My manifesto: I want Left Unity to be a breakthrough for the left. I am currently the co-organiser of the Lambeth Left Unity branch where we have almost 20 people coming to fortnightly meetings and has been involved in local campaigns against the housing crisis in Lambeth, police racism and the proposed closure of Brixton college. I have been involved in Left Unity from the initial discussions and want to continue to play a role in shaping the policy and direction of the party. On the National Council I want to ensure that Left Unity is first and foremost an activist party, one that is involved in campaigns and fights alongside working people and the poor for their rights. I want a party that takes the fight to the ruling elites, challenging their control of the media, their banking system and their exploitation of workers. We need a party that speaks up for everyone who suffers from discrimination. I believe that Left Unity needs to be a radical party that isnt afraid to make the hard arguments, a party that gets stuck in and puts forward a positive alternative to the present system, one based on democratic planning of our economy for the benefit of all. I have been active on the left for over a decade, involved in the anticapitalist movement, the anti war movement and more recently the student protests of 2010 where I was a national spokesperson for the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts. I have published two left-wing books (Beyond Capitalism? The future of radical politics and Destruction of Meaning) and run the website Marxisttheory.org. I am a teacher at a secondary school in West London and a member of the National Union of Teachers. I am endorsed by Islington, Cardiff and Lambeth Left Unity branches I am joint National Secretary of the International Socialist Network
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:17:04 +0000