Left/Over
03/12/2021
Rebellion Without a Cause
Discussing leftist organising, safety and justice on the LEFT/OVER podcast.
Kate Flood
Trade Union Organiser
United Kingdom
Union organiser with UVW. Lots of side hustles.
United Kingdom
Union organiser with UVW. Lots of side hustles.
Discussing leftist organising, safety and justice on the LEFT/OVER podcast.
Solidarity should not be contingent on perceived proximity to struggle, and everyone who claims to love our public services must realise they are implicated within this movement. If you support our public services, say it with your chest: help us build the union.
DOPE is a quarterly newspaper. DOPE 11 features: Andrew Fraser, Cash Carraway, David Graeber, Draw Fire, Elliot Murawksi (Blue Bag Life), Kate Flood (IWW), Matt Bonner, Melissa Govea, Nika Dubrovsky, Oneslutriot, Rebecca Hendin, Rhiannon Firth, Ruth Kinna & Stanley Donwood. DOPE is distributed in solidarity by our network of street-vendors around the UK.
Introduction As lockdown restrictions lift, the ways in which coronavirus has altered how we live, work and organise are becoming evident. Though uncertain and unfamiliar, there will be a world after Covid-19 and what the left does now will determine what this new world looks like.
Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of 'solemn affirmation', which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy, however, have no such alternative.
by Tom Gann // The pieces collected in the A Million Member Party series show the range of ideas for how the capacities of a Party with significant numbers of enthused members can be made use of for socialist advance.
Last Thursday, Stella Creasy won a victory for Northern Irish women. But there's a way to go before they get equality. Last Thursday, Stella Creasy proposed an amendment to the Queen's Speech, requesting NHS-funded abortions be extended to Northern Irish women. And she won.