Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana launch 'Your Party' - What the Socialist Party thinks

About this episode

The episode discusses the launch of 'Your Party' by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, emphasizing the need for a socialist workers' party in the current political climate.

More analysis at https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/ The fact that steps are being taken to develop ‘Your Party’ will be very welcome news to the 800,000 who have already said they want to join. Against the background of brutal austerity from Starmer’s New Labour Mark II and electoral gains for Reform the need for a workers’ party with socialist policies could not be clearer. The Socialist Party will be joining ‘Your Party’ and fighting for it to become a mass anti-war and anti-cuts workers’ party. To be successful, Your Party must base itself on the power of the mass trade union movement, and its power in the workplaces, where workers come together and prepare to take collective action in defence of their interests. Your Party must also have a socialist programme, opposing the capitalist system and the war and poverty inherent in it. A new party that takes off will need to face up to the challenges of filling the vacuum with a concrete programme to oppose war and cuts, with candidates across the country in next May’s local elections. This will be an opportunity to harness the anger at Labour and the capitalist establishment, and cut across the growth of Reform UK. ‘Your Party’…

Topics covered

• political analysis
• workers' party
• socialist policies
• trade union movement
• local elections
• anti-war
• anti-cuts

Keywords

• Your Party
• Jeremy Corbyn
• Zarah Sultana
• Socialist Party
• workers' rights
• local elections
• anti-cuts
• trade unions
• political change
• Reform UK

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Socialist Party, New Labour Mark II, Reform UK, Your Party

Places: England and Wales

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