Norwich AWL meeting: "After the election, where next for the left?"
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Date:
7 May, 2005 - 17:15
Location:
Russell Street centre, Norwich
General Election 2005
Nottingham Socialist Unity post-election meeting
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Date:
26 May, 2005 - 21:30
Location:
International Community Centre, Mansfield Road, Nottingham
So Now Who Do We Vote For?
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Date:
24 January, 2005 - 19:00
Location:
Bar, ICA, The Mall, London
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Debate with John Harris and others
Debate with John Harris and others
Why George Galloway should not be reckoned as “the left in Parliament”
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By John Bloxam
However weak the opposition, Galloway clearly got a big boost from his performance in front of the two US senators on 17 May.
Why did the LibDems get the anti-war vote?
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Pete Radcliff, an AWL member, stood in Nottingham East under the banner of Socialist Unity. He got 373 votes, or 1.2% of the poll, about a third of his score in 2001. He writes about the lessons of the campaign
Cynics through and through
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By Bruce Robinson
In Manchester Withington, the Liberal Democrats overturned an 11,524 Labour majority with a 20% swing to win the seat by 667 votes.
Early in the campaign, I was called by a Lib Dem phone canvasser. When asked why I wasn’t going to vote for them, I said “It’s because you’re a bunch of cynical opportunists.” (Not the whole reason, but a good enough starting point!) The Lib Dem campaign bore this out.
Bad results for the left
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All comment on new possibilities after the election is mere wistfulness unless we also register just how bad the election was, and just how badly the left did.
Left and Respect results, General Election 2005
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All the left and Respect candidates' results in the 5 May 2005 General Election can be found on the Socialist Unity Network website.
Vote Socialist or Labour!
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How should socialist activists, trade unionists and anti-war activists vote in the 2005 election? The immediate choices of government are miserable.
Fighting for a workers' government
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One thing is certain about the General Election. The new government after 5 May will be one that most working-class people regard as arrogant, unresponsive, accountable, and one that is attuned more to the drives of global capital than to the wants and needs of most voters.