“We can work together to develop a strategy not just to oppose this government, but eventually to rid us of it.” By John McDonnell. There is a change in the air, with a new wave of radicalism sweeping through the trade union movement, alongside a flowering of all those movements fighting the Tory offensive. From…
Continue reading ➞ John McDonnell – Resist the Tory Offensive
"In November 2019 we suffered a fascist coup supported by various far right regimes in the region, including the US, UK and EU. In 11 months, Jeanine Anez’s repressive, racist and authoritarian regime brought pain and mourning and bankrupted the country." By Miriam Amancay COLQUE, Longstanding Aymara activist & Bartolina Sisa Resistance spokesperson in the…
"After seven years of war the Yemeni people remain trapped in a humanitarian catastrophe. There has been no improvement, and the only reason that Yemen is no longer the worst humanitarian crisis in the world is that NATO has created an even greater collapse in a few months in Afghanistan." By Steve Bell, Stop the…
"Look on the website, join your local group, join the mailing list and then come out on the street... we're going to positively exercise the right to protest in as beautiful, as musical, as exciting and as radical a way as we can"Luke, Tower Hamlets Extinction Rebellion By Sam Browse The Policing Crime Sentencing and…
"Nail bombs were planted in the pockets of the lifeless 17-year-old Gerald Donaghy. A journalist at The Times even floated the idea that perhaps the British Army had killed nobody that day and that the IRA had thirteen bodies hidden in a refrigerator somewhere." By Joe Dwyer On Sunday 30 January, 1972, the British Army’s…
Continue reading ➞ Remember Bloody Sunday 50 years on – London Vigil this Thursday
"If the Labour Party is broad enough to welcome Christian Wakeford then it’s certainly broad enough to restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn." By the Labour Outlook team. Keir Starmer has faced heavy criticism from figures on the left of the Labour Party and wider labour movement for admitting Tory defector Christian Wakeford into…
Continue reading ➞ Labour Left slams welcome of Tory Wakeford while Corbyn whip withdrawn
"Our hospitals are overwhelmed, our doctors are exhausted, and over a thousand people are dying of Covid every week... Far from relaxing the regulations, the Government should be doing more to manage the pandemic and protect people." By the Zero-Covid UK Team. It has been reported that the United Kingdom is drawing up plans under…
Continue reading ➞ Government’s reckless self-isolation proposals will result in more suffering
"Johnson and Javid’s rejection of infection control measures in order to assuage their right wing backbenchers, is reckless to the extreme" By Joan Twelves, Zero-Covid UK. Much in Labour’s 10-point plan for living with covid is welcome, but it ignores the immediate crisis – we have to stop people dying from the virus before we…
Continue reading ➞ Save lives now, then we can all live well – Joan Twelves, Zero-Covid UK
"Women’s Conference must build on the progressive policy platform agreed in 2021 where left policies covering a wide range of issues from public services to Palestine were overwhelmingly agreed." Rachel Garnham, Vice-Chair of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD), looks ahead to Labour's Women's Conference. On March 19–20, women from CLPs, trade unions and…
"Whilst countless people are struggling to pay their bills, North Sea oil and gas companies have seen their profits soar and are expected to report near-record cashflows in 2021 and 2022 of almost £14.9bn." By Kate Osborne MP. The rising cost of gas and electricity is hitting working class people the hardest, these are the…
Continue reading ➞ Energy price hikes are hitting working class people the hardest – Kate Osborne MP
