Vote Labour – Back Corbyn – And prepare to fight the most right-wing Labour government ever
There is a very limited political choice at this general election. But there is a major test for socialists in how they approach that choice.
Corbyn
Corbyn’s fight to rejoin Labour’s parliamentary party challenges the right wing offensive
Capitalism requires Labour to support its current offensive. The Labour’s right wing cannot guarantee to do that as they do not have the situation within the party sufficiently under their control. Hence the attempts to crush Corbyn and persecute his supporters – which should be resisted.
The ruling class wants to bury Corbynism. The left must fight to stop them
There is now a concerted ruling class offensive to completely discredit Jeremy Corbyn as part of an overall project of burying Corbynism. Corbyn is the most left-wing leader Labour has ever had, opposed to imperialist wars, to racism and discrimination, and opposed to austerity. The left needs to defend the positive legacy of Corbyn on all these fronts in order to mount any defence now or be able to advance in the future.
To rebuild from a defeat Labour must base itself on the facts
There can be no illusions. In the election the working class and oppressed have suffered a serious defeat at the hands of the Tories. It means that the Tory Party, purged even of its fake ‘wets’, has five years to carry out its project of the ‘Americanisation’ of British society – to savagely attack workers’ rights and social protection.
Jeremy Corbyn should not resign and Corbynism must continue to lead the party – that is even more vital given the Tory onslaught which is coming.
Labour manifesto spells out how great majority would be better off under Corbyn’s Labour
The Labour Party launched its manifesto on 21 November, setting out a comprehensive series of policy commitments that would improve the majority of people’s lives. This is in stark contrast to real alternatives that voters face from the other political parties standing in this UK general election.
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.