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It was with great sadness that Anti*Capitalist Resistance heard of the death of our comrade Sarah Parker, at the age of 67. For two years Sarah had been suffering from breast cancer. She will be remembered as a tireless fighter for socialist feminism, anti-racism and solidarity with the (...)
People are already being forced to make difficult choices about putting food on the table or preparing now for massive energy bill increases. This leaderless Tory government has sat on its hands, out of ideas, an embarrassment. The country has had enough. We need action now! An anti*capitalist (...)
An appeal to supporters of the Stop the War Coalition
Here are notes I made for a talk at an on-line meeting of the Stop the War Coalition’s Brent (north-west London) branch tomorrow (28 June). I was due to speak alongside Lindsey German, national convenor of the STWC. But last week it turned (...)
The national conference of civil service trade union PCS (24-26 May, Brighton) voted overwhelmingly for a strong stand in solidarity with Ukraine and its labour movement, and to affiliate to the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (USC).
It rejected a Stop the War Coalition-supporting motion (...)
From Denis Pilash, political scientist at Kyiv National University and activist in Ukrainian socialist organisation Sotsialniy Rukh (Social Movement), and Rhian Keyse, Birkbeck UCU and incoming UCU NEC member
Dear comrades,
At its Congress this week, UCU has the opportunity to take a strong (...)
For Ian Parker, enough is enough; it is time to leave the Labour Party.
The May elections in Manchester saw the Greens take a second council seat, and saw the Liberal Democrats’ John Leech take Didsbury West back with a massive majority, also taking the Lib Dem representation on the council to (...)
Long standing member of the Communist Party of Britain, Andrew Murray, former UNITE Chief of staff who left in 2016 to join Labour and become a key aide of the former Labour leader has a curious relationship with the Ukraine. The admirer of the best aspects of the old USSR, who spent a year (...)
Anti*capitalist Resistance Editorial Board responds to a recent Counterfire Weekly Briefing that unfairly characterised Gilbert Achcar.
At a time of impending conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine, with each side driven by internal needs to intensify austerity and repression in their (...)
Veronica Fagan provides an in depth analysis of the recent Labour Party Conference.
There is a bad tradition on the British left that those who write articles or speak at meetings have to present the most optimistic view of any political situation in order to keep up morale amongst our (...)
Criticism of the leader is forbidden, while thousands of members have been expelled or left in disgust
In recent weeks, I have been wearing a badge of honour. I have joined the ranks of those expelled or suspended from the Labour party. My crime? To have supported a group, recently proscribed, (...)
It’s not just anti-vaxxers. The themes of resisting power and regaining control of our lives have been cynically repurposed
It’s an uncomfortable thing to admit, but in the countercultural movements where my sympathies lie, people are dropping like flies. Every few days I hear of another (...)
Dave Kellaway provides a left response to the expulsion of film director and political activist Ken Loach from the Labour Party.
Bureaucrats and witch hunters often fail to see the irony of their actions. Labour under Starmer has been involved in countless discussions, reports and focus groups (...)
Facing disastrous poll ratings, Keir Starmer is looking to the Neil Kinnock playbook and blaming the left, writes Andy Stowe.
There are a number of organisations seeking to influence Labour Party opinion from within. On the left, among others, you have Tribune and Labour Briefing. Progress on (...)
Is Andy Burnham a potential leader the left can get behind? Dave Kellaway argues probably not.
Support from the large minority ethnic electorate may enable the party to hold the Batley and Spen seat and “Starmer to hang on as Labour leader. But if Labour loses again, it must surely be curtains (...)
How does Labour recover from its poor showing in the May 6th elections ?
Blair and Mandleson say go right and reinvent Blairism 2.0. Corbyn and McDonnell argue for a return to their radical manifesto polices, harder opposition and bigger vision. Starmer has ordered a policy review and will (...)
Whatever happened to Momentum asks Dave Kellaway?
Momentum emerged from activists supporting Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership bid in 2015 with veteran Jon Lansman who had been a leader of the left wing movement built up around Tony Benn in the 1980s playing a key role. It grew to over 40,000 members (...)
Neil Faulkner discusses strategy and tactics for the democracy struggle.
With protests in around 50 towns and cities across Britain, often a thousand or more strong, the Kill the Bill campaign has momentum. The main London demo involved at least 10,000. Overwhelmingly young and very diverse, (...)
We, the undersigned groups and organisations, stand in solidarity with all those fighting to #KillTheBill.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is a dangerous and unnecessary piece of legislation that endangers the rights and safety of every single one of us. It is therefore no (...)
At the end of January 2021, Anti*Capitalist Resistance held its founding conference. The A*C.R is a new socialist organisation made up of members of Mutiny, Socialist Resistance and individual activists. We hope that A*C.R can contribute to a wider realignment of the radical left when we (...)
These problems all seem to be related. The basic conceit of the Left appeared to be that it could win by concentrating on “bread and butter” issues like austerity and public services. Whenever it was forced off this agenda, its perplexity was obvious. Yet the source of Corbyn’s success had been, (...)
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