We Need A United Front More Than Ever
It has often been said but it has rarely been put into motion - communists, socialists and all other members of the greater labour movement need to get down to business and form a broad left-wing alliance. We first need grassroots action within our communities, to talk about national issues locally and act on local issues nationally. Campaigns such as Toothless in England have done just this and managed to cut through the political partisan divide as it is focused on a particular problem that affects all of us. When people see the positive actions communists and socialists are taking in their communities and on a national level, their media-fueled fears about socialism are almost immediately dispelled. They are dispelled because their actions stand in stark contrast to the mythologised versions of communists constructed and described by cold war era propaganda. More importantly, they are dispelled because you are doing the right thing for your community. When you're on a mar...