The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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The Democracy Roadshow is back
We’ve started a new nationwide tour to promote democracy in the Labour Party — and in the economy too, write CHRIS WILLIAMSON and TOSH McDONALD
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
LAST year’s roadshow preceded Labour’s annual conference and focused on the ideas contained in the party’s Democracy Review which, according to the Labour Party’s website, was launched to explore “how our hugely expanded membership becomes a mass movement which can transform society.”
And Labour’s national chair, Ian Lavery, said: “In order to ensure our vision for a country which works for the many not the few, it is essential that our party’s structure and rules allow us to build a mass movement.”
Sadly, most of the recommendations contained in the Democracy Review didn’t get implemented, so it is important that we keep the issue of party democracy on the agenda. This is particularly important because there are reactionary elements in the party, particularly inside the Parliamentary Labour Party, who want to destroy the prospect of a member-led mass movement.
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