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Back John McDonnell for Leader - what you can do

There are several things you can do NOW to help get John McDonnell on the ballot paper and ensure that as Labour Party members and trade unionists we have the choice to vote for a campaigning socialist as Labour leader:  [continue...]

Hundreds of activists sign letter to support John McDonnell for Leader

Hundreds of activists have signed a letter in the Guardian today to support John McDonnell for Leader. Leading signatories include Tony Benn, three MSPs, members of union executives, dozens of local councillors, and hundreds of ordinary party members. [continue...]

McDonnell welcomes the victory in extending nomination period but calls on the Party to go further

John McDonnell MP said: “Now that the Party has acceded to our campaign for the extension of the deadline for nominations, it is crucial that they go a step further and allow for a reduction in the number of nominations required in order to facilitate a wider range of candidates, in particular women and ethnic minority candidates, to come forward. [continue...]

McDonnell welcomes Diane Abbott to Leadership race

John McDonnell MP, already backed by the LRC and Unison United Left, said:

“I welcome Diane’s candidacy and urge other women and ethnic candidates to come forward from all wings of the party. We need a full and wide ranging debate about our future direction.
“I am writing today to all the so far declared candidates to ask their support for a review of the current process and timetable for nominations which has been mismanaged from the start and is now in total disarray.
“I am calling for an extension of the timetable for nominations and a reduction of the threshold so that everyone can get on the ballot paper and our members can have a full range of candidates from all wings of the party from which to choose.” [continue...]

LRC National Committee backs John McDonnell for Leader

On Saturday, following the After the Election ... Join the Resistance! meeting, the LRC National Committee voted to back John McDonnell MP for Labour leader. Although John McDonnell has not declared his candidacy, the LRC urges him to stand as the best representative of socialist values within the Party. [continue...]

After the Election . . . Join the Resistance! - Sat 15 May

The LRC’s post-election meeting this Saturday, After the Election . . . Join the Resistance!, co-sponsored by CLPD, Convention of the Left, CWU, Labour Briefing, NUJ, Save the Labour Party, Right to Work and the Socialist Campaign to Stop the Tories and Fascists. [continue...]

Labour MP con-dems the “coalition of the cutters”

John McDonnell MP warns of the Lib Dem-Tory “coalition of the cutters” - accusing the Lib Dems of selling out the country by delivering us all up to Tory cuts in public services.
John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said:
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The Left will not support a ‘Cuts Coalition’

The LRC Executive has rejected proposals for a coalition with the Liberal Democrats to implement ‘savage cuts’. Instead, we will build a coalition against cuts with Labour members, trade unionists and community activists. [continue...]

Left and trade unions organising coalition to defeat cuts by ‘neoliberal coalition government’

The left and trade unions have started organising a broad coalition against the incoming coalition government and its plans to cut public services, jobs, pensions and benefits. There is no popular mandate for cuts and, as in Greece, any attempt to impose them will be firmly resisted. [continue...]

LRC welcomes strong vote for Labour Left MPs

. . . votes are a mandate for resistance to cuts

LRC-backed Labour Left MPs bucked the national trend by increasing the Labour vote in their constituencies. The strong votes for these MPs demonstrates the support for a socialist alternative to the cross-party consensus on cuts. [continue...]

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