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So many rival projects and not a serious idea amongst the lot of them. A week ahead of the Liverpool conference, Carla Roberts looks at what little remains of the once mighty Corbyn movement

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

Having killed the national campaign for cost of living pay awards backdated to 2022, the Left Unity (LU) faction leadership in the civil service union PCS is now presiding over below-inflation civil service pay awards for 2023. Yet they are keeping up the pretence that they have merely “paused” the campaign. It is a tactic they hope will help them win the elections for General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) later this year: facing both ways to win the support of members...

Many firebrands who have no political foundations drift or accelerate to the right as they get older or get power. Such is the case with Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS civil service union. When young, he genuinely was a militant, leading strikes. He was an inspiring speaker and a good organiser. That said, he never had a solid political foundation in Marxism or even social democracy or any other form of organised socialist thought.

There are any number of broad unity projects being plotted, floated and pushed at the moment. All will fail. James Harvey reports on our assessments, debates … and a membership application

Nominations have opened for general secretary of the PCS union as Mark Serwotka retires. There’s a poor choice on offer.

Loach is well-known for his left-wing beliefs but revealed on Twitter that he has been thrown out of the party, after rejoining under Corbyn's leadership.

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

PCS members voted Yes by 90.3% to 9.7% on a 47% turnout to the leadership's proposition