"Today’s government claim is an attempt to divert attention from the threat to the NHS a Trump trade deal poses and the Tory party links to Russian oligarchs expected to be revealed in the long-buried parliamentary Russia report." - Jeremy Corbyh.
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Grassroots Alliance Candidates for Labour’s NEC chosen.
We're pleased to support these six candidates for CLP places on Labour's NEC.
Yemen’s Catastrophe & the Saudi’s Fiasco – Steve Bell, Stop the War Coalition.
"The catastrophe being endured by Yemen can only be relieved by cutting support for the coalition. Yemen needs peace, not visits from British made bombers and missiles."
Lisa Nandy’s call for sanctions against Israel’s proposed annexation is a welcome first step – Hugh Lanning, Labour & Palestine
"In the fight against apartheid in South Africa it was the long campaign for ‘Sanctions Now’ coming to fruition that eventually had the effect – it is clear that governments need to act."
The fight for climate action must be at the heart of everything as we rebuild after the pandemic – Socialist Campaign Group Statement
Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs statement on a Green New Deal “The recovery from covid-19 must tackle the urgent climate crisis facing our planet. With the highest ever temperatures recorded in the Arctic Circle we cannot delay in taking action to save our planet and future generations. We believe that the necessary and urgent…
As an internationalist & democratic socialist party, Labour must give real support to the Palestinian people – Socialist Campaign Group of MPs statement
"The core and fundamental purpose underlying annexation is that it permanently puts the ‘nail in the coffin’ of a two-state solution. It leaves no room for any conceivable viable Palestinian state."Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. “With the new Government in Israel threatening further illegal annexation in July of occupied Palestinian land, including large swathes…
John McDonnell – My Ralph Miliband Lecture on the Impact of the Pandemic on Labour’s Future.
"The pandemic crisis is creating a new climate of opinion. Along with the threat of a climate crisis it has the potential to create a new political agenda. Whether it is exploited by the right to bolster some form of crisis capitalism or whether those of us on the Left can channel a movement for progressive change, the creation of a People’s Agenda that can reshape the future, is in our hands." - John McDonnell.
#BlackLivesMatter – Socialist Campaign Group of MPs Statement
"The Black Lives Matter movement has shown that the time for empty commitments is over. Now is the time for leadership within the UK and across the world, to meaningfully and immediately address the scourge of racism." - Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs.
Orgreave – We Will Get Justice If We Fight For It
"After 36 years we have to support the Miner’s struggle for justice, just as we will have to fight many other working class injustices – the Tories’ hostile environment – the Windrush & Grenfell Scandals are testament to that." - Nadia Jama, Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign.
Black Lives Matter – The struggle against racism, for equality & real social & economic change. By Rokhsana Fiaz.
"As we watched the moving scenes of the final public memorial for George Floyd we know that the unprecedented global movement for racial justice that his death unleashed will live on in this struggle for equality, for real social &economic change." - Rokhsana Fiaz, Mayor of Newham