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	<title>Convention of The Left</title>
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	<description>Manchester 20-25th September 2008</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Transport Meeting at the Convention of The Left</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/23/transport-meeting-at-the-convention-of-the-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Convention of The Left is being held as an alternative to the New Labour conference in Manchester.  The aim is to encourage wide participation in debate on The Left, which may lead to the development of ‘charters’ around which socialists can agree to mobilise in unity so as to campaign more effectively. 
After discussion on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working class people deserve a party to speak for them by Nick Wrack</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/06/working-class-people-deserve-a-party-to-speak-for-them-by-nick-wrack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Working class people deserve a party to speak for them




Respect National Secretary Nick Wrack looks at the current political situation and explains the need for an alternative to New Labour.New Labour&#8217;s humiliation at the local elections was followed up by a thrashing in the Crewe and Nantwich parliamentary by-election with a 17% swing to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the true cost of Britain&#8217;s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan?</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/03/what-is-the-true-cost-of-britains-involvement-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/03/what-is-the-true-cost-of-britains-involvement-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the true cost of Britain&#8217;s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan?
An invite for academic, research papers and investigations.
  We would like to invite researchers, students and campaigners to investigate and research the true costs of Britain&#8217;s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to then present their findings at a key session during the Convention of the Left which is taking place Manchester [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John McDonnell MP: After Labour&#8217;s electoral disaster - we need action on policies.</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/03/john-mcdonnell-mp-after-labours-electoral-disaster-we-need-action-on-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/03/john-mcdonnell-mp-after-labours-electoral-disaster-we-need-action-on-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the light of Labour&#8217;s election defeat last week, John McDonnell MP is circulating a manifesto petition to Labour Party members, trade unons and MPs to gain large scale rank and file support for a new policy programme for Labour to bring about a radical change in political direction for the Laboour Government.
John McDonnell MP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Brown be beaten by John McDonnell’s Manifesto? by Mark Hoskisson</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/03/can-brown-be-beaten-by-john-mcdonnell%e2%80%99s-manifesto-by-mark-hoskisson/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/06/03/can-brown-be-beaten-by-john-mcdonnell%e2%80%99s-manifesto-by-mark-hoskisson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Brown be beaten by John McDonnell’s Manifesto? by Mark Hoskisson
Post election blues 
The local elections have left Gordon Brown and the Labour government in a very weak position. Brown himself is deeply unpopular. The Tories, thanks to years of New Labour betrayal, are once again a viable electoral alternative&#8230;.writes Mark Hoskisson&#8230;.
In the South Welsh valleys, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First thoughts on the elections</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/05/04/first-thoughts-on-the-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/05/04/first-thoughts-on-the-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The election results on May 1st should be a wake up call for the left. The size of the Tory recovery - and the election of the BNP to the London assembly - signal a shift to the right. Ten years of dog-whistle politics - from both the Tories and New Labour -  found their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Towards The Convention of The Left: Progress so Far.</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/04/17/towards-the-convention-of-the-left-progress-so-far/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/04/17/towards-the-convention-of-the-left-progress-so-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Towards The Convention of The Left: Progress so Far.  
The following is an entirely personal account of where things have got to with this initiative and, in particular, an appeal for further contributions to the blog discussion.  
I write as one of the dozen or so people who thought it would be a good idea to hold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The missing theme - trade unionsim at home and abroad</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/04/17/the-missing-theme-trade-unionsim-at-home-and-abroad/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/04/17/the-missing-theme-trade-unionsim-at-home-and-abroad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A theme on trade unionism and workplace organisation in the UK and internationally
As was pointed out at the &#8216;big&#8217; meeting, there is a major gap in the themes of the Convention as there is nothing specifically aimed at trade unionists or taking up trade union issues other than privatisation in the UK and internationally. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What they&#8217;re saying about the Convention of the Left</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/04/07/what-theyre-saying-about-the-convention-of-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/04/07/what-theyre-saying-about-the-convention-of-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Convention is gaining new sponsors every week. Read what some of them have to say below (all in personal capacity unless otherwise stated).
Joan Abrams, vice-chair Greater Manchester CND, CND National Council, Labour party member

&#8220;Political policies will not change towards the left until a socialist left is seen as an important political constituency. Only by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Socialist Vision of Health Care in a World Out of Balance</title>
		<link>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/03/10/a-socialist-vision-of-health-care-in-a-world-out-of-balance/</link>
		<comments>http://conventionoftheleft.org.uk/2008/03/10/a-socialist-vision-of-health-care-in-a-world-out-of-balance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As socialists we continue to defend the NHS but we need to ask “what are we defending?” by Norma Turner
 The NHS
The founding principles of the NHS we support and hold onto. These were: equitable, universal health care free at the point of use, financed on the basis of people’s ability to pay through progressive taxation. [...]]]></description>
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