By Corinna Lotz The blame game following Labour’s election defeat is destructive. Seeing Labour MPs using the mainstream media to make poisonous attacks on Corbyn is an ugly spectacle. Defeat was not about one or two people but about a long legacy of neglect and economic downturn. Nor was the outcome simply down to working […]
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Plan to bring down this ‘rogue’ governme
By Peter Arkell Now what? It is unthinkable to lie down and acquiesce in the result of this election. So we have to analyse what lies behind the Labour defeat, and develop a perspective to bring down the Boris Johnson government. Brexit, originally an issue only for the Tories, was foisted onto the whole country […]
Time to refound Labour before it’s too l
by Paul Feldman Labour’s catastrophic defeat, which will have serious consequences for the wellbeing of communities of all classes, cannot simply be reduced to issues about the party’s leadership or even confusing or misunderstood election policies, especially in relation to Brexit. Ultimately, Labour was thwarted by trying to do the well-nigh impossible through Parliamentary methods […]
Only Labour can stop Johnson’s gang in t
Seldom are the choices at a UK general election as stark as this one. The outcome will shape the future of Britain and the fate of its people for a long time to come. On the one side are the Tories – not the traditional party of Disraeli, Churchill, Macmillan and even May. Instead, they […]
How Labour can defeat Johnson-Farage pow...
A mass mobilisation is called for if we are to stop the Johnson-Farage axis from seizing power and creating a vicious anti-democratic, authoritarian regime. This is no ordinary general election. Rather, it is an extraordinary campaign of lies, fake news and slander aimed at Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell’s leadership of the Labour Party. Johnson, […]
Parliament’s two civil wars: time for a
As the Tories brutally turn on each other in their bid to replace Theresa May as prime minister, significant sections of the Parliamentary Labour Party have decided it’s time to launch yet another attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. So we have two parallel civil wars in Parliament as both major parties consume themselves over Brexit […]
Farage is a clear and present danger. He...
The rapid rise of the Brexit Party to first place in the opinion polls for the European elections is rightly sending shockwaves through Westminster and beyond. It is currently forecast to win more votes than the Tories and Labour combined. Make no mistake, Farage is preparing a kind of insurrection against a system which is […]
South Shields takes on fight against neo...
A hugely successful ‘Make 2019 the year Corbyn becomes PM’ meeting in South Shields agreed a programme of action to take the fight against neoliberalism and for real democracy into other parts of the North East. Jointly organised by Momentum South Tyneside and the Real Democracy Movement, the event at the South Shields Museum and […]
Climate change actions for a Corbyn gove...
A programme of climate change action that a Labour government could implement. Presented by Penny Cole to the Momentum South Tyneside-Real Democracy Movement ‘Make 2019 the year Corbyn becomes PM’ event in South Shields, February 23. – Halt all public subsidies for oil and gas extraction, including fracking and north sea oil and gas – […]
In the midst of splits and political mel...
The resignation of eight Labour MPs and three Tories from their parties in order to form a reactionary “Independent” Group in the House of Commons is a clear indication that the present Parliamentary system is in the midst of a nervous breakdown. Holding the fractured system together looks like mission impossible. A strategy to renew […]
A decade after the crash, a fairer, kind...
Ten years ago, the world economy ground to a halt in the wake of the biggest financial crash in the history of capitalism. The vastly overinflated atmospheric layer of global credit had burst. The banks and the entire financial system were in trouble, big trouble. Bear Stearns and Northern Rock led the collapse. Then on […]
Tories ignore global heatwave and give b...
In the midst of the global heatwave, energy minister Claire Perry’s approval of the first UK fracking licence under its new, more permissive regulatory regime reveals more of the real, corporate power behind the government. Approval for shale gas extraction company Cuadrilla to begin extraction in Lancashire has injected new energy into the opposition movement […]
First steps taken in scenario-planning t...
As the Tory government staggers from pillar to post, split many ways over Brexit, the prospect of a Jeremy Corbyn-led government becomes more real by the day. That’s why making preparations now for the attacks it would inevitably face is critical. Significant progress was made at our recent scenario-planning day where an open and participative […]
In Tory Britain, the only certainty is u...
The break-up of the Tory government is more than just a crisis of a party that lost its majority, with many preferring a genuinely warm person like Jeremy Corbyn instead of a robotic prime minister. Corbyn promised an end to austerity and change to benefit the many, while Theresa May promised more pain allied to […]
Union leaders must turn words into deeds
The pay claim of 3.9% + £800, made by an alliance of unions for the 1 million NHS staff, adds another intractable problem to the chaotic government of Theresa May, but it also puts the leaders of the trade unions on the spot. They might have to lead a fight for the first time in […]
Planning for a Corbyn government
The prospect of a Jeremy Corbyn-led government grows closer as Theresa May’s divided government staggers from pillar to post in the wake of the abysmal failure of her pathetic “strong and stable” election campaign. That’s why we’re planning ahead by getting together on October 28. Any number of issues, most notably Brexit, could hasten the […]