Last Saturday, July
15, more than 300 people, amongst them veteran members of the International
Brigades, gathered in London to pay homage to all those who went to fight
Franco in the 1930s.
We have long stated that there is no fundamental difference between Blair
and Brown. That is why we welcome the decision of John McDonnell, Labour MP, to
stand for the leadership as the candidate of the left. We also reproduce John McDonnell's full statement on his stand.
The much vaunted ‘smooth transition’ from Blair to Brown
would not imply any policy change whatsoever. Consequently, Blair’s replacement
by Brown would propel Labour further along the course to losing the next
election. What is required is a socialist candidate.
The new leader of the Tories has suddenly become very
interested in reducing individual donations to political parties. In reality
what lies behind this is an attempt to cut trade union funding to the Labour
Party and replace it with public funding.