Britain’s Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn waves as he arrives at Labour party headquarters in London, Friday, June 9, 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s gamble in calling an early election backfired spectacularly, as her Conservative Party lost its majority in Parliament and pressure mounted on her Friday to resign. (AP/Frank Augstein)
On Friday morning the vast majority of the world may well have a lot to celebrate, a principled socialist may have defied the ruling-class in becoming the Prime Minister of the world’s fifth largest economy. If this happens the world will never be the same again.
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British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s impressive speech on foreign policy and the West’s failed “War on Terror” illustrates an unreported truth about the ongoing British general election: Jeremy Corby is cutting a far more impressive figure during the election than Prime Minister Theresa May.
Before discussing this I wish to make one important qualification about Corbyn’s speech.
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party arrives to lay flowers as a tribute to the victims of Wednesday’s attack, is placed near the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday March 23, 2017. (AP/Tim Ireland)
Britain’s opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Friday said the so-called war on terror was “simply not working” and linked British military action abroad with the rising threat of terrorism at home, as he restarted election campaigning days after a suicide bomber killed 22 in Manchester.
Guest Post by RAMAPRIYA GOPALAKRISHNAN In March this year, the Ministry for Labour and Employment unveiled the third of its series of Labour Codes aimed at simplifying and rationalizing the labour laws. The Draft Labour Code on Social Security has been placed in the public domain and comments and suggestions have been invited in respect … Continue reading The Draft Labour Code on Social Security-Workers’ Concerns: Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan
This May Day comes at a very crucial juncture in our history. Crucial, not simply because there is a belligerent Hindu Right government in power but also because it comes in the wake of the most unprecedented belligerence of the upper castes and their all-round violence, especially on the Dalit communities across the land. Last … Continue reading Thinking Labour in Contemporary India – For a Different May Day Agenda
21st Century Wire says…
Michael Fallon looking engaged (Image courtesy of Chantelle Rooke – RAF)
Craig Murray
There have been many murmurs that disgraced Iraq war advocate and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair may want to jump back into politics.
Blair has released a convoluted statement about Brexit negotiations and how the forthcoming, unexpected June General Election may impact the deal.
After detailing his fears over a ‘hard Brexit’, Blair writes
With a general election in Britain to take place in just over a month, many people’s eyes will be on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Corbyn was to be the man who would once and for all purge the Blairite, globalist, neo-liberal factions from the Labour party and return it to traditional working class socialism.
The coup is not being waged up front in public but strictly behind the scenes. Having learned the lesson of the last coup attempt - that a direct attack on Jeremy and his policies will provoke a backlash from many party members - the coup perpetrators are this time round pursuing a covert strategy.
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