Labour Outlook

"Bizarrely the joint governments’ statement suggests that [AUKUS] will ‘promote stability in the Indo-Pacific’... it looks more likely to massively ramp up tension in the region" By Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament If anyone thought that talking of a ‘new cold war’ with China was overstating the case, the recently announced AUKUS military pact…

Continue reading ➞ Say No to the Military Escalation of the AUKUS “Security Pact” – Kate Hudson, CND

"What the world needs is global cooperation to tackle shared threats of the pandemic and climate change, not a new cold war." Murad Qureshi, Stop the War, tackles the misguided motivations and justifications of the AUKUS “Security Pact,” pushing us closer to a Cold War with China. On hearing the news of the US-UK-Australia Security…

Continue reading ➞ Oppose the Push for Cold War 2.0 – Murad Qureshi, Stop the War Coalition

"We know that claps don’t pay the bills and actually a minimum basic hourly rate of £15 per hour, decent sick pay paid at 100% of wages and a ban on zero hours contracts would be much more meaningful." Sarah Wooley is the General Secretary of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). Check…

Continue reading ➞ The Entire Labour Movement Needs to Fight Back – Sarah Wooley, BFAWU

"The Conservatives are planning a full scale assault both on our services and also on working class living standards. We can see that happening immediately this autumn" Jon Trickett MP was speaking at the Arise Festival September Rally: "Fight the Tories - For Socialism, not Barbarism." You can read his contribution on fighting back against…

Continue reading ➞ The Barbarism of a Tory Class War – Jon Trickett MP

"This is a time for bold strokes & the fresh ideas that levelling up should be about. This is not the time for penny pinching, & to be taking away the extra £20 that families are relying on to put food on the table."

Whether it’s the history of European imperial powers… the way the lowest paid workers are treated, or the way migrants are brutalise, we face – in this century – barbarism, & the answer to these issues is, of course, progressive politics and socialism.’ - Diane Abbott MP.

"As a movement, we must harness public awareness of the UK's rigged system to build momentum for an economy that properly takes advantage of the role for which trade unions were intended." By Sarah Glenister, IER Communications Officer At the ever-popular Sunday night Institute of Employment Rights (IER)/Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) TUC fringe…

Continue reading ➞ Labour movement leaders ask if not now for workers’ rights, then when? #TUC21

"The left, inside & beyond the Labour Party, & the entire labour movement need to step up to this challenge, working together to take the fight to the Tories & for the bold socialist solutions the crises we face need."

"That is why we need to push for a National Care Service based on the principles of our NHS. It would be free at the point of use, provided by the public sector & paid for through progressive taxation."

"This Government are hammering working-class people, raising taxes on workers while cutting their safety net, & doing nothing to rein in the vast wealth of the super-rich."

"This major event will not only rally & unite the Left for the fights ahead: but also show that socialist solutions to the crisis must be at the top of our agenda as we commit to taking the fight to the Tories."

"You wouldn’t know it from the mainstream media, but Latin America has witnessed remarkable democratic & social advances in recent months, despite some setbacks."

"It is the job of the Labour Party to fight for equality in education and oppose the government’s policies & call out the Tories on the levelling up lie."

"Now is the time for Britain to have an independent foreign policy based upon peace, cooperation, conflict resolution and humanitarian aid." Over 80 MPs who requested to speak in yesterday's Afghanistan debate could not be called before it closed. Watch Richard Burgon's video contribution on the situation in Afghanistan, and read the full transcription below:…

Continue reading ➞ Time to End Britain’s Unquestioning Support of the USA’s Misguided Military Adventures – Richard Burgon MP

"The war has worsened the effects of poverty, malnutrition, poor sanitation, lack of access to health care, & environmental degradation on Afghans’ health… That is the legacy of a disastrous foreign policy intervention made in 2001."

"The bombing and invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was wrong. This was a war without a just cause, underpinned by neo-colonial ambitions, which set in motion a cycle of unimaginable suffering." Over 80 MPs who requested to speak in this week's parliamentary debate on Afghanistan debate could not be called to make remarks before it…

Continue reading ➞ The Government Must Learn the Lessons of the Failed Wars of Intervention – Claudia Webbe MP

"We must reject the doctrine of liberal interventionism that underpinned these regime-change wars – an ideology which derogates to the US, the UK & Europe the right to selectively intervene in the affairs of other countries." By Sam Browse, Labour Outlook and Arise Festival. Yesterday, Parliament reconvened to debate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan,…

Continue reading ➞ The Left Needs to Expose the Horrific Realities of Western Military Intervention & Build the Anti-War Movement

"The war has cost the United States $1 trillion & this country tens of billions of pounds. It has cost the lives of tens of thousands of Afghan people."

"20 years since Tony Blair dutifully followed George W. Bush to war in Afghanistan, this House has an obligation to learn its lessons & to ensure that its mistakes are never repeated."

"The responsibility rests with the US, British & other NATO governments which plunged into a war that was always doomed to fail."

"What has happened in Afghanistan is exactly what the anti-war movement foretold in 2001... today’s humanitarian catastrophe is a direct result of the political choices of Bush and Blair at that time." By Kate Hudon, General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The Taliban has re-entered Kabul, almost twenty years since the US-led intervention…

Continue reading ➞ The War in Afghanistan is Over – Kate Hudson, CND

"We urge politicians of all parties to learn the lessons of the failed wars of intervention" The Stop the War Coalition have released the following statement in response to the situation in Afghanistan, highlighting the failures and consequences of a twenty-year long military intervention; and calling on the Government lead efforts for a refugee programme…

Continue reading ➞ Statement on the Situation In Afghanistan – Stop the War Coalition

"As a Labour movement we must stand unequivocally in solidarity with Apsana." By a Labour Outlook Volunteer & Arise Festival Activist. Apsana Begum MP, the UK's first hijab-wearing Muslim MP, was cleared of allegations of housing fraud by a jury on Friday 30 July.  Having been found not guilty, there is now a need for…

Continue reading ➞ Support Apsana Begum – demand an inquiry into Tower Hamlets Council

Starmer’s embrace of Blairism is clearly designed to send a signal, but to whom? Is he trying to woo wealthy backers? Is it to drive some members to despair? Is it, as my former LOTO colleague James Schneider said, to tell “big business and the bankers that they’ve got their B team back.”

“The legacy of Thatcher’s war against the mining communities is shocking levels of child poverty, unemployment and low wages alongside rising crime and drug problems.” - Ian Lavery

"We need a socialist Green New Deal with firm commitments to expanding public ownership across the economy including crucial sectors like energy, transport, utilities and technology." By Chris Saltmarsh, Chair of Labour for a Green New Deal. Thousands of lives continue to be  lost every year in the global south due to climate disaster, away…

Continue reading ➞ Why Labour Conference Delegates Need to Back A Socialist Green New Deal

"It is all just to show the tabloid press how “tough” the Tories can be on immigration, even if the outcome is cruel & unfair." - Diane Abbott MP

"It’s sickening that a deep social crisis has been used as a money-making scheme for the mates of Tory Ministers and their super-rich donors. Over £800 million in Covid contracts went to donors who'd given the Tories £8m."Richard Burgon MP, Highlighting the actions of "the most corrupt government in modern history," Richard Burgon MP shows that…

Continue reading ➞ The Left needs to lead the fight against Covid Corruption – Richard Burgon MP