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

Last week, I spoke at a meeting with Chris Williamson. Here’s what I said.

By Daniel Round, Clarion editor Last Thursday (28 Feb), I represented The Clarion at a meeting in Walsall on repealing … More

After Labour’s Brexit shift: why the demand for a special conference is still crucial

By Rick Parnet Since the Labour leadership’s new shift on Brexit, several anti-Brexit people, good comrades on the radical socialist … More

The Independent Group lacks class

By Ruth Cashman, Lambeth Unison secretary (Lambeth council is in Chuka Umunna’s constituency) Since the election of Corbyn as Labour … More

Class-struggle organising at London Labour conference

By Rick Parnet When delegates to the upcoming London Labour Party conference (2-3 March, Haringey) voted which topics to prioritise … More

“I wrote to Jeremy this morning. Here’s what I said…”

Joan Twelves, former leader of Lambeth council and a long-time friend of Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, sent this letter … More

Motions to London Labour conference (2): Free our unions to tackle low pay and precariousness

The following motion, modelled in part on a motion promoted by The Clarion, has been submitted to London Labour Party … More

“The movement has to pull itself up by the bootstraps” – interview with John Moloney

John Moloney, a worker in the Department for Transport and activist in the Public Commercial Services Union (PCS) and its … More

Motions to London Labour conference (1): “Build a campaign to stop and reverse council cuts”

London Labour Party conference takes place in Haringey on 2 and 3 March. The Clarion has helped promote motions for … More