‘Mainstream has galvanised individuals and groups across the party who are looking, not only for a change of political direction, but a shift in the party’s political culture. Both are much needed.’ ...
Obituary: Harry Barnes 1936-2026
Longtime ILP member and former Labour MP Harry Barnes has died at the age of 89. His parliamentary researcher, GARY KENT, remembers a deeply principled and consequential backbencher who ushered in many initiatives that helped preserve democracy and save lives....
Labour Mainstream: An Early Assessment
CHRIS WILSON welcomes the arrival of the new broad left network that calls itself ‘the home for Labour’s radical realists’. Early signs are encouraging, he says, but some questions remain....
Labour, the Left & the Far Right
With the world in crisis and the UK government floundering in response to the rise of the populist right both here and abroad, WILL BROWN assesses the challenge for the left and asks what it means for the ILP. ...
MPs Sign Early Day Motion in Memory of Barry Winter
Eight MPs have signed an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons to recognise Barry Winter for his “pioneering political and intellectual work over seven decades as a writer and organiser” with the ILP....
Obituary: Barry Winter 1944-2025
Our friend and comrade Barry Winter, former ILP secretary and editor, has died at the age of 80. NEIL RHODES remembers a teacher, writer and thinker who embodied the organisation’s commitment to political honesty and unwavering humanity....
ILPer’s Radical Novel Reissued in Graphic Form
Poet, campaigner and pioneering author – Blackburn ILPer Ethel Carnie Holdsworth was a radical writer of the early 20th century who made history as the first working class woman to have a novel published in Britain....
Ethical Socialists Unite!
CHRIS WILSON issues a clarion call for a modern movement for change based on the best traditions of the past....
A Brief History of Quaker Socialists
GRAHAM TAYLOR traces the birth, growth and continuing struggles of Quakerism’s ‘extreme left’ and its ethical ideas....
A Novel Account of the Left’s Long Struggle
MATTHEW BROWN reviews two recent books on the early Labour movement – a hefty historical novel focused on the ILP; and a slim pamphlet on the 1924 government....
ILP Profiles: Minnie Pallister – The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Rebel
Pioneering south Wales ILPer Minnie Pallister was one of the most important feminists, pacifists, socialists and journalists of the 20th century. But her life and legacy have been largely forgotten in recent decades. Author ALUN BURGE aims to put that right....
The Case for Co-operation
The left needs an economic re-set, a more radical aspiration of empowerment, says CHRIS WILSON. Can co-operatives help put the ‘social’ back into socialism?...