Jeremy Corbyn

‘Centre ground’ offers no way to beat right

28 February 2017
If you’re on the left it can feel like there isn’t much to be cheerful about. But it isn’t true that everything is going one way.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell spoke to Socialist Worker on the recent by-election results

28 February 2017
As the Labour right gear up to attack Corbyn again, John McDonnell talks about Copeland and Stoke, and the way forward for Labour

Corbyn must fight against the Labour right, not placate them

28 February 2017
There have been a series of veiled threats to Corbyn’s leadership. Corbyn’s only hope lies in breaking from his foes—not placating them

Right wing has itself to blame for a Labour loss in Copeland

28 February 2017
The right wing of the Labour Party has stepped up its attacks on leader Jeremy Corbyn and the left after the party’s defeat in the Copeland by-election last week.

Tories should be in trouble over Brexit

14 February 2017
On the face of it, the Tories should be more divided than Labour by the vote to leave the European Union.

Clive Lewis backs off, but the Labour right is out for Corbyn’s blood

14 February 2017
Labour MP Clive Lewis appears to have backed down from challenging left wing party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Don't play into Labour right's attempt to divide left over Brexit

09 February 2017
Labour MPs rebellion against left wing party leader Jeremy Corbyn last night, Wednesday, was probably smaller than what the right wing had hoped.

Labour MPs turn Tories’ Brexit crisis into a bid to oust Corbyn

07 February 2017
A crisis in the Labour Party over the European Union (EU) has led to renewed speculation that left wing leader Jeremy Corbyn could resign or be

Teaching assistants step up fight against pay cut

07 February 2017
Some 1,250 Derby teaching assistants (TAs) escalated their dispute with their Labour-run city council this week.

Labour MPs are set to defy leader Jeremy Corbyn over Brexit bill

31 January 2017
Corbyn is right to reject Tory plans and trigger Article 50—but Labour rebels weaken him, says Nick Clark

Corbyn’s ‘populism’ could tap into anger

17 January 2017
Jeremy Corbyn ‘relaunch’ can help—but he must stop backsliding on immigration, writes Nick Clark

No to retreat on freedom of movement

10 January 2017
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn made a dangerous and serious concession to anti-migrant racism on Tuesday.

Migrants—part of our class

10 January 2017
As left wing figures claim that bringing down immigration is a working class question, Dave Sewell argues the choice is between workers uniting or turning on one another

The NHS is on life support with a severe case of Tory cuts

10 January 2017
The British Red Cross declared a “humanitarian crisis” in the NHS after it was drafted in to stop the health service breaking down.

Resistance can stop the Labour vote shrinking

03 January 2017
If Jeremy Corbyn wants Labour to move to the left in 2017 he’ll have to fight the right, argues Nick Clark

Uneven response to Labour's national day of action for the NHS

29 November 2016
Labour Party members and health campaigners took part in a national day of action for the NHS last Saturday.

Labour needs clarity, not slippage, in defence of migrant workers

22 November 2016
So much of what’s said about the supposed economic damage caused by migration is driven by xenophobic fantasy that has nothing to do with any genuine evidence

As the Labour right holds its ground, the left has to look beyond the bureaucracy

22 November 2016
The Labour right has defeated the left in recent battles inside the Labour Party—ensuring it holds its grip on party structures.

Don’t despair—we can resist the racist right

15 November 2016
After the disastrous election of Donald Trump in the US, black people, migrants, LGBT+ people and Muslims fear an increase in racism and attacks. Women’s rights could be weakened.

Labour activists furious after MPs’ vote on Yemen

01 November 2016
Labour Party members and activists were outraged last week as more than 100 Labour MPs refused to vote for their party’s motion on the war in Yemen.