The Labour Party has launched its 2022 National Policy Forum consultation by announcing a series of online roundtable events for members to be held over the next five weeks....
Voluntarios por la revolución
CHRISTOPHER HALL welcomes a new book on the role of POUM volunteers in the Spanish Civil War that includes a detailed account of the ILP contingent....
The Long-Forgotten Words of a Co-operative Champion
Principle 5, the Sheffield-based co-operative resource centre, has published the latest in its series of re-discovered pamphlets from the history of the co-operative movement, called The Future of Co-operation, written originally in 1927 by Alice Honora Enfield....
Celebrating the Salters – Centenary Website Launched
Organisers of the Salter Centenary Project have launched a new website to highlight the year-long series of events celebrating ILPers Ada and Alfred Salter in south-east London throughout 2022....
Open Labour Pass Model Motion on Ukraine
Open Labour has converted its emergency motion in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, passed at its AGM on Sunday 13 March, into a model motion for local Labour Parties to agree at constituency meetings....
Labour Together’s ‘Covenant’ Promises a Road to Political Renewal
Enquiries into the nature and purpose of the Labour Party have been coming thick and fast since its calamitous defeat at the 2019 general election. The latest, and perhaps most comprehensive comes from Labour Together… ...
History Comes Alive as the ILP Socialist Institute Re-opens in Nelson
Nelson’s restored Unity Hall finally opened its doors to the public on Saturday 9 October with the official launch of the Selina Cooper Project. JEANNINE SUDWORTH and NEIL RHODES were there to admire the impressive work of the hard-working team who made it happen....
COP26: A Citizens’ Manifesto
As world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26, Sheffield Hallam Labour MP Olivia Blake has launched a climate manifesto built from the ground up. WILL BROWN reports....
COP26: Where do Labour & the Left Stand?
Just days before world leaders meet in Glasgow for COP26, Labour is claiming that Rishi Sunak’s budget represented a major failure to address climate change priorities. WILL BROWN reports....
Carpenter’s Long-lost Co-op Pamphlet Re-published
A long forgotten pamphlet by Edward Carpenter extolling the virtues and advantages of co-operatives has been re-published by the Yorkshire Co-operative Resource Centre, Principle 5....
Nelson’s Selina Cooper Project Finally Opens to the Public
The Selina Cooper project and exhibition at Nelson’s Unity Hall will finally open to the public this Saturday with a launch event to celebrate the history of the building, and the community of ILPers and socialists who built and ran it more than 100 years ago....
Starmer’s Attack on Party Democracy
Delegates and unions must oppose the leadership’s attempt to railroad through damaging changes to the Labour Party rulebook, says WILL BROWN....