By Ruth Cashman, Lambeth Unison co-secretary (pc) During the Momentum National Coordinating Group elections, Lawrence Dunne, candidate for the Momentum … More
Author: The Clarion editors
The rich history of BME MPs
By Sacha Ismail 11 June was the 33rd anniversary of the election of four black and Asian Labour MPs – … More
Black Lives Matter and the labour movement
By Mohan Sen Comrades should read this interview with West Coast US docks activist Clarence Thomas – involved in organising … More
Why I am standing on the Momentum Internationalists platform
By Ruth Cashman Whether you think its purpose was building a mass social movement, winning a Labour government, holding left … More
Labour, Momentum and the police
By Ruth Cashman, Lambeth Unison secretary and candidate for Momentum for National Coordinating Group The murder of George Floyd has … More
Forward Momentum drops democratically-agreed left policies
By a Forward Momentum policy delegate • For a somewhat different, more positive take, see the Momentum Internationalists website here.• … More
Keir Starmer crawls to the banks – push the other way!
By Mohan Sen The Financial Times reports that Labour has “embarked on a charm offensive with banks and fund managers”, … More
“What do you think of Momentum democracy?” – “I think it would be a good idea”
By Simon Hannah Everyone is doing the democracy dance in Momentum. Even the old guard leadership are making some vague … More
NHS privatisation and the PPE scandal
By We Own It More than 300 NHS and care workers have now died from coronavirus and many of these … More