The 2019 Labour Party conference voted for the repeal of all anti-trade union laws – building further on the policy … More
Category: Labour democracy
Rhetoric and reality in Streatham selection
By Dan Jeffery, Lambeth Unison Labour Link Officer (pc) Reading the tweets from Lambeth councillor Jennifer Brathwaite over the last … More
Does Vauxhall Labour want a self-promoting millionaire as its MP?
By Obi Saiq, Labour member, postal worker and CWU member As the selection race continues in soon-to-be empty Labour seats across … More
Harriet Harman’s CLP opposes her speaker bid
By a Camberwell and Peckham CLP activist On 19 September the General Committee of Camberwell and Peckham CLP voted to … More
The class-struggle, internationalist left at Labour conference
By Kelly Rogers The internationalist, class-struggle left of which The Clarion is part had a huge impact on this year’s … More
We lost a vote, but left anti-Brexit activists drove the agenda of Labour conference
By Michael Chessum, Another Europe is Possible national organiser and Clarion editorial board Standing back and looking objectively at the … More
Is the Labour machine trying to make this migrants’ rights motion disappear?
Update: after a fuss, the motion was taken and passed overwhelmingly! As we reported, Labour Campaign for Free Movement activists … More
Green New Deal: Labour CAC bans motion for 2030 target and no airport expansion
By a conference delegate • For the version finally passed, see here. Yesterday’s Labour Party conference compositing meeting on Green … More
Transform trade unions? Yes. Downgrade their role in Labour? Absolutely not!
At this year’s Labour Party conference, frustration with union delegations voting for watered-down positions, against the bulk of CLP delegates, … More