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Coalition in crisis – it’s time to go on the attack!

THE COALITION took a drubbing in the local elections. The Tories and Lib Dems lost 741 seats and 13 councils, including major cities like Southampton, where a year long strike campaign…

Editorial: Europe turns left

As we go to press, news is breaking of victories for the left in France and Greece. François Hollande, first Socialist Party president for a generation, told his cheering supporters,…

Labour wins local support – now make them fight the cuts

Joy Macready takes stock of the results ot the local council elections and asks where now for Labour?   Thursday 3 May proved to be a red-letter day for Labour.…

A rout for the parties of austerity – an opportunity for the left

The Greek elections have demonstrated a massive popular rejection of the governing parties who support the EU-IMF austerity memorandum that has caused so much suffering to ordinary Greek people over…

French left returns to power after 17 years

THE VICTORY of Francois Hollande has raised huge expectations among workers across France and Europe of an end to austerity, posing the possibility of major struggles ahead. On a high turnout…

Vote TUSC against the cuts in May elections

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing a range of candidates from across the unions and campaigns in capital for the Greater London Authority (GLA) elections on 3 May.…

Vote Ken – but organise to fight!

On May 3, Londoners go to the polls to elect a new mayor. The two main candidates are the incumbent Tory candidate, Boris Johnson, and Labour’s Ken Livingstone, who was…

George Galloway’s ‘Bradford Spring’

George Galloway’s ‘Bradford Spring’ shows huge potential for left advance Dave Stockton assesses George Galloway’s stunning election win in Bradford West. George Galloway has pulled off his second big election…

Know your enemy – never underestimate the Tories

Last Thursday’s election was a worked example of the power of the traditional British political establishment: the dinosaurs won the day, and by a mile, writes Luke Cooper for the…

Victory of Scottish nationalists exposes Labour’s failures

The Scottish National Party (SNP) wiped the floor in last weeks Scottish Parliament elections, gaining 23 seats at the expense of Labour, Lib Dems, and the Tories, writes John Bowman…

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