By Sacha Ismail 11 June was the 33rd anniversary of the election of four black and Asian Labour MPs – … More
Category: History
‘What Binds Us To This Place’ – anti-racist struggle in North Carolina
With the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the US (and now the UK) following the murder of George Floyd … More
Martin Luther King on workers’ solidarity action
Today (4 April) is the anniversary of US civil rights leader Martin Luther Kings’s death by assassination. We republish an … More
“Reclaim Our Rights” – a pamphlet by Bob Crow and John Hendy
Bob Crow was General Secretary of the RMT rail and transport union when he died five years ago, in March … More
Michael Heseltine is our enemy! (Letter to a fellow anti-Brexit marcher)
Dear friend, I marched with you on 23 March, having organised to make the demonstration as big as possible. I … More
General election and class struggle: Labour’s 1918 breakthrough
By Janine Booth The 1918 general election was the first to be held on a single day (14 December), the … More
Luke Akehurst defends the Freikorps
By Rida Vaquas, Clarion Editor In the Twittersphere, a bizarre claim by right-wing Labour activist Luke Akehurst has surfaced that … More
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