A critique of La France Insoumise La France Insoumise (France Unbowed, henceforth LFI) was founded in February 2016 as an umbrella grouping of left-wing forces situated to the left of the mainstream Socialist Party, with the aim of supporting Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s campaign for the 2017 presidential election. The group’s main Continue Reading
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Not one penny, not one man or woman, for the bosses’ wars!
What should socialists say and do about spending on war? Nick Wrack will introduce a Zoom discussion on Monday 13 July 2026, at 7.30pm. The link is here. We are daily bombarded by the cheerleaders of the profit system – the main party politicians and the military top brass – Continue Reading
Not Your Party, Not Burnham, Not the Greens.
Not Your Party, Not Burnham, Not the Greens. What, then? Nick Wrack will introduce a discussion on Monday 1 June 2026, at 7:30pm. Click here for the link to join the Zoom discussion. Your Party is dead. It can play no meaningful role in advancing the cause of socialism. While Continue Reading
Trump threatens monstrous war crime
On top of the mountain of war crimes committed by the US over the decades, and its complicity in the war crimes of Israel in Gaza and the Lebanon, Trump is about to launch yet another monumental and monstrous war crime – the destruction of “a whole civilisation”, that is, Continue Reading
Who squandered Your Party potential?
My previous article on here – Back to the drawing board – appeared first on my Facebook page. In response I received quite a few comments, including one from Simon Midgley. I reproduce his comment here, followed by my response, which I also posted to my Facebook page. Nick Wrack Has your Continue Reading
Back to the drawing board
There have been lots of comments from supporters of greater democracy, openness and accountability in Your Party to the effect that Jeremy Cotbyn’s successful ‘The Many’ members of the newly elected Central Executive Committee (CEC) are not looking to form an inclusive leadership on the CEC with supporters of the Continue Reading
After Green victory in Gorton and Corbyn victory in CEC elections what next for Your Party?
After CEC Results & Greens victory in Gorton by-election, is there a future for Your Party? The US-Israel attack on Iran, endorsed by Starmer’s Labour Party, shows that it remains an urgent necessity to build a party that aims to abolish capitalism. If we want to end wars, we must Continue Reading
Build opposition to the war on Iran
Socialists have no allegiance to, or support for, the authoritarian, undemocratic theocratic regime that rules in Iran. But the idea that the US-Israel war unleashed against Iran is anything to do with supporting the struggle for democracy by the Iranian people is completely wrong. It is about US-Israeli determination to Continue Reading
Can the CEC elections save Your Party?
When the launch of YourParty was announced it was met by widespread enthusiasm. 800,000 expressed an interest. Since then, the dead-hand of bureaucracy, political and organisational incompetence, compounded by disputes between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana over money and membership, with threats of legal action, have almost squeezed the life Continue Reading
YourParty conference: A slap in the face of ‘member-led’ democracy
Members of YourParty have been sent an email stating that attendance at the conference will be by sortition, or lottery. Sortition in this context is completely undemocratic. It atomises the members. It gives no importance to collective discussions and decisions in the branches. It prioritises the random experience of the Continue Reading