Labour Party
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THE LABOUR PARTY COULD BE ABOUT TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF THE 1970S
As always, the Labour Party indulges in electoral cretinism. Holding on to office is the highest goal. But if preserving council seats is the highest priority, then it means the party cannot lead resistance against the cuts because holding onto seats means making cuts. The alternative, the mass resignation of labour councillors unwilling to pass… Continue reading
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Industrializing Class War By William Bowles
Have you noticed that it’s no longer PC Dixon of Dock Green who mediates the relationship between the state and its citizens as he goes about his beat in your neighbourhood? Instead, it’s a Kevlar-armoured, video-monitored, taser-equipped, drone-surveilled, spit-masked supplied soldier, straight out of Star Wars, who now staggers along under the weight of an… Continue reading
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Fight Within UK Labour Party Pits the Political Elite Against its Left Pt. 1/2
The fight between pro-Corbyn and anti-Corbyn forces within the UK’s Labour Party is intensifying as the anti-Corbyn camp attempts to stop Corbyn supporters from being on the ballot. Prof. Leo Panitch of York University explains (inc .transcript) Continue reading
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The Rising of Britain’s ‘New Politics’ By John Pilger
Delegates to the recent Labour Party conference in the English seaside town of Brighton seemed not to notice a video playing in the main entrance. The world’s third biggest arms manufacturer, BAe Systems, supplier to Saudi Arabia, was promoting its guns, bombs, missiles, naval ships and fighter aircraft. It seemed a perfidious symbol of a… Continue reading
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The flaw in the Labour Party’s manifesto
The personal attack on Corbyn by the media was premeditated. If they could not destroy the message, then one of the cardinal rules of propaganda, is to then discredit the messenger. The capitalist class was aware that Corbyn’s message of hope and of an alternative to austerity, would be popular. The capitalists fear raising of… Continue reading
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To the Barricades Comrades? By William Bowles
Millions of people put their faith in Jeremy Corbyn. But whether you want it or not, when you get Jeremy Corbyn, you get the Labour Party, the two are joined at the hip. So the question all Labour supporters need to ask is; will a Labour government deliver anything close to Corbyn’s Manifesto, even the… Continue reading
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Video: What can the Left Learn from Corbyn's Stunning Election Performance?
14 June 2017 — TRNN Former Sanders Campaign digital organizer Claire Sandberg speaks to the Real News after spending the past month working in the UK to defeat Theresa May (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: What can the Left Learn from Corbyn’s Stunning Election Performance?
14 June 2017 — TRNN Former Sanders Campaign digital organizer Claire Sandberg speaks to the Real News after spending the past month working in the UK to defeat Theresa May (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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MAYfly, Brexit, the Economy and the SWP
Theresa May claimed that she called the election having been inspired to do so while on a walk. This fairy tale, like the election, lies in ruins. As the Tory hierarchy fall out and individuals try to duck blame, the ugly truth is dribbling out of fiery arguments between those who saw the advantages of… Continue reading
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Video: Corbyn Lost Labour Party Elites, But Won Over Voters
“Corbyn has proven that there is a way forward for the Labour Party,” says Leo Panitch, a professor at York University–but it isn’t the future the Blairites envisioned (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Tasting the Bitter Pill of History By William Bowles
8 June 2017 — investigating imperialism I have to admit I took my eye off the ball. My desire to see the back of this awful government overwhelmed my powers of reasoning but hopefully it’s only temporary. That’s the problem: We want Corbyn to be real. Continue reading
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Should I vote for Corbyn? I mean Labour? By William Bowles
And after all the bad things I’ve said about Corbyn (here, here and here) you would think asking the question was redundant, but is it? Should I vote for Corbyn/Labour Party or perhaps abstain? What is at stake here, aside from Corbyn’s political future (and perhaps the future of the Labour Party itself)? Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Meltdown’: The Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland Writes Jeremy Corbyn’s Obituary
We will examine the thinking behind Freedland’s sweeping dismissal in what follows. But first, we need to remind ourselves of the incessant media vitriol and opposition faced by Jeremy Corbyn since he first ran for the Labour leadership in 2015. Extensive evidence of this corporate media bias has been presented in studies published by Media… Continue reading
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Video: UK Elections Called Before Full Impact of Austerity Kicks In
Theresa May’s decision to call a snap election is an opportunistic move, she also has an eye on the electoral arenas in France and Germany says Prof. Leo Panitch co-editor of the 2016 Socialist Register titled “The Politics of the Right” Continue reading
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How the left can win By Jeremy Gilbert
Labour Party membership is at a record high. Momentum now has more than 15,000 paid up members. There’s no question that this is a significant political movement. But is it really, as many of its advocates claim, a ‘social movement’? Jeremy Corbyn has expressed desire for the Labour Party itself to ‘become a social movement’.… Continue reading
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NYT: Corbyn Has Marginalized Labour With His Popular Positions
It’s probably true that Corbyn is more skeptical of the United States and NATO than the average Brit. But it’s hard not to get the impression that certain positions are identified by Erlanger as problematic not because they’re unpopular with Corbyn’s constituents—but because they’re unpopular with the New York Times. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 