2020
A report into the Labour Party’s 2019 general election defeat says the party has a “mountain to climb” to beat the Tories. But it reinforces both left and right wing explanations for the defeat—meaning it will be used to justify the party’s shift to the right.

Letters—We have to say her name as well—it was Breonna Taylor

05 June 2020
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has shaken the US and large parts of the world to its core.

New Labour general secretary could wage ‘factional warfare‘ against left

27 May 2020
Labour Party members fear a purge of left wing activists after the party’s ruling body appointed a right wing general secretary.

Labour lets Tories stagger on

26 May 2020
The growing furore over Dominic Cummings finally forced the Labour Party to at least show some sort of opposition to the Tories.

Bankers celebrate relationship with Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour

25 May 2020
City spivs are hailing a “sea change” in attitudes towards bankers and bosses from Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.

Changes in Momentum won’t solve problems for Labour left

18 May 2020
Left wing Labour MPs and prominent activists have called for a “renewal” of Momentum, the organisation founded to support former party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

The battle is on - we can refuse to work

12 May 2020
It is possible to refuse to go back to work. Teachers in the NEU union have said it clearest. They’ve laid out five tests that have to be met before they can agree it’s safe to open schools.

Backlash in Labour grows as party shifts further rightward

11 May 2020
Labour has provoked a backlash from its own members after betraying both tenants and victims of India’s hard right government.

Letters—We workers need more than just applause and gratitude

11 May 2020
As a support worker I have seen recently the outpouring of affection and respect lavished upon us “key workers”.

VE Day—did workers win the peace?

03 May 2020
As we mark 75 years since Victory in Europe Day, Donny Gluckstein looks at the class forces behind the frontline that helped to shape the post-war world

Keir Starmer’s ‘real opposition’ leaves the Tories unscathed over virus response

28 April 2020
Media pundits and right wing Labour politicians are hugely impressed by Labour leader Keir Starmer’s response to the coronavirus. Few ordinary people will have noticed.