Labour Party
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Seven days in June By William Bowles
It’s very rare that you see the ruling elite totally at a loss for words: but they were. Gobsmacked and stunned would be accurate descriptions of the look on the political class’s collective face on the morning of June 24, 2016. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Killing Corbyn
The ‘Brexit’ referendum vote, split 52% to 48% in favour of leaving the European Union, has been exploited by the ‘mainstream’ media to launch yet another assault on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. ‘Impartial’ BBC News, directed by former Murdoch editor James Harding, has been one of the worst culprits. Continue reading
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In right-wing putsch, UK Labour MPs deliver overwhelming anti-Corbyn vote By Julie Hyland
The extraordinary scale of the right-wing coup, which had already seen Corbyn lose most of his shadow cabinet in a series of timed resignations, was intended to force the Labour leader to resign. But in a statement put out moments after the result, Corbyn said that he had been elected “by 60 percent of Labour… Continue reading
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Oppose the coup plot against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn
The unfolding coup operation was instigated by a right-wing cabal of Labour MPs. But there is no doubt they did so only after discussions at the highest levels of the British state, including the security services—MI5, MI6 and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)—as well as with the US State Department and the CIA. Continue reading
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The fallacy, and the failure of reformism By William Bowles
This is really a great opportunity for Corbyn to redirect and refocus the Labour Party from the grassroots up (if he hasn’t blown it with his ‘lacklustre’ campaign to Remain). But his first and major battle has to be with the PLP and of course, with the British Establishment but on both counts he is… Continue reading
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The blame game By William Bowles
26 June 2016 Now I know Jeremy Corbyn is a bit of a wimp when it comes to the cut and thrust of politics but blaming him for Brexit is surely a step too far? But that’s just what the BBC has been doing all day. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Anatomy Of A Propaganda Blitz – Part 2: ‘Hitlergate’
As with so many propaganda blitzes, intense media coverage was triggered by ‘dramatic new evidence’; namely, the discovery of a graphic posted by Naz Shah two years ago, before she became a Labour MP. The graphic shows a map of the United States with Israel superimposed in the middle, suggesting that a solution to the… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Anatomy Of A Propaganda Blitz – Part 1
We live in a time when state-corporate interests are cooperating to produce propaganda blitzes intended to raise public support for the demonisation and destruction of establishment enemies. Continue reading
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We marched for peace – not to ‘bully’ Stella Creasy
Sue Wheat gives the truth behind media reports of an ‘intimidating’ anti-war protest in MP Stella Creasy’s Walthamstow constituency. “I just want to set the record straight for anyone reading or listening to the news about Walthamstow and Stella Creasy, which as far as I can tell is totally untrue.” Continue reading
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“Shooting to Kill” Jeremy Corbyn – The Coup is On By Oliver Tickell
Right wing Labour MPs have launched a full-scale coup against Jeremy Corbyn, and against the members of the party they represent, writes Oliver Tickell. Their plan is simple – backed by mainstream media, to discredit him so utterly that even his supporters turn against him – and elect a new ‘heir to Blair’ leader. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Nuclear War And Corbyn – The Fury And The Farce
Last month, 250,000 party members voted Jeremy Corbyn leader of the Labour party, ‘the largest mandate ever won by a Party Leader’. The combined might of the political and media establishment had fought and lost its Stalingrad, having bombarded Corbyn with every conceivable smear in a desperate [attempt] to wreck his reputation with the British… Continue reading
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New Labour Party shadow chancellor seeks to reassure big business at party conference By Chris Marsden
Newly appointed shadow chancellor John McDonnell outlined his and Jeremy Corbyn’s new economic prescriptions at the Labour Party’s conference yesterday. It was an exercise in appearing as “sensible” and “safe” as possible to Britain’s ruling class, while still making verbal feints towards the anti-austerity sentiment in the working class that catapulted Corbyn to the leadership… Continue reading
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Corbyn’s jobs for the boys By William Bowles
So socialist Jeremy Corbyn, after pressure from the trade union boys who bankroll him, agreed not to make Trident an issue. After all, making nuclear missiles and the submarines that carry them, are jobs for the boys. Continue reading
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RISE: Scotland’s Left Alliance By Ken Ferguson
The long dominant Labour Party, which opted to campaign against independence — alongside the Conservatives, loathed by the big majority of Scots voters, and the now virtually demolished Liberal Democrats in the Better Together alliance — reaped the whirlwind at the UK general election in May. Continue reading
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Corbyn can afford to sidestep the media but not their power By Des Freedman
The attacks on the Corbyn camp from parts of the British establishment have come in thick and fast – entirely as expected, given that his overwhelming success was partly predicated on a desire to challenge establishment rule. His resounding victory on the weekend was greeted by headlines arguing that he was a ‘danger to Britain’… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Media Activism In A Time Of Hope – An Appeal For Support
We might disagree with Corbyn on any number of issues, but he is at least recognisably human. He seems more like the people we know, less like the people with serious suits and unserious souls who view themselves as ‘The Masters of Mankind’. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Corbyn And The End Of Time – The ‘Crisis Of Democracy’
As we have noted many times, it turns out that the fiercest gatekeepers protecting the ‘liberal’ press, ironically, are the handful of salaried ‘dissidents’ that work for them. Revered as heroes for their truth-telling, they do not speak out honestly on the performance of their corporate employers. If they tell the truth, they risk damaging… Continue reading
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Is Jeremy Corbyn’s foreign policy socialist? By Chris Marsden
For most working people, sympathy will rest with Corbyn. But the crucial issue to be understood is that none of this imparts a socialist character to his policies. Nor does it mean that those looking to him as a means of opposing war will find the answers they are seeking. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 