While many in the press still wonder
about the leaking of some parts of the Manifesto and others focus narrowly on
the detailed costings, there is no doubt that this Labour Party Manifesto represents a
clear alternative to the austerity policies of the Conservative government.
Abolition of university tuition fees, nationalisation of rail, water and postal
services, more money for the NHS and all paid for by higher taxes on the rich,
this is a radical programme for social justice.
Thursday, 11
May 2017, George Kokkinidis, Leicester University,
gave a seminar in the Nottingham Sumac
Centre on the objectives and principles of Greek Solidarity Co-ops
in the ongoing crisis. While Greece was bullied into accepting the restructuring demands by the
European Union (EU) in the summer of 2015, George made clear that resistance
and the search for alternatives on the ground is alive and well today. In this
blog post, I will draw on George’s presentation in an assessment of the state
of the Left and ongoing possibilities of resistance.
