https://znetwork.org/author/davadsfellaway/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:01:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/davadsfellaway/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/new-left-party-an-historic-opportunity/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/new-left-party-an-historic-opportunity/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:53:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286810 Every time I start this article, I must keep updating the numbers who have signed up at the Your Party website. According to Zarah Sultana’s twitter feed we have already hit 500,000 in less than a week and people keep signing. This is the topic on everyone’s lips at the demos and pickets for Palestine [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/new-left-party-an-historic-opportunity/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/popular-front-pushes-back-far-right/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/popular-front-pushes-back-far-right/#respond Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:52:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1269253 Journalists in France were quickly deleting the drafts they had been preparing when the exit poll came up on their screens. All the polls had been suggesting that Le Pen’s far-right National Rally would be at least the largest party and possibly even get close to an absolute majority. In the event, the mass mobilisation [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/popular-front-pushes-back-far-right/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/european-elections-far-right-surge-but-centre-holds-on/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/european-elections-far-right-surge-but-centre-holds-on/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:50:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1267795 European elections are unique. Voters do not elect a government but a consultative parliament that proposes policies to the European Commission, composed of ministers from each state who make all the decisions. Unsurprisingly, turnout is much lower than for national parliamentary elections. Yesterday, the European average was around 50%, ranging from the low thirties in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/european-elections-far-right-surge-but-centre-holds-on/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-the-markets-are-not-god/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-the-markets-are-not-god/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:28:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1223227 Like many socialists over the last two weeks, we can take some pleasure in the Tories’ meltdown. It makes it unlikely they will win the next election, which would be a step forward for working people and our movement. Truss and her team have been skewered by the very gods they worship — the so-called [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-the-markets-are-not-god/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-sort-of-antiwar-movement-do-we-need-today/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-sort-of-antiwar-movement-do-we-need-today/#respond Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:17:03 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1056503 Making the case for a mass anti-war movement in support of Ukraine]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-sort-of-antiwar-movement-do-we-need-today/feed/ 0