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Labour leadership contest: Defend a left, anti-austerity programme!
Labour’s 2019 election result is a setback, but not the catastrophe the media paint it as. Their vote exceeded that obtained by Blair in 2005 and Brown in 2010. Many of the newly elected Tory MPs have very slender majorities which could easily be overturned, if a combative, mobilising, socialist strategy is adopted.
Labour defectors launch ‘Independent Group’
In late February, the long predicted Blairite split from the Labour Party – or at least its first wave – finally emerged, with the resignation of seven MPs to launch the so-called Independent Group. They were soon joined by one other from the Labour benches and three pro-EU Tories, including Anna Soubry.
Britain: The battle for Labour’s future continues
The dramatic surge in support for Labour in the general election pulled the rug from under Corbyn’s opponents within the party. By conceding on the demand for a more radical manifesto, they believed they had provided Corbyn enough to hang himself.
Corbyn’s manifesto: An important step in the right direction
Mobilise to fight for socialist change Jeremy Corbyn has launched his manifesto by declaring Labour is the “party…
How ‘red’ is Ed?
Time to gather forces for a real workers’ alternative is now By Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today (November…
Urgent – Trade unions must build a political voice for the working class
“If others want to stick around and be insulted by those whose only interest is our money and…