Any ‘strategy’ for fighting the far right that refuses to challenge the far right’s racism will not work. It avoids the most important core issues on which the far right’s advance is based.
All across the major Western countries political upheaval is being caused by economic weakness, austerity and the war drive.
The common political feature is the rise of right wing leaderships, a racist offensive designed to divide workers and the rise of authoritarianism.
Britain is no exception.
The alternative necessary: boost living standards of workers and the poor, including public services; abandon unpopular wars and the boosts to military spending; stop demonising migrants and attacking Labour’s own supporters.
The 2024 British general election result was catastrophic for the Tories. Labour, however, had fewer people voting for it than in both 2017 and 2019, when Jeremy Corbyn was Leader.
The paradox of the new Labour position on the economy is that, in the name of stability and prudence, a reckless new round of austerity is threatened, with all the misery and instability that will follow.
The population overwhelmingly supports a ceasefire, but Labour’s leadership backs the Israeli war machine.
Step up the campaign for Palestinian human rights.
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