By Daniel Randall Exhortations to “hold the line” sometimes serve a purpose in socialist politics. Many of our key ideas … More
Category: Political education
Abolish academies! Labour, the National Education Service and our schools system (new Clarion pamphlet)
Following our successful Free Our Unions pamphlet first published last September, which helped launch the Free Our Unions campaign, The … More
Corbynism and the drought of workers’ struggles
Despite some important developments in workplace struggle, and despite the political framework of the growth of the Labour Left, strikes … 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
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
Has Corbynism peaked?
Simon Hannah asks whether Corbynism has stalled politically. I’ll be honest, I was going to call this ‘Corbynism has peaked’, … 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
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
Demanding All Member Meetings displays short-termism and dwindling ambitions
Urte Macikene, Dulwich and West Norwood CLP, continues our debate on All Member Meetings vs delegate General Committees. This week’s … More