In a move which has caused intense debate on the US left, House representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), one of the leading members of the leftwing grouping in the Democrats known as “The Squad”, recently voted against an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, which sought to remove Continue Reading
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Manchester shows potential but also the problems
The first meeting to be organised in central Manchester in support of the call for the new YourParty was held at Friends Meeting House, a traditional place for left wing events, on Tuesday 20 August 2025. Although it was not stated on the promotional material the meeting was organised and Continue Reading
YourParty must be Democratic and Socialist
More than 700,000 have signed up to YourParty, the new party being initiated by former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and former Labour MP Zarah Sultana. This could easily reach 750,00 and beyond, such is the level of anger at Keir Starmer’s and the Labour government’s position on the genocide Continue Reading
Your Party. What will it be? What can we make it?
On 24 July 2025, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana launched their website for a new party with the working title of ‘Your Party’. The call from the left-wing former leader of the Labour Party and suspended Labour MP – now resigned from the Labour Party – Zarah Sultana is clearly aimed Continue Reading
Lessons still not learned
The left – the broad church left – has universally welcomed Zarah Sultana’s 3 July statement to resign from Labour and to co-lead the formation of a new party. The numbers (over 60,000 at the time of writing) that have signed up to support the project clearly reflect the widespread Continue Reading
Why a new Corbynite party is not the answer – with or without Corbyn.
While small groups of communists are seeking ways to forge greater unity and create the basis for a new, mass, democratic communist party, an array of former Labour Party prominent left-wing figures & activists are looking to create a new leftish, reformist, social democratic party in the image of Jeremy Continue Reading
Broad to death: the problem with broad left parties
This article is based on the notes for an introduction given by Chris on 7th August which, along with the discussion afterwards, can be watched on YouTube: ‘Transform? The problem with broad left parties’ For over thirty years there have been repeated attempts to build a political space to the Continue Reading
What sort of new party of the left?
A call has been put out by a number of small left-wing groups and individuals for a new party. Left Unity, the Breakthrough Party, the People’s Alliance of the Left, and three Liverpool Community Independents councillors, together with other individuals have put out a call for a new party of Continue Reading
What sort of public ownership?
Water is essential for life. Provided by nature, it should be accessible and free for all. A functioning system for treating sewage is also one of the most basic requirements for any society; without it we face disease and contagion. Yet, in the UK, one of the richest countries in Continue Reading
No short cuts
Should Jeremy Corbyn stand as an independent in Islington North? Should socialists stand candidates against Labour generally and against Keir Starmer specifically? Should socialists be calling for a new workers’ party? If so, what sort of party? None of these questions can be answered without first answering the questions that Continue Reading