Recent research has found that infant mortality rates and child poverty have started to increase in Britain. This is stark reminder of the real impact of the crisis of capitalism and the brutal austerity the system demands.
Homelessness continues to rise at a stagerring rate in the UK, a consequence of a decade of Tory austerity. Meanwhile, 220,000 houses are empty. The solution is clear – a Labour government must expropriate those houses, with no compensation.
Labour4Clause4 successfully brought the reintroduction of Clause IV to the centre of the debate at conference, with 62% of CLP delegates in support. The campaign will continue to fight to commit the party to the goal of socialism.
News has emerged of a stitch-up of the candidate selection process ahead of a coming election. To win, Labour must unify activists around genuine left-wing candidates, not careerists. We need a democratic process of mandatory reselection.
The abolition of Labour Students presents an opportunity to re-establish a new organisation on a healthy basis. Socialist Appeal activists call for Labour Students to be rebuilt around democratic methods and bold socialist policies.
A general election is on its way and the Tory Party is in turmoil. A Labour government provides the only route out of the current crisis. This can only be achieved if Labour fights the election on a class programme.
Events over the last week have underlined that we still have a long way to go in terms of fighting for democracy and justice within the Labour Party. Members must rally to defend Chris Williamson and demand mandatory reselection.
Thousands of elderly people in care homes pay extortionate fees for poor quality care, whilst the owners make millions in profits every year. Labour is promising free care at the point of use. We must expropriate negligent care providers to fund it.
In this Channel 5 documentary, former Tory MP Michael Portillo provides a glance behind the curtain of the party’s squabbles. With no clear explanation of the crisis, the programme speaks volumes about the Tories’ innability to understand it.
Boris Johnson is preparing to fight an election on the lines of “the People vs Parliament”. Labour must meet this demagoguery with mass mobilisation of workers and youth, organised around a bold class programme of socialist policies.
Carillion collapsed last January after years of mismanagement. There have been no repercussions for the senior managers, who benefited from huge pay rises in the company’s final years, the burden has fallen entirely on the workers. End outsourcing!
Three Blairite MPs have been triggered as Labour members look to democratically take control of the Parliamentary Labour Party. The Blairites are fighting back the only way they know how, through bureaucratic manouvres. Boot out the Blairites.