Despite recent difficulties and internal battles, Your Party has finally been officially founded. Over the weekend of 29-30 November, over 2,000 YP members gathered in Liverpool to establish what is already the largest socialist party in Britain since the 1940s. Nobody will have missed the sharp debates which were thrashed out on the conference floor. […]
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Zarah Sultana MP and Jeremy Corbyn have announced they are launching a new party! Over the past few months, the call for a new left party has become deafening. It is clear this is an idea whose time has come, with a surprise announcement from Zarah Sultana that she and Jeremy Corbyn will be launching […]
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New left party needed to halt Reform’s march to power It is now more than a year since Rishi Sunak stood rain-soaked outside 10 Downing Street to announce a general election. In the time that has passed since, the political landscape of Britain has been transformed almost beyond recognition. The final nails in the coffin […]
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Mass Struggle for Trans Liberation and Socialism Needed! We can’t rely on the courts or the parties of the political establishment to defend our rights. Fighting the results of this transphobic ruling falls down to us. The recent ruling from the UK Supreme Court that the terms ‘legal’ and ‘sex’ in the Equalities Act refer […]
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But Starmer’s Labour will disappoint — Build working class struggle and a New Left Party The working class in England, Scotland and Wales have just wiped the floor with the Tories. With votes still being counted, they are headed for an historic defeat, and Labour is headed for one of the biggest majorities in more […]
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We need a new party! British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, drenched in rain outside Number 10, announced the General Election for July 4. Everyone — Sunak included — knows he is finished. Recent polls have placed Labour on a poll lead of up to 25%. It is quite likely that, knowing his ratings could sink […]
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This is a joint statement between Socialist Party Northern Ireland and Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland. Escalate workers’ action — For a general strike! Fight for a socialist alternative! Another Tory prime minister bites the dust. In scenes less like a slow-motion car crash and more like a high-speed multi-vehicle collision, Tory MPs […]
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The Enough is Enough Campaign has been launched by various figures from across the labour movement because, as RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch says “people are fed up with the way they’re treated at work. We need to turn that mood into real organisation on behalf of the working class”. Working class people are facing […]
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Written by Socialist Alternative members (England, Wales & Scotland) in the National Education Union, Unite and UNISON. Trade Union Action Gets Results. We Need Real Opposition. The Tories’ plan to reopen schools was met with fierce opposition from scientists, politicians from all parties, and most importantly from the trade unions. After almost a year of […]
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Time for a new Left Party to fight the Tories Condemn Corbyn’s suspension Organise now for socialist change, and to build a political voice that can be a real opposition to the Tories Jeremy Corbyn is not antisemitic. He has a lifelong history of fighting racism in all its forms. It is a disgrace that […]
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