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Category: Banking and finance

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

John McDonnell on nationalising the banks

In 2008, the Labour government responded to the financial crisis by bailing out the banking system, in a thoroughly capitalist … More

Escaping from the crisis – why we need public ownership of finance (Clarion meeting, 29 May)

6.30pm, Friday 29 May Zoom link to join meetingEventbriteFacebook event Speakers:• Ben Selby, Fire Brigades Union executive council member for … More

“Democracy needs public control over the banks”

Ben Selby is a Fire Brigades Union activist in the East Midlands, representing the region on the FBU’s national Executive … More

Public ownership of finance and the Green New Deal

Please put this motion to your CLP to go to Labour Party conference 2019. *** The motion for a Socialist … More

Why has McDonnell ruled out capital controls?

By Martin Thomas “I want to make it absolutely explicit that capital controls would not happen under a Labour government”, … More

“It’s time to take over the banks” – Fire Brigades Union pamphlet

In 2012 the Fire Brigades Union moved a motion at TUC Congress for public ownership of the banks and finance, … More

Rebecca Long-Bailey is wrong about Labour and the financial crisis

We republish below an article on the Labour Party, the 2007-8 financial crisis and the banking system by North East … More

RMT joins FBU in saying “Nationalise the banks”

By an RMT activist The AGM of the RMT union (24-29 June, Edinburgh) has passed policy calling for public ownership … More

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The Clarion is a magazine produced by socialist activists in the Labour Party and Momentum. The first issue was published in September 2016; since January 2017, it has been out monthly. Issue #18 comes out before Labour Party conference. 

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