European Union
New Ukip boss Henry Bolton rails against migrants in first speech as leader
03 October 2017New Ukip leader Henry Bolton kicked off his stint by attacking multiculturalism and immigration. Last week the former cop and soldier was elected Ukip’s fourth leader in just over a year.
Ukip leadership contest deepens splits within the party
28 September 2017The racist Ukip party is set to announce its new leader today, Friday, as the party’s conference begins in Torquay.
As refugee crisis grows in Europe, we say - let them in
26 September 2017The refugee crisis has not gone away—if anything it is getting worse.
Hundreds protest to defend rights of EU migrants
14 September 2017Hundreds of people—most of them European Union (EU) migrants—rallied in Trafalgar Square last night Wednesday.
EU migrants slam the racist right wing Tories’ new plan to divide us
12 September 2017Government documents leaked last week revealed the scale of the Tories’ planned clampdown on European Union migrants living in Britain. Migrants spoke to Dave Sewell about what the changes would mean—and how to take on the Tories’ racist scapegoating
Brexit isn’t just a problem for the Tories
05 September 2017Predictably enough, negotiations between the Tory government and the European Commission over the terms of Brexit are running into difficulty.
Trade unions’ Brexit mistake
29 August 2017The leader of Britain’s biggest union has praised Labour’s call for Britain to stay in the European single market (see page 3).
Can Portugal's government give us hope?
27 August 2017What do the experiences of other left wing governments tell us about the possibilities for a future Jeremy Corbyn Labour government?
The Tories' Brexit dilemma is a chance to fight for socialist demands
22 August 2017European Union crackdown drives refugees to Spain on new dangerous sea route
15 August 2017The number of refugees crossing the sea to Spain has tripled in a year. And in other international news Israeli army officers have talked up the possibility of a new war on Palestinians
Nazi boat is blocked in Mediterranean ports, but refugees face other obstacles
08 August 2017A boat hired by far right activists to stop NGOs from rescuing refugees has been turned away from a series of Mediterranean ports.
New group demands Labour back freedom of movement
07 August 2017Labour activists, MPs and some trade union leaders have launched a campaign to “defend and extend” freedom of movement for migrants into Britain.
Tory Brexit plan will make migrants more vulnerable
01 August 2017The free movement of people between Britain and the European Union (EU) is set to end with Brexit in March 2019, the Tories have decided.
Time ticks away on the Tories’ collapsing cabinet
18 July 2017Tony Blair's latest intervention in the Brexit debate shows him to be unusually self-deluding even by his standards. He still doesn’t seem to understand that every time he opens his mouth he damages whatever cause he’s supporting.
New reports say Britain’s state has ‘failed’ child refugees - and makes others less safe
12 July 2017Britain’s government has let down refugee children in Europe, and patrols it supports in the Mediterranean have led to more deaths.
Tens of thousands join demonstrations against the G20 in Hamburg
08 July 2017"What the G20 is doing is part of a general attack on the working class, we have to take that on."
The Labour right’s Brexit bungle helps the Tories
04 July 2017The way forward for the left is not to defend the indefensible neoliberal EU
Defend migrants, not the European Union
27 June 2017The left needs clarity in the Brexit debate. Dave Sewell argues that socialists should defend freedom of movement for migrants—and dump the bosses’ single market
Anti-Tory vote was no revolt of Remainers
13 June 2017Some right wingers and liberals are trying to paint the election result as the revenge of Remain voters who want to stay in the European Union (EU).
Adults in the room - the inside story on Greece's bailout blackmail
16 May 2017Workers across Greece were set to walk out in a general strike on Wednesday—against more austerity that a radical left government was elected to end two years ago.
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