See the discussion HERE After nearly two years of political paralysis, the Northern Ireland Assembly met on Saturday February 3rd . The Democratic Unionist Party (a communal Protestant party) finally ended its boycott and agreed to return to the power-sharing Executive. For the first time ever, Sinn Fein – a party representing voters from the Catholic community – is now the largest single … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2024
TASKS OF THE BRAZILIAN LEFT
LINK TO MEETING RECORDING HERE A WIN DISCUSSION, FEBRUARY 2024. Events in Brazil have been closely followed by socialists and working-class activists over recent decades. The rise of the Workers’ Party and the election of Lula to government created great expectations. When these were disappointed, this led to the rise of Bolsonaro and the far right. Now Lula and the Workers’ Party are back … [Read more...]
Remembering Comrade Madi Gray
Workers International Network learned of the death of our much loved and respected comrade Madi Gray with great sadness. Madi was born in Cape Town in 1943. Her parents were immigrants who arrived during the inter-war period as refugees from Germany; they saw similarities between Hitler's Nationalist Socialist Party and the National Party in South Africa, which came to power in 1948. Her mother … [Read more...]
Two Model Motions
Here are 2 model motions which highlight the issues in Gaza and with the Zionist regime in Israel. Please edit as appropriate and consider circulating these to Labour Party branches and any other relevant organisation that you may feel would be prepared to get behind these. … [Read more...]
Introducing the Campaign for a Mass Workers’ Party – by Roger Silverman
CMWP have agreed to work with TUSC and other left groups to form a united general election challenge when standing candidates to oppose Labour in future elections. At a Convention held on 3rd February, in Birmingham a number of aims and principles were debated, and a policy decided, that groups would not oppose other left candidates, based on a number of agreed principles. Roger Silverman … [Read more...]
Draft Report – Convention to Organise a Working Class Challenge at the General Election
Convention agrees plan for a united general election challenge to Sunak and Starmer Representatives of twelve different campaign groups and socialist organisations met in Birmingham on Saturday 3rd February in a Convention to Organise a Working Class Challenge at the General Election. Initiated by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) last year with an appeal to different … [Read more...]
Campaign for a Mass Workers Party (CMWP)
Let’s bring together the forces for a new mass working class party! Sign our appeal now! The Tory government has declared war on the working class. But Labour won’t defend us. We need a new party to fight for a working-class government and a complete change in Britain. Labour, which was set up to defend working class people, and is funded by our trade unions, is now back under the … [Read more...]
The New Left Parties: a False Dawn?
A WIN discussion, February 2004. The traditional parties of the working-class find themselves today everywhere in free fall. In recent elections, the French Socialist Party won 1.7%; the Swedish Social-Democrats their lowest vote for a century; the German SPD has been overtaken by the racist AfD; the Italian Communist Party has evaporated. But over the last decade alternative left parties or … [Read more...]
When the West nails the Israeli coffin of the Palestinian people!
by Yorgos Mitralias First the facts: UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports almost 4 million Palestinian refugees, running their schools and hospitals and providing them with drinking water and food. In Gaza alone, UNRWA employs 13,000 people. Israel accuses 12 of them of involvement in the Hamas attack of October 7. UNRWA … [Read more...]
Internationalist Standpoint – The Feminist Movement and the Struggle for a Free Palestine
The following article is a transcript of a speech comrade Eleni Mitsou made at a feminist solidarity public meeting for the Palestinian people. The public meeting, which took place in Athens on January 19, 2024 was organized by 4 feminist organisations under the title “There is no free country without free women“. Today’s event takes place after 105 days of war of extreme brutality. In the … [Read more...]