Electoral reforms are necessary but insufficient. The deeper problem is not the ballot â it is the collapse of the organized civic life that once connected voters to the institutions that govern them. Rebuilding that infrastructure is not a workaround. It is the most important work we can be doing today, not just for California but for America.
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Beyond Westminsterâs chaos, a new grassroots left is taking shape
A flavour of what may be its future was seen in a Your Party meeting I attended in Dewsbury, in West Yorkshire, three weeks ago. As Your Party-leaning candidates reported on their experience and intentions, one theme emerged clearly: the centrality of community-level organising and support, like that Corbynâs community-skills programme advocated for seven years ago.
Could this grow into something substantial? Ordinarily, maybe not, but there are three years to the next general election, and it is obvious that Your Party is playing it long. The Labour Party is unlikely to seriously challenge neoliberal economics within that time, but Your Party most certainly will.
The following MEMBERS have been elected to the Your Party Central Executive Committee.
Public Office Holders
CORBYN, Jeremy
SULTANA, Zarah
SMITH, Laura
LEWIS, Grace
North West
GORST, Sam
ASPINALL, Dawn
North East
DAVIS, Catherine
HAWKINS, Hannah
Yorkshire & The Humber
MOSLEY, Monique
WILSON, Sophie
London
MULLINGS, Melecia
BEGUM, Noor Jahan
East of England
AHMED, Solma
RUST, Jo
West Midlands
CLARKE, Megan
MOFFAT, Sue
East Midlands
REGAN, Louise
KHAN, Riaz
South East
WIMBORNE-IDRISSI, Naomi
BELLINGHAM, Cassandra
South West
WILLIAMS, Candi
FORBES, Jennifer
Wales
DONNELLAN, Maria
Scotland
CHRISTIE, Niall
Corbyn set to lead Your Party in Commons after executive vote win
(February 26, 2026)
JEREMY CORBYN is set to be named parliamentary leader of Your Party after the election of its first central executive, with a mission to get the troubled party âback on track.â
Candidates endorsed by the For the Many slate, backed by Mr Corbyn, won 14 of the 24 seats on the executive.
The partyâs other co-founder, Zarah Sultana, was herself elected, but the Grassroots Left slate she endorsed had only seven candidates elected, all of them women.
Your Party leadership elections now open
In the âendorsementsâ phase, during which Your Party members could endorse candidates they wished to see on the ballot, Jeremy Corbynâs âThe Manyâ was leading in 12 seats, while Zarah Sultanaâs âGrassroots Leftâ led in another 10, alongside two Independent candidates.
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11,414 members took part. Over 350 members put themselves forward as candidates. More than 80 progressed to the next stage, the majority of which are Independents.
The Many On Tour: Middlesbrough
Join Jeremy Corbyn and The Manyâs candidate for the North East region, Hannah Hawkins in Middlesbrough this Wednesday 11th of February.
An evening of discussion on the crises facing the country and the role Your Party can play in addressing them!
Getting Your Party Back on Track
Getting Your Party back on track means campaigning tirelessly on the issues that matter most to people, from the cost-of-living to opposing racism and war.
But it also means empowering Your Party members to organise most effectively and make decisions collectively. For that, we need iron-clad democratic commitments that ensure all members can play their full part â not democratic posturing behind which small sects seek outsized influence.
So here are The Manyâs six priorities to build a truly member-led party:
1. Set Up Official Branches â so all members can get organised.
2. Defend OMOV â so all members get to decide, not the sects.
3. Establish Membersâ Policy Commissions â so policies are shaped by the people they will affect.
4. Review the Finances and Data â so all members can have trust, nothing off limits.
5. Organise the Liberation Sections â so members from every background are empowered.
6. Report Back Monthly â so the collective leadership is accountable to all members, not just itself.
Endorse The Many candidates now
Jeremy Corbyn
Laura Smith
Ayoub Khan
Shockat Adam
Louise Regan
Riaz Khan
Sue Moffat
Fadel Takrouri
Mohammed Azam
Dawn Aspinall
Cath Davis
Hannah Hawkins
Noor Jahan Begum
Tahir Mirza
Jo Rust
Michael Mulquin
Jenn Forbes
Terry Deans
Cassi Bellingham
Chelley Ryan
Monique Mosley
Ismail Uddin
Maria Donnellan
Our Candidates
Anwarul Khan
Ian Spencer
Myra Shoko
Graham Jones
Megan Clarke
Riccardo La Torre
Solma Ahmed
Candi Williams
Mark Gage
Grace Lewis
Zarah Sultana
Michael Lavalette
Max Shanly, CEC candidate for South East England
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi
Chris Saltmarsh
Sophie Wilson
Chloe Braddock
Haifa Alkhanshali
Anahita Zardoshti
Mel Mullings
Corbyn and Sultana are neck-and-neck in the race to lead Your Party
(February 4, 2026)
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultanaâs slates are at level pegging in the battle to lead Your Party, with less than a week until the organisation holds internal elections.
The endorsement phase â in which members were able to endorse candidates they wish to see on the ballot for elections to Your Partyâs central executive committee â closed on Thursday 29 January. Corbynâs slate â The Many â are leading in 12 seats, while Grassroots Left, which Sultana is attached to, are leading in 10.
READ | Why The Many matters
(January 26, 2026)
Read Laura Smithâs article in the Morning Star. People have been let down again and again. By governments that manage decline instead of challenging it. By parties that talk about fairness while entrenching inequality. By institutions that seem distant, unaccountable, and deaf to everyday reality.
But recognising that failure is not enough. We are here because we believe something fundamentally different is possible. Not cosmetic change. Not a rebranding of the same failed politics. But a credible alternative â rooted in organisation, democracy, and community power.
Announcing: The Socialist Leadership Programme
In Your Party, we have to do things differently. Thatâs why The Many is announcing the Socialist Leadership Programme: If we are elected to Your Partyâs Central Executive Committee, we will establish this programme to identify, educate and train a new generation of working-class socialist leaders.
These are leaders who will represent the full breath of our coalition: Old and young, from all faiths and none, and from every corner of Britain. Leaders built up not from Westminster and the professional political class, but from community campaigns, workplace struggles, and social movements. Leaders who wonât just posture, but will build real power.
How Do We Beat the Far Right? With Unity
We need an alternative â and this requires more than just a different policy position. It requires a new kind of politics: one that harnesses the unifying power of solidarity to defeat the divisive tactic of scapegoating. One that unites working class people in all their diversity and empowers communities to wage campaigns where they live and work. One that stops treating politics as something that is done to people â and starts treating politics as something that is done by people.
This imperative led to the birth of Your Party. The surge of community-based victories in recent years â from the remarkable success of independent candidates in the 2024 general election, to the blossoming of local community independent groups in councils all over the country â demonstrated a demand for an alternative to the failed establishment politics.
ELECTION OF THE CEC
Procedures for Election Published Tues 23 Dec
Open Nominations Mon 5 Jan
Deadline for receipt of Nomination Paper Fri 16 Jan
Endorsement Period Opens Weds 21 Jan
Endorsement Period Closes Thurs 29 Jan
Membersâ Hustings From Wed 4 Feb
Deadline for Members to join and receive a Vote Thurs 5 Feb â 5pm
Issue of online ballot papers Mon 9 Feb
Vote closes Mon 23 February â 5pm
Announcement of Results Thursday 26 February 2026
New Leadership Team Takes Office Friday 27 February 2026
Corbyn will be Your Party parliamentary leader if his slate wins CEC election, allies say
JEREMY CORBYN will be elected parliamentary leader for Your Party if his slate wins the central executive committee election next month, his allies say.
If the list of candidates headed by the former Labour Party leader, called The Many, clinch the nomination on February 26, Zarah Sultanaâs âparliamentary convenerâ model would not see the light of day.
ELECTION OF THE CEC
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) will be the team elected by members to lead and run Your Party day-to-day â overseeing staff and resources, guiding our strategy, and putting decisions from the founding conference into action. Following membersâ decision at our founding conference, it will also act as the collective leadership of Your Party, with the Chair, Vice Chair, and Spokesperson in particular serving as the public political leadership.
Our first CEC elections begin in January 2026 and will be open to all verified members, using a one-member-one-vote system with both digital and postal options. Once voting concludes in February 2026, the newly elected CEC will take on the responsibility of steering the party forward. The full timetable is below and the rules for the election here.
Constitution FINAL
Party Structures holds seven different areas for the purposes of this constitution:
– Conference
– Central Executive Committee
– Leadership
– Constituency and Ward-level Parties
– Nations and Regions
– Staffing
– Community Organising
EVOLVED FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
We promised to do things differently â and we have. Below you will find evolved drafts of Your Partyâs four founding documents: our Political Statement, Constitution, Standing Orders, and Organisational Strategy. Together, they set out our principles, our purpose, and how we organise to win. Over the last month, thousands of members have debated and amended these documents at regional assemblies across every nation of Britain, while also proposing edits online via our unique crowd-editing tool. Harnessing the wisdom of a mass movement, the documents have evolved in response to membersâ views. The big questions will be decided by members democratically during our Founding Conference, with some amendments emerging from the process and members able to submit others. This is real democracy in action â get involved, as we build a new party by and for the people, not the powerful.
Jeremy Corbyn Announces Party Name In Closing Speech
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Your Party votes to be led by members rather than single MP – avoiding Corbyn-Sultana battle
A Your Party spokesperson said: „This vote shows that we really are doing politics differently: from the bottom-up, not the top-down.
„In Westminster, we have a professional political class increasingly disconnected from ordinary people, serving corporations and billionaires instead of the communities they are supposed to represent.
„With a truly member-led party, we will offer something different: democratic, grassroots, accountable.“
Your Party Founding Conference – Day Two
We‘re getting the party started. Tune in to Your Party‘s Founding Conference LIVE from Liverpool.
Two days of debate, discussion and voting on Your Party‘s founding documents, as we build a new kind of political party: grassroots, democratic, transformative.
For the full programme visit yourparty.uk
Not a member? Join today at yourparty.uk/join
Jeremy Corbyn addresses the first Your Party Conference
Streamed live 7 hours ago
The outfit will give supporters at the event in Liverpool a choice between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For the Many â with the result to be announced by the former Labour leader on Sunday.
WELCOME TO FOUNDING CONFERENCE 2025
Check out the full conference programme below.
Click here for a downloadable version.
Your Party Founding Conference – Day One
We‘re getting the party started. Tune in to Your Party‘s Founding Conference LIVE from Liverpool.
Two days of debate, discussion and voting on Your Party‘s founding documents, as we build a new kind of political party: grassroots, democratic, transformative.
For the full programme visit yourparty.uk
Not a member? Join today at yourparty.uk/join
Everything you need to know about Your Partyâs founding conference
Who will be speaking at Your Party conference?
The four Your Party MPs â Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana, Shockat Adam and Ayoub Khan are all expected to address the conference. Alongside this, representatives from left-wing parties across Europe are also expected to speak to attendees.
What will Your Partyâs new name be?
One of the things being decided at the conference this weekend will be the new name for the party. Leading figures have consistently described âYour Partyâ as merely a holding name, with the permanent name to be decided at the founding conference.
The new name of the party, as agreed by members, is expected to be announced on Sunday.
Thousands to gather in Liverpool for inaugural Your Party conference
THOUSANDS are set to gather in Liverpool on Saturday for the eagerly awaited inaugural Your Party conference.
Delegates selected through a sortition process, designed to ensure fair representation, will travel from around the country to debate the partyâs founding documents at the ACC arena.
With a membership of 50,000, the party is the largest socialist party in Britain in 80 years.
The road to conference
Our Founding Conference will be held in Liverpool on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November.
By mid-October our founding process will have begun in earnest â we have opened our membership portal, are initiating wide democratic debate and will soon publish draft versions of our four core founding documents: our Political Statement, Constitution, Rules, and Organisational Strategy.
We will host mass regional assemblies where thousands of members will come together to listen to each other, debate and revise the founding documents face to face. All members will be able to comment, suggest changes, and track how each document develops.
In November, thousands of in-person founding conference delegates will be chosen by lottery to ensure a fair balance of gender, region, and background. These delegates will have a big responsibility â to debate the founding documents, propose amendments and vote on them at the conference in Liverpool. The final decision will be up to all members through an online, secure, one-member-one-vote system.
This is your time
Your Party was launched in July 2025 by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana to found a political party that was an alternative to the status quo and to decades of neoliberalism, austerity and the demonisation of refugees and marginalised communities.
The founding process is being stewarded by the six members of the Independent Alliance. This isnât just another political party. Itâs about doing politics differently â where decisions are shaped by all of us, power is returned to communities, and principles come first.
»Wir können unabhÀngig von unseren Regierungen handeln«
(October 16, 2025)
Gibt es Ăberlegungen, aus der Flottila eine dauerhafte Bewegung gegen Apartheid und Genozid zu entwickeln?
Flotillas gibt es ja schon seit Beginn der Blockade und es wird sie auch so lange geben, bis sie endet. Durch die Sumud Flotilla haben sich unglaublich viele Menschen kennengelernt und vernetzt. Viele haben verstanden, wie wichtig kollektive Organisation ist. Der Generalstreik in Italien â dass Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter den italienischen Staat zum Handeln gezwungen haben â hat gezeigt, was es praktisch bedeutet, wenn sich alle zusammentun. Ich bin sicher, dass daraus etwas entstehen wird. Diese Netzwerke werden wachsen.
The Global Flotilla has officially split its course. One group of boats will wait for reinforcements from Barcelona, while the other heads straight for Tunisia.
On board, @thiagoavilabrasil shares whatâs happening in real time with @yusufomar
When the World Stays Silent, We Set Sail. #SAILTOGAZA
Coordinators, organizers, and participants from the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition*, Global Movement to Gaza, and the Sumud Nusantara have united under a common goal: to break the illegal siege on Gaza by sea, open a humanitarian corridor, and end the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. This Summer, dozens of boats will set sail from ports around the world, large and small, converging toward Gaza in the largest coordinated civilian flotilla in history.
Live: Global Sumud Flotilla launches from Barcelona to challenge Gaza blockade
Streamed live 9 hours ago
Barcelona, Spain â The Global Sumud Flotilla is launching from Barcelona, with international activists, artists and human rights advocates taking part in a symbolic journey to challenge Israelâs blockade of Gaza.
Speakers at the event include Greta Thunberg, Saif Abukeshek, Thiago Ăvila, and actors Liam Cunningham and Eduard FernĂĄndez. The flotilla, named after the Arabic word sumud (steadfastness), sets sail as part of a broader call for solidarity with Palestinians under siege.
Global Sumud Flotilla Departs from Barcelona to Gaza, to join Tunisia convoy on Sep 4
The global fleet of boats departed from Spainâs Barcelona on Sunday for Gaza as part of an international maritime initiative aimed at delivering humanitarian aid to starving people in Gaza.
In support, thousands of people turned up to show solidarity with Gaza and support the members who will embark on this journey.
The first convoy, consisting of dozens of small civilian vessels carrying activists, humanitarians, doctors, seafarers, and humanitarian supplies, is scheduled to depart from Spanish ports on August 31 to meet up in Tunisia with a second wave on September 4.
Massive Attack Form Alliance For Musicians Facing âIntimidationâ In Music Industry Over Palestinian Support
While the statement did not name any specific bands, it got re-shared by two acts that have come under fire recently for their pro-Palestinian comments, Northern Irish rap group Kneecap and Irish rock band Fontaines D.C., as well as Brian Eno and Garbage.
British punk duo Bob Vylan recently courted controversy by shouting âFree Palestineâ and âDeath to the IDFâ during their Glastonbury Festival set â the latter in reference to the Israel Defense Forces â an action that led to their being dropped by their booking agent, as well as a police investigation into the incident and the cancellation of festival appearances and European tour dates with Gogol Bordello.
Massive Attack Launch Alliance for Musicians Facing âIntimidations From Within Our Industryâ for Supporting Gaza
The band shared a statement on Instagram saying they hope help protect other artists from the âorganized censorshipâ many have experienced after speaking out.
âThe scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description,â the band wrote. âWe write as artists whoâve chose to use our public platforms to speak out agains the genocide occurring there & the role of the UK Government in facilitating it. Because of our expressions of conscience, weâve been subject to various intimidations from within our industry (live & recorded) & legally via organized bodies such as UK Lawyers For Israel; whose range of activities has now finally been exposed in a new documentary film projected last night by the Led By Donkeys collective.â
Der Republik fehlt eine Partei
(December 14, 2015)
âDie GrĂŒnenâ und âDie Linkeâ werden von oben, ĂŒber deren Kader, durch die transatlantische AtlantikbrĂŒcke gelenkt. Alle derzeitigen Bundestagsparteien sind in Ăberparteien auf E.U.-Ebene organisiert. Eine tatsĂ€chliche Opposition findet parlamentarisch nicht statt. Und auĂerparlamentarisch ist die Opposition schwach, verwirrt und in groĂen Teilen ebenfalls nicht mehr verfassungstreu und schwafelt genauso von âEuropaâ wie anno dĂŒnnemal der Pfaffe auf der Kanzel zum ausgeplĂŒnderten Pöbel ĂŒber dessen Heil nach dem Tod.
Allen, die sich als klassische Sozialdemokratinnen und Sozialdemokraten in der Tradition von Rosa und Karl, oder mindestens Willy Brandt sehen, alle die sich als links, sozialistisch, emanzipatorisch, BĂŒrgerrechtler oder liberalistisch sehen, rate ich dringend jetzt die Faxen und das ganze Geschwafel zu lassen und zur Tat zu schreiten.
Ohne Partei wird in der Republik nichts besser werden. Und so oder so muss es eine Partei fĂŒr die Republik sein, und nicht gegen sie.
Support for a Third Political Party in the U.S. Dips to 58%
(October 1, 2024)
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults agree that a third major party is needed in the U.S. because the Republican and Democratic parties âdo such a poor jobâ of representing the American people, marking the 12th consecutive majority-level reading in Gallupâs trend that stretches back more than two decades. While down five percentage points from last yearâs record high, it is still on par with the average 56% support level over the course of the trend since 2003.
Petition to Support a Party of Working People
So here‘s a fresh question: What would you think if a million workers said they would be willing to back a new political effort?
One million names on a petition would show that the effort has a far wider reach than a fringe group or a self-promoter. One million names would signal to the political actors that there is mass support for building a new working-class political home. One million names might even push some Democrats to support pro-worker legislation.
Mobilizing a petition drive would cost relatively little and could start with a few progressive unions circulating one that read: …