Why the Labour Campaign Against Prevent must be the cornerstone to combating the Trump effect in Britain The weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration have already heralded a hideous acceleration of sexist, homophobic, racist and xenophobic rhetoric and legislation. This has emboldened the populist far right and created a palpable sense of fear and uncertainty for […]
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Prevent – Time for a major review and fundamental rethink
Dec 9th, 2016 by Diane Abbott.By Diane Abbott MP Increasingly, the evidence is suggesting that the Government’s Prevent Strategy – aimed at countering radicalisation and making us safer – doesn’t work on either count. In recent weeks it has become clear that this is also the case when it comes to tackling the worrying rise in far-right extremism. Commenting on the […]
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Diane Abbott calls for ‘major review’ and ‘fundamental rethink’ of Prevent strategy
Dec 1st, 2016 by Newsdesk.Yesterday evening Labour Home Secretary Diane Abbott called for a ‘major review’ and ‘fundamental rethink’ of the governments Prevent strategy. Abbott spoke at a meeting of the Students Not Suspects campaign, a joint initiative by the National Union of Students alongside activists from the NUT and UCU. She becomes the latest senior Labour figure to call […]
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Remembering Mohammed Ali: boxer, philosopher and poet
Jun 8th, 2016 by Ann Pettifor.Ann Pettifor remembers Mohammed Ali with whom she worked in the Jubilee 2000 campaign for cancellation of third world debt Mohammed Ali – ‘The Greatest’ – died this weekend, at the age of 74. With his loss, the world is deprived of the terrific energy of a principled, devout and committed man. A boxer, a philosopher […]
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Why Andy Burnham should oppose the snoopers charter come what May does
May 25th, 2016 by Jon Lansman.Today, the Guardian reports that “Labour has edged closer to supporting the ‘snooper’s charter’“, referring to the Investigatory Powers Bill carried forward from the last session of Parliament. Andy Burnham, Labour’s shadow Home Secretary, said “Her commitment to an independent review of the case for bulk powers is a major concession but the right thing […]
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Taxation – challenging everyday libertarianism
Apr 21st, 2016 by Maria Exall.In his Left Futures article on the 7th April, Intense Relaxation, David Osland took John McTernan to task for advocating tax avoidance as a ‘basic British freedom’ and for making reference to the political theorist Robert Nozick and his argument for freedom from taxation in Anarchy, State and Power (Basic Books, 1974). The ideological libertarianism […]
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Labour MPs abstain on snoopers’ charter. Straight talking, honest politics?
Mar 16th, 2016 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday in the vote on the second reading of the Investigatory Powers Bill (aka the snoopers charter), there were just two Labour votes against. All credit to Dennis Skinner and David Winnick who were amongst the 15 votes against (plus two tellers) comprising Lib Dem, Plaid, Green and SDLP MPs and a solitary SNP rebel. No doubt […]
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Rahman wins right for judicial review on “undue spiritual influence”
Jan 28th, 2016 by Andy Newman.Back in August 2014, the Times ran a screaming headline saying Muslims told to ‘vote for mayor or be damned’. The quote marks in the headline might have led a reader to assume that the Times were referring to someone who had actually said this, but sadly journalistic standards at the Thunderer are not what […]
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NATO’s disastrous legacy in Libya
Dec 31st, 2015 by Andy Newman.There is almost an air of desperation in the recent unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2259 that seeks to bring together a critical mass of Libyan factions and actors to support a new unity government of national accord that will oversee a peace process. Libya’s new Presidency Council will form a government within 30 days […]
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Labour Party will boycott G4S security services over repression of Palestinians
Nov 19th, 2015 by Newsdesk.It has emerged that the Labour Party decided at its national executive meeting on Tuesday to boycott the private security company, G4S, that has provided its conference security in recent years because it helps Israel run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are held without trial and subjected to torture. Protests have taken place both outside […]
