Jeremy Corbyn’s speech launching Labour’s General Election campaign
Jeremy Corbyn’s speech that launched Labour’s general election campaign.
Britain
The great majority of the left supporting Corbyn has drawn the lessons of the fight against Brexit
If, in the present situation, Brexit passes it will unleash years of a reactionary offensive in Britain. There will be a tremendous attack on working class rights as the drive to ‘Americanise’ British society is carried out directly in coordination with Trump. That is the correct analysis the great majority of the British left has arrived at.
Corbyn and Labour after Labour’s Conference
Whenever an election takes place the priority at present for Labour is to win back Remain supporters, the largest bloc of voters that have shifted away from Labour this year.
Upsurge in popular support for Irish unification
Two significant opinion polls have put the question of Irish unification firmly on the agenda.
Johnson’s Brexit is a pro-US coup – the left should clearly understand it
The crisis around Brexit in political terms is the deepest one for Britain since World War II and from a legal/constitutional viewpoint it is unprecedented for over 300 years. Such a depth of crisis can therefore only be propelled by huge social forces.
British imperialism’s intervention in Iran
Simultaneous to the publication of Jack Straw’s book – ‘The English Job’ – there is an international embargo, orchestrated by the US, on the purchase of Iranian oil, and trade on most goods with Iran, plus in June the US President came within a hair’s breadth of launching missiles against Iran. This article sets out the role of British imperialism. Jack Straw’s book does not – leave it on the shelf.