YourParty supporters are getting used to periodically hearing about what is happening in the closeted world of the party’s leadership from media articles where some faction or other has leaked about it to friends in the MSM. The latest public row was kicked off by a Guardian article about the Continue Reading
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YourParty: ‘member-led’ democracy or bureaucratic control?
Online Zoom discussion on Monday 27 October 2025 at 7:30pm. Link here. Join the discussion. After weeks of delay, on 17 October the YourParty central organising team eventually sent members four founding documents. The material states that members will be able to engage with the documents and propose amendments through Continue Reading
YourParty? Whose Party? – Invitation to an in-person discussion
The mess in YourParty and how to deal with it. Organised jointly by Stockport Socialists for YourParty & Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view Saturday 27 September 2025 10:30am-1pm Friends’ Meeting House 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS 800,000 signed up enthusiastically to YourParty. Branches are being Continue Reading
YourParty: Grassroots Democracy over Bureaucratic Splits
A statement from Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view Your Party is in great danger of falling at the first hurdle. The huge initial support for a new left party is under threat of being squandered entirely. This is not solely the fault of any one faction or Continue Reading
YourParty, Our Party, Whose Party?
At the end of last week another new platform inside YourParty was launched, under the name ‘Our Party‘. It gave the impression that it was a response to the factional flare-up at the top of YourParty, but it seems that platform has in fact been in formation for some time. Continue Reading
Far-right fascist rally shows we must get organised
The far-right/fascist mobilisation on Saturday in London was the largest ever by the far right in Britain. It is, indeed, a wake-up to the left and all who stand for democracy. Fascism is on the march here, as elsewhere. But those on the left who believe that this can be Continue Reading
For transparency and clarity in YourParty
The absence of any communication about how YourParty is to be taken forward from those involved at the centre of the initiative is very worrying. It gives the impression that they don’t really know what to do with the 800,000 names that have signed up for the project. One communication Continue Reading
We must argue for socialism/communism
Capitalism will only be abolished by the conscious act of the working class – the overwhelming majority of the world’s population. It won’t be achieved by small groups or parties, or by prominent individuals. It requires the majority working class collectively to understand the need for the present system to Continue Reading
To eradicate the symptoms we must eradicate the disease.
There’s a lot of debate going on in the various YourParty groups and on social media about whether YourParty should be overtly socialist or not. This is a very good and very important discussion for all of us to engage in. What is socialism? What do we all mean by Continue Reading
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