EU politics
The Full Brexit: To defeat the far right, the left must embrace a socialist and internationalist Brexit
The EU enshrines Thatcherism in one continent — the belief it can be reformed from within is deluded. Read here
The Full Brexit
Austerity
The Full Brexit Network – Left Brexit Tour
Featuring Larry Elliott (Guardian), Grace Blakeley, Costas Lapavistsas, Feyzi Ismail, Eddie Dempsey. If you wish to understand what are the weaknesses of the European Union, here you have many of the reasons.
EU politics
Philip Cunliffe – We Already Had Empire 2.0: it’s Called the EU
Claims persist that voters backed leaving the EU out of nostalgia for Britain’s imperial past. In reality it is Remainers who most bemoan Britain’s post-Brexit loss of standing, reflecting the fact that the EU was […]
EU politics
Philip Cunliffe – Brexit: Phoney Cosmopolitanism versus Genuine Internationalism
One of the inexplicable elements of the Brexit debate is the development of the Remain movement. Portraying itself as the enlightened 48% of Britain, beyond a few progressive elements, has not laid down any plans […]
EU politics
Mary Davis -The Chimera of Workers’ Rights in the EU
Far from gifting rights to British workers, the EU has systematically undermined the rights workers won for themselves in domestic struggles. Professor Mary Davis is a labour historian. Active in the labour movement her […]
EU politics
Costas Lapavitsas – How the EU Throttles State Aid and Industrial Policy
Many on the British left are trying to minimise the impact of Brexit by campaigning to remain within the European Single Market. This is tragically misguided. The Single Market imposes massive constraints on economic policymaking, […]