At last year’s Labour Party conference, the motion on repealing (all) the anti-trade union laws promoted by The Clarion was … More
Category: Political education
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
Left accelerationism and crisis: Graham Jones’s The Shock Doctrine of the Left
By Rowan Fortune, West London Momentum Often on the left, theory and action exist in separate spheres; we are enjoined … 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
On Labour’s new guidelines for dealing with antisemitism
By Bill Davies The Labour Party is right to engage with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) guidelines as a … 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
When is a conference not a conference?
By Ed Whitby, former Momentum NC Northern region rep In March 2017 The Clarion reported on the “conference” – in fact … More
The speech Corbyn should give on Brexit
This is from Clarion issue 17, which went to press just before the first of a series of parliamentary votes … More
A response to the Morning Star trans rights controversy, from trade union activists
This was written in response to the recent statement published in the Morning Star. It has also been submitted to … More