Draft LLA Workers’ and Trade Union Charter
Please email any amendments to info@labourleft.org. To campaign for democracy at all levels in trade unions. The members must be sovereign. For the principle of …
Roundtable: The future of the Labour Left
We hope this discussion will help to inform the political strategy for the LLA over the next period. The current political situation for the Labour …
New study series: Citizen Marx
Karl Marx started his political journey as a republican before becoming a socialist and communist. This was not the end of the story. What happened …
No, standing in solidarity with Palestinians is not antisemitic!
The attack on Emma Watson by former and current ambassadors of Israel – carried in all the major news outlets – shows that solidarity with …
Solidarity with refugees – no-one is illegal!
Following the horrific deaths of 27 refugees who drowned when making the perilous journey to Britain, please find below the contact details of some refugee groups and organisations you might …
New LLA education series: Labour and the left – a history of witch-hunts and fight-backs
See further below for reading recommendations and other useful materials October 21 Introduction: the left and Labour 1880-1918 speaker: Kevin Bean October 28 Labour and …
September 18: Launch of ‘Labour Left for Socialism’
We are sharing news about this event, but not without criticisms: in the negotiations, we were arguing strongly – but unsuccessfully – for this initiative …
Defend Paul Holmes!
LLA TU GROUP RESOLUTION to LLA, agreed by the LLA all-supporters’ meeting on September 7 We condemn the organisational manoeuvres, purges and witch-hunts which have …
Afghanistan and the decline of American empire
Statement by LLA Steering committee Many, including many on the left, are lamenting the departure of the Americans from Afghanistan, the longest war (20 years) …
Labour Left for Socialism
The LLA has been involved in the welcome and long overdue initiative ‘Labour Left for Socialism’, which will organise a first online gathering on September …
VIDEO: Highlights from the July 20 Labour NEC protest
No bans, no proscriptions – we need justice and democracy! Speakers include: Mike Cushman, Jewish Voice for Labour Tina Werkmann, Labour Against the Witchhunt …
Say no to all bans and proscriptions!
The Labour Left Alliance strongly condemns the proscription of left-wing groups from the Labour Party. This is no doubt only a prelude to a more widespread …
Batley & Spen: No reason for Starmer to celebrate
The narrow win for the Labour Party in the Batley & Spen by-election, held shortly after Matt Hancock’s forced resignation and amidst the general chaos …
Back Turner and Beckett – Keep Out the Right Wing!
Statement released by the LLA steering committee, June 29 2021 and confirmed by the LLA Organising Group on July 3 2021 In the Unite general secretary election, …
UNITE: We call on Graham and Turner to stand down and support Howard Beckett
Update June 13: As Howard Beckett has withdrawn his candidacy in favour of Steve Turner, we will now discuss how to change our voting recommendation. …
JUST SAY NO! to antisemitism training by the JLM
Joint statement by Labour Against the Witchhunt, Labour Campaign for Free Speech, Labour Left Alliance and Labour in Exile Network Why you should NOT participate …
Model motion: Abandon IHRA and adopt the Jerusalem Declaration
[This motion has been drafted as a model motion to go to Labour Party conference 2021, but it can be tweaked for other purposes.] Please note that …
Statement and model motion: Solidarity with Howard Beckett!
Joint statement by Labour Against the Witchhunt, Labour Left Alliance, Labour in Exile Network, Rotherham Labour Left and Sheffield Labour Left. To add your organisation’s …
LLA poll: Nominate Howard Beckett for Unite general secretary
The LLA asked all Unite members to vote on who to support in the Unite general secretary election. Despite some voting irregularities (see below), Howard …
New series: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the 20th century
We will be publishing reading material throughout May 13 Introduction Imperialism, war and revolution 1900-18 (Kevin Bean) https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1914/09/ultra-imp.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/bukharin/works/1917/imperial/index.htm A Anievas (ed.), Cataclysm 1914: The …
Why you should come to Labour Party conference 2021 – as a delegate or visitor
If you are (still) a Labour Party member, please try to become a delegate to this yer’s conference (September 25-29, Brighton). There are few important …
May 6 elections: Deeply uninspiring and without a vision- Starmer must go!
Naturally, Starmer and his right-wing allies are trying to pin the shockingly bad election results on Jeremy Corbyn. This really does not hold water. In …
Videos and background reading: What is Zionism?
In this fantastic education series, which ran for five sessions in March and April 2021, Tony Greenstein discussed a range of hugely important questions, which …
Model motion: Defend Kirstie Paton!
Motion opposing the trade union victimisation of Kirstie Paton, NEU Inner London Executive member This branch/district notes: The threat of disciplinary action being taken against …
Support strike action in response to the measly 1% pay offer for nurses and medical staff
Statement by the LLA steering committee, March 9 2021 The government’s offer of a 1% “pay rise” for the nurses and medical staff who have …
Bristol Labour Fiasco – Democracy Subverted Again
The statement below is from the chair of Bristol LCF. It describes the farcical methods used by the right wing regional bureaucracy to undermine the …
Rule Change for Labour Party Conference 2021 – Let Conference Trigger a Leadership Challenge
Please move this in your CLP so that it can be discussed at the next LP conference Online here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IKDpyMVvDx7zic5QB0eC8dfaH3_C2XnuxjUfr6a_05o/edit?usp=sharing Give conference the power to …
NEC Election 2020 Result – What Does it Tell Us?
A positive result in the current climate, but the left has a lot of work to do to get organised and to build the fight …
LLA Open Letter to Left Organisations
November 2020 From: Labour Left Alliance To: Momentum, CLPD, LRC, DLO, JVL, Labour CND, CLGA, Labour Assembly Against Austerity, Grassroots Black Left, Welsh Labour Grassroots, …
Sign this open letter: Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn! Stop the witch-hunt against the left!
Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn! Stop the witch-hunt against the left! >>> Sign here <<< We are Labour Party members and supporters who are outraged by the …
LLA Model motion: Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn! Stop the witch-hunt!
This branch/CLP notes Jeremy Corbyn was absolutely right in the comments that got him suspended: “One antisemite is one too many, but the scale of …
Model Motion: Defend Julian Assange from extradition
1. This meeting notes that: 1.1 Journalist and WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is in prison awaiting extradition to the USA on Espionage Act charges. These …
Model Motions on the “SpyCops Bill”
1. This CLP notes: 1.1. The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons on 15th October …
NEC elections: Rank the LLA 6 highest!
The Labour Left Alliance supports the following comrades in the current NEC elections: 1. Roger Silverman 2.Chaudhry Qamer Iqbal 3.Carol Taylor Spedding 4. Ekua Bayunu …
Free Julian Assange! Show your solidarity
The ongoing attempt to extradite Julian Assange to the US must be opposed by all socialists and democrats. The horrific and inhuman treatment he has …
Model Motion: For the Labour Party to act like a real opposition on Covid-19!
Model Motion Covid-19: Keir Starmer must pressure the government to bring about safe conditions in schools and universities We note that Keir Starmer has repeatedly …
NEC elections: STV – myths and reality
The introduction of the ‘Single Transferable Voting’ (STV) system for the election of the National Executive Committee (NEC) is no doubt an attack by Keir …
New leadership = New Labour?
Statement of the LLA steering committee in response to Keir Starmer’s conference speech and the ‘Overseas Operations Bill’: “New Leadership” sounds to us very much …
New LLA series: REVOLUTION! Key moments in socialist history 1381-1914
You can find the videos of all of our previous sessions here on Youtube, including all 12 sessions of our excellent series ‘Learning Labour’s History’. …
LLA Agrees its NEC Voting Recommendations
The LLA recommends that Labour Party members rank the LLA 6 candidates highest. They have shown their commitment to our political platform, which includes the …
Extinction Rebellion: The real criminals sit in parliament!
We applaud the successful blockades of a number of printing plants by activists of Extinction Rebellion. They have managed to seriously disrupt one of the …
Model motion: Free speech on Palestine! No confidence in Starmer and Evans!
Feel free to use and amend This branch/CLP notes with concern 1) The circular emailed on August 12 2020 to Constituency Labour Parties by General …
Solidarity with Sam Gorst and John Dunn!
Emergency motion agreed at LLA conference August 22 2020 (which also agreed to support his legal fund with a donation of £250 – he has …
Report from LLA conference, August 22/23 2020
Please find below a report of last weekend’s last weekend’s successful and very lively LLA conference. Over 120 delegates from 32 of our affiliated groups …
Settlement with witch-hunters: Not in our name!
The Labour Party settlement of July 22 2020 is an insult to all Labour members. We are outraged that our dues have been used to …
Reinstate Rebecca Long Bailey! Stop the witch-hunt!
The Labour Left Alliance is appalled at Keir Starmer’s sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey from the shadow cabinet. It is another step in the strategy of …
‘Labour Together’ Report: It was the witch-hunt, stupid!
The ‘Labour Together’ review of the 2019 general election campaign manages – over 154 pages – to list all sorts of reasons that are supposed …
Reinstate the Liverpool Wavertree 4!
Sign here: https://www.change.org/p/labour-party-reinstate-the-wavertree-4 Defend free speech in the Labour movement!The Labour left will not be silenced on party democracy and Israel/Palestine! We believe that the …
No whitewash! Counter-conference on the ‘leaked report’
The Labour Left Alliance supports this Zoom conference planned for mid-July, to coincide with the release of Keir Starmer’s ‘investigation’ into the leaked report. Click …
Leaked report: We need a full investigation! Review all disciplinary cases!
Joint statement by Labour Against the Witchhunt and the Labour Left Alliance We demand a full investigation into the witch-hunt and the election campaigns!All disciplinary …
Labour leadership elections: Stay and fight! Join the Labour Left Alliance!
The election of Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner as leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party is a serious setback for the left. Speculation …
Covid-19: Sign our urgent action plan for the Labour Party!
Read our full petition – and sign it – here. The response of the British and European governments to the Covid-19 outbreak demonstrates the failure …
Corona: Get your local LP branch/CLP to take initiative!
Laura Pidcock is pushing this in Durham. We suggest you get in touch with your local chair or secretary to help organise something similar where …