We will carry an editorial in the coming days, on the votes we recommend for the CLP section of Labour’s NEC. For the moment, we are republishing from July, the ‘For Socialism’ platform, agreed jointly by Roger Silverman and Alec Price, both of whom received well over the minimum number of nominations to appear on the ballot, vindicating their decision to stand and raise important political issues.
End Austerity
Immediate 15% pay increase for NHS and care workers, with a minimum wage of £12/hr.
Private companies out of public services! No profiteering from health and social care.
Nationalise social care, pharmaceuticals and health technology companies.
Mass, co-ordinated campaigns for a new settlement for local government based on jobs, services and local economies.
Safe, affordable housing for all! Mass, eco-council house building and street-by-street renovation programme, re-claim long term empty properties to end homelessness.
Rent cap linked to earnings and tenants’ rights to hold rogue landlords to account.
Increase and collect the tax owed by big business and the super-rich tax dodgers
No to austerity – for a mass fightback against all cuts to jobs, services, pensions and social security.
Transform Labour
Extend workers’ rights, collective bargaining and scrap anti-trade union laws. Active support for workers in struggle and building the trade union movement – democratise the union link with Labour.
Inclusive, democratic and sovereign national conferences of delegated affiliates and members only, to decide on policy, strategy and rule changes. Local District Labour Parties based on the same model to decide the selection, policy and campaigning priorities of Labour councillor groups.
Socialist MPs – decided by members and affiliates with open selections and living on a “workers wage”, donating the surplus salary to the movement.
For Socialism
A nationalised financial system to provide economic security against “flight of capital” and bankers’ profligate greed.
For a Socialist Green New Deal, with mass investment in infrastructure, research and development in energy, transport, housing, health, education, science and technology sports and cultural facilities and public services generally.
Workers’ control and management of the democratic, publicly owned industries of the commanding heights of the economy. No compensation without proven need and just cause.
For a democratic national plan of production on the basis of social and environmental need, not private profit and greed.
September 27, 2020
