The upcoming Left Unity conference will be the most important in the party’s short history. No fewer than half a dozen motions have been put recommending a complete turn away from standing in elections. The leadership itself is split between [...]
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In the single most significant development in the labour movement since the miners' strike of 1984/5, Jeremy Corbyn's campaign for Labour Party leader looks set to transform the rules of the game for socialist and working class politics in Britain. Corbyn's [...]
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Nick Rogers’ excellent article in this issue describes the massive and unexpected impact that Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign for leader of the Labour Party has had. From only getting onto the ballot paper with the nominations of some of his political opponents [...]
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We publish in this issue a document presented by the Independent Socialist Network (ISN) to the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) national steering committee on 17 June 2015, to discuss the question of how to develop TUSC. The document [...]
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I’m going to vote TUSC (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition) in my constituency, Cardiff Central, in the General Election 2015. After much consideration of the various self-proclaimed left wing General Election candidates standing in my constituency, and despite my serious [...]
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This is an edited and revised version of a talk Nick Wrack gave at a meeting of the Independent Socialist Network in January of this year. This discussion is about building a mass socialist party. It is really trying to set [...]
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The conference of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition on Saturday 24 January, called to prepare for May’s general election and the council elections on the same day, could easily have descended into a fairly routine rally with the audience [...]
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The March 2014 Left Unity (LU) Conference agreed that the party should open discussions with other left groups, coalitions and parties to avoid electoral clashes and move towards electoral pacts – with the initial aim of creating the largest ever [...]
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Introduction For decades organisations such as No One is Illegal have been trying to take the argument against immigration controls into the socialist and trades unions. We have met with resistance, not only from people who disagree with the principles, but [...]
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Review of "Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain" by Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin. 2014. Abingdon: Routledge. This meticulous study of UKIP’s rise provides something that until now has been lacking: an academic yet accessible [...]
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