Labour Party
Fight antisemitism smears—defend support for Palestine
07 August 2018The Labour Party dropped disciplinary proceedings against MP Margaret Hodge on Monday. This decision was made despite her having shouted in Jeremy Cobyn’s face that he is a “fucking antisemite and a racist.”
LETTERS—Right wing slurs won’t get rid of abuse from a sick society
07 August 2018Right wing slurs won’t get rid of abuse from a sick society
Don’t give ground to right’s antisemitism smears, go on the offensive over Palestine
03 August 2018Failing to stand up for the right to criticise Israel has consequences. If we shy away from it now, the right will make it much harder for us to do it in the future.
LETTERS—Labour Party members on the streets against racism
31 July 2018I went to Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party’s recent election campaign launch to ask parliamentary candidate Hugo Fearnley to help build the local movement against racism and fascism.
Arise festival debates way forward for the Labour Party
28 July 2018Hundreds of left wing Labour Party activists spent Saturday debating about their party’s relationship to social movements and what campaigns it should be part of.
Dangers in Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Build it in Britain’ speech
24 July 2018Jeremy Corbyn launched Labour’s “Build it in Britain” strategy on Tuesday.
Khan’s housing plan soft on developers
24 July 2018London mayor Sadiq Khan’s long-awaited best practice guide for London housing estate redevelopment has been released.
Letters - Trump demos showed we can win against the racists
23 July 2018Oxfordshire saw a fantastic outpouring of anger against Donald Trump’s visit to the UK.
Pro-Israel rally calls Jeremy Corbyn antisemitic—as Israel passes racist law
19 July 2018As the Israeli government passed a law entrenching discrimination against Arabs, supporters of Israel gathered in London to insist that it is antisemitic to call Israel racist.
More attempts from Labour right to cast critics of Israeli racist state as antisemitic
18 July 2018Right wing Labour MPs are furious that their party has adopted a definition of antisemitism that allows criticism of Israel.
Labour staffers bought adverts to deceive Corbyn
16 July 2018Labour Party bureaucrats spent thousands of pounds to trick Jeremy Corbyn
Labour reserves the right to criticise Israel - while fighting antisemitism
10 July 2018The Labour Party’s leadership has infuriated the party’s right wing by adopting a definition of antisemitism that does not silence criticism of Israel.
Reports show lies, kidnap and torture at the hands of the British state
28 June 2018The evidence—just a glimpse of the true situation—should shatter any talk of the superiority of “British values”.
Corbyn was right to back Palestinians' right to return
26 June 2018After weeks of onslaught against the right to criticise Israel, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn still manages to speak out for Palestinians.
The EU stands for the few, not the many
26 June 2018Labour’s leadership is “walking a tightrope” to get the right position on Brexit. That’s what shadow chancellor John McDonnell told Labour supporters at an event in central London last Saturday
John McDonnell pledges council housing - but Labour is divided
19 June 2018The Labour Party can’t agree on housing policy just as the Grenfell Tower fire has highlighted the urgent need to address the crisis.
Tory rebels push May toward a Brexit crisis
19 June 2018Theresa May was due to face a crucial test over Brexit in parliament this week, and possibly to suffer a damaging defeat.
Marxism and Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party
11 June 2018The Labour leadership claims to be influenced by the writings of Karl Marx. But Charlie Kimber argues his ideas are about much more than just a critique of capitalism
Livingstone case shows it’s risky for Corbyn to appease the right
29 May 2018Every time the Labour right have confronted Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters in open combat they’ve been defeated, usually humiliatingly. But they’ve just been allowed to score a major victory
Ken Livingstone’s resignation from Labour is a victory for the right
21 May 2018Ken Livingstone’s decision to resign from Labour is a victory for those who have been harrying the party over allegations of antisemitism.
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