Politics

  • When I first heard of the Peoples March for the NHS, I was filled with a lot of hope. I was under the impression this could be a real big stick with which to bash the establishment, an establishment which has for successive governments treated the NHS as two things, a gift to give to…

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  • Labour: The New Party of the Right

    Can we stop pretending that Labour is a centre left party now? It seems with each passing week another right wing policy comes spewing forth from the Labour party machine, or even more farcically a selection of MPs falling over themselves to appear more right wing on the key debates of the day. How long…

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  • Woe is Society

    Maaan, when you look at who runs what, how can you not feel anything but anger? The vast amount of wealth sits in a handful of peoples bank accounts, ain’t nobody working harder than 50% of the population, I don’t care if you only sleep 1 hour a bloody night. Power sits in the hand…

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  • We don’t need no Academies We don’t need no thought control No American lit in the classroom Gove leave our Schools alone Hey Gove leave them teachers alone All in all it’s just another nail in the coffin All in all you’re just another nail in the coffin We don’t need no Academies We don’t…

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  • I am involved with Left Unity because it is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. The left as a force within this country is spent, it is on its knees and the only way it stands a fighting chance against the onslaught of capitalism is if we work together. Thus I became part…

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  • Oh how I wonder

    Do you ever wonder why you have to pay for electricity warmth and water? Why are we paying just to exist in a system that gives us pain and suffering everything but bliss Do you ever wonder why we have a notion of rich or poor why in a world that belongs to all most…

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  • Left Unity Northampton took to Abington Street on a lovely sunny day, the gods themselves were happy with our small measure of kindness we were about to bring to the streets. We were there carrying out our BooksWithBenefits project, the premise of which is we collect unwanted books off people then in turn hand them…

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  • Woe is Politics

    Politics should be about helping not harming loving not hating uniting not dividing courage not fear peace not war freedom not slavery honesty not dishonesty integrity not betrayal but most importantly politics most importantly it should be about people not profit

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  • Left Unity is a young political party but we have to be greater than a political party, we have to be greater than an election force. Unlike the politicians of today, unlike the parties of the day – We cannot talk about problems and solutions, we have to be providing solutions while highlighting the problems,…

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  • The student youth movement burns brightly and Left Unity must help fan those flames to ensure that the fire does not burn out. Which is why we (students/youth) need to begin formally organising with LU, in order to: 1. Share ideas 2. Communicate and co-ordinate 3. Create youth/student materials to share on campus/school 4. Ensure…

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