Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is among a string of authors set to be published by a new Left Book Club, which launches this autumn. A collective of writers, activists and academics have been working on the project with the radical publisher Pluto Press. The project aims to emulate the original 1936-1948 club in provoking thought […]
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The worst thing about Osborne’s budget isn’t the cuts – it’s their popularity
Jul 20th, 2015 by James Elliott.Once George Osborne delivered the first Tory budget since 1996 the British Left predictably took to the internet – and in some cases to the streets – to protest against what was a vicious attack on living standards, the unemployed and disabled people by a government less than a quarter of people voted for and […]
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After the shameful deal imposed on Greece, where are the left Eurosceptics?
Jul 14th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.The deal imposed by the Eurozone grouping on Greece is nothing short of shameful. It continues to pile up the debt, reducing Greece to the status of a debt colony of the rich, Northern European countries. It, like all austerity programmes, expects working people, pensioners, the young to pick up the tab for payments that […]
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1/4 million in Saturday’s rally against austerity: 1 million next time!
Jun 22nd, 2015 by Michael Meacher.Governments don’t listen to Parliament so long as they have a majority, but they do listen to social movements amassing their forces against them. Saturday’s rally against austerity assembling 250,000 activists is a very good start, and it needs to be followed through with ever bigger demos over the next few months. You can always […]
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Why David Aaronovitch is wrong about the anti-austerity demonstration
Jun 22nd, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.What do you do when you give up trying to change the world? There are two options. The first is to fade into private life and spend more time gardening, building a model railway, or indulging whatever other ever-so worthwhile pursuits. The other is to try and make a career as a professional naysayer. It’s […]
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End austerity now says Jeremy Corbyn (video)
Jun 21st, 2015 by Jon Lansman.Steve Turner, assistant general secretary of Britain’s largest trade union Unite, introduces Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament Square at the end of yesterday’s 250,000 strong march against austerity: I’m incredibly pleased he’s standing for Labour Leader and … I hope you all become affiliated supporters and I hope you vote for him.” And judging from the […]
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Outside the Westminster bubble, people are mobilising against austerity
Jun 11th, 2015 by Steve Turner.Within 72 hours of the Tories forming a majority in Parliament it became crystal clear they were salivating at the opportunity to further impose their political austerity agenda for another five years. Attacks on freedom of speech, protest, the Human Rights Act and the right to strike came swiftly. Threshold limits on industrial action ballots […]
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The Labour left: why we must stay
May 29th, 2015 by Ben Sellers.When I read Michael Chessum’s piece in the New Statesman, I felt the immediate need to respond. Not because I was outraged, but because I think he has hit on a crucial debate about where the Labour left have been and where we go next. I’m sure that virtually every socialist in the party has […]
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4000 UK Uncut members in mass civil disobedience tomorrow in central London
May 29th, 2015 by Newsdesk.UK Uncut is planning a spectacular act of mass disobedience opposing austerity in central London tomorrow, with over 4,000 people expected to attend. Precise details of the action are being kept under wraps, but the group has promised bold, exciting and creative direct action at a prominent location. Protests are also being held in a […]
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In Spain, election results are good news
May 27th, 2015 by Mike Phipps.Spains indignados made the move from city squares to the halls of power on Sunday in municipal and regional elections that saw an anti-poverty activist elected as mayor of Barcelona and the ruling Peoples Party (PP) battered at the ballot box, reports the Guardian. Elections in thirteen regions and more than 8,000 municipalities saw sweeping […]
