In 2008, the Labour government responded to the financial crisis by bailing out the banking system, in a thoroughly capitalist … More
Category: John McDonnell
John McDonnell on Covid-19: “Huge mistakes have been made”
Last week, John McDonnell MP spoke to disabled activists in the rail and transport union RMT about the COVID-19 crisis … More
Social care must be “insourced” too
In the run up to a Labour Party conference which may well debate social care policy, Malcolm Hunter (Leicester South … More
John McDonnell’s speech to ‘Love Socialism’ anti-Brexit meeting in Parliament
On Monday 15 July, the Love Socialism Hate Brexit group of MPs – now rebranded as Love Socialism, Rebuild Britain, … More
West Midlands mayoral race: the left says no to a Byrne coronation
By Daniel Round, Clarion editor Last Friday (24 May), Birmingham Momentum published a strong letter to John McDonnell, asking him … More
‘Free Our Unions’ motion to RMT conference 2019
The following motion has been submitted to the RMT rail and transport union’s annual conference (23-27 June, Manchester) by East … More
FBU wins LRC to back ‘Free Our Unions’ campaign
The following motion was proposed by the Fire Brigades Union to the Labour Representation Committee conference on 9 February 2019, … 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
Far from the shallow now
By Alan Simpson • Brazil opts out of hosting the next Climate Conference as President Bolsonaro prepares prepares to ditch … More