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December 2024

What is Socialism and why do we want it? Part 2
The second part of this series tries to answer a number of often misunderstood questions.
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What is socialism, why do we want it and how can we become better at arguing for it?
Part one of a two-part series by a long time socialist & reader of THE LEFT LANE.
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Starmer doesn’t challenge the rise of the far right. Instead, he reinforces it.
Playing the immigration card simply echoes Farage’s despicable tactics.
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Alan Story
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November 2024

A SECOND invite to a Zoom chat about THE LEFT LANE and how to improve it.
Time: 7:00 p.m. Date : Thursday 28 November. ALL SUBSCRIBERS WELCOME.
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Alan Story
Today is a good day for a "good news" story of resistance.
In his own modest way, Peter Mertens of the Workers Party of Belgium sketches out the upward tilt of his party to a London audience of activists and…
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An invite to a Zoom chat about THE LEFT LANE and how to improve it.
Time: 7:00 p.m. Date : Thursday 28 November. ALL SUBSCRIBERS WELCOME.
SAME OLD STORY: Starmer echoes the Tories/Biden/ likely Trump/ definitely big oil message at conference on climate change.
Captured by the ideology of fossil fuels forever and “growth is god”, our PM claims, as Trump likely will, that the unproven technology of carbon…
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Alan Story
He's getting ready for Round Two. Don't throw in the towel.
In a video, three prominent US socialists look ahead to the wider implications of Donald Trump's victory in the 5 November presidential election.
Stop poisoning Britain's waters
A sizeable march floods London's streets demanding public ownership of water utilities.
7 November: Talking with US socialists about Trump vs. Harris
An invite to a webinar -- free tickets required --- with three prominent US socialists on the consequences of the US presidential election.
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