By Rida Vaquas, Clarion Editor In the Twittersphere, a bizarre claim by right-wing Labour activist Luke Akehurst has surfaced that … More
Category: History
Lessons from Labour 1974-9
Martin Thomas, Islington South CLP, was an active socialist and trade unionist in 1974, when Britain elected a Labour government … More
Failures of left in office boosted far-right
By Michael Elms In 1981, a left government took power in France under a Socialist Party President, Francois Mitterrand. By … More
Lessons from the Brazilian Workers’ Party
Brazilian politics is in flux, with a dramatic and alarming rise of the radical right. To help understand the background … More
Chuka Umunna, Labour and institutional racism
By Rida Vaquas Whilst I understand the intent behind resisting opportunistic weaponisations of legitimate issues such as Chuka Umunna declaring … More
How Frank Field helped the Tories in Wallasey and got away with it (until now)
Frank Field’s right-wing politics, contempt for Labour Party members and disloyalty to the party itself have been well documented in … More
When John McDonnell urged Labour councils to stand up and fight
This article, entitled “Rate-capping – Open up the second front” was published in 1985 in Labour Briefing magazine – when … More
Shut up and don’t criticise? Kinnockism and Corbyn
By Mark Osborn, Lewisham East CLP In the 1980s and 90s the union bureaucrats and Labour leadership piled up pressure … More
The impacts of May ’68: out of sync in Britain
By Martin Thomas The French upheaval of 1968 had a great impact in Britain, both industrially and politically. The shame … More