Resolution on Left Unity

Below is the text of an emergency resolution on the new left coalition launched last weekend submitted to the Respect national conference.
The Conference Arrangements Commitee ruled it out of order as not constituting an emergency. This was contested and a vote taken. The decision of the conference was to uphold the ruling of the CAC [...]

Why we need a new workers’ party

For some time now there has been a page on this blog entitled Why We Need a New Workers’ Party. It hasn’t had much on it though.
This is partly because no one has got round to writing it. It is also because the project for a new party is a work in progress. It has [...]

YOu couldn’t make it up (4) Rail company takes the coach

It has been reported by the BBC that Network Rail has booked coaches to take 200 of its staff from Reading to Coventry because the train was too expensive
Open rail tickets to take the staff to a conference would have set them back some £27,000, but that to take the coach would cost £2,400
Such is [...]

An interesting letter in the Morning Star

An interesting letter in today’s Morning Star:
Kevin Halpin’s letter (M Star October 26) must be treated with respect.
But it only repeats the old mantra that there is no alternative to a Labour government – except a Conservative one – and that we, the left, must use the unions that finance the Labour Party to change [...]

Dave Nellist announces the new left coaliton at the Conference on politcal representation

Dave Nellist  announces the new coaliton of the left to fight the General Election at the conference on working class politcal representation held in London on 9th November.
For more on the coalition click here
Part 1

Part 2

Bob Crow speaks at the RMT conference on Working Class Representation

Bob Crow, General Secretary of the RMT (Rail, Marine and Transportation Workers Union) speaks at the conference on working class politcal representation held in London on 9th November.
Part 1

Part 2

Chris Harman, 1942-2009

Chris Harman, 1942-2009
A personal tribute by Alastair
(links at end of article)

It is with great sadness that I hear of the death of Chris Harman.
He died on the 6th November in Cairo. He was one of the most prominet Marxists in this country. He joined the International Socialists, the forerunner of today’s [...]

New coalition of the left is go

Here is the official launch leaflet for the new coalition to fight the general election.
There will probably be more news on the coalition at tomorrow’s conference on working class representation organsied by the RMT at the Camden Centre.
To download the leaflet as a PDF, click here.

A left challenge in the General Election

It is hardly a secret that for the last few months talks have been going on regarding a united left wing challenge in the forthcoming general election. Involved have been the backers of the No2EU slate put up to fight the Euro elections, namely Bob Crow and the RMT, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party [...]

RBS: Low-paid Workers Pay The Price For “Fat Cat” Banking Crisis

A statement by Jerry Hicks on the threat to jobs at RBS. Jerry Hicks is a member of Amicus and was a candidate in that union’s General Secretary election
RBS: Low-paid Workers Pay The Price For “Fat Cat” Banking Crisis
Royal Bank of Scotland releases its quarterly results to the city after two shocking days for [...]