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25.04.2026 - 18:13 [ Jacobin ]

The Rich Promised to Flee Mamdani’s New York. They Haven’t.

One of the strongest indicators of whether people or businesses are actually fleeing from a city is the housing and real estate market. During the COVID-19 pandemic, when many residents really did leave New York for the surrounding suburbs and other states, the city’s vacancy rates soared and rents dropped with demand, leading to “COVID discounts” at the height of the pandemic. This trend was even more extreme for the city’s commercial real estate, where vacancy rates doubled as more companies adopted remote work and shed office space.

Today nearly every indicator points to the opposite problem: demand is running hot and supply is lagging badly, especially when it comes to housing.

17.04.2026 - 21:27 [ YourParty.uk ]

Independent candidates Supported by Your Party

Your Party is proud to support the community and independent candidates across the country in the upcoming elections. Electing these members of your community is the first step in building a real alternative, a politics rooted in and accountable to our communities, not billionaires and the professional political class. Together, we will campaign against cuts, stand up for public services and council housing and advocate for full divestment from Israeli apartheid.

These local elections are a huge opportunity to elect socialist councillors, build our bases and make change happen – please support and vote for them on May 7th!

02.04.2026 - 09:30 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Warum die Republik keine Angst vor dem Niedergang der „S.P.D.“ haben muss

(January 16, 2018)

Im Falle eines Zusammenbruchs der „S.P.D.“ würde sich sofort eine sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands gründen.

Zur Zeit steht die im Kaiserreich gegründete und in den letzten sechzehn Jahren Krieg und Euro-Kapitalismus zwölf Jahre an der Regierung befindliche Partei „S.P.D.“ bei 18,5 Prozent. Mancher wird sich nun fragen, wie das ohne die „S.P.D.“ weitergehen soll. Genau das ist ja der Punkt: gar nicht. Das ist ein Grund zur Freude, nicht zur Sorge.

Die „S.P.D.“ ist eine Fantompartei. Ihre einzige Aufgabe ist es die Berliner Republik abzuwickeln, die sie nie gewollt hat und die ihrem Auftrag „Vereinigte Staaten von Europa“ genauso im Weg steht wie alle anderen Demokratien auf dem Kontinent. Diese machen den Deutschen wieder einmal vor, wie einfach es sein kann neue Parteien zu gründen, wenn einen die alten verraten.

Das müssen die Deutschen offensichtlich einfach noch lernen. Denn Demokratie ist wie Autofahren. Wer sie nicht kann, der will sie nicht, der will sie auch nicht lernen, sondern lieber einen Verkehrsunfall.

29.03.2026 - 11:25 [ El Pais ]

Silvio Rodríguez: ‘The world is run by an authoritarian, warmongering, thieving regime. And it’s not Cuba’

(March 26, 2026)

The image of a rifle in the hands of a singer-songwriter is strange, but not when the one wielding it is Silvio Rodríguez, 79. The Cuban singer-songwriter has spent his entire life singing, directly or indirectly, about the Revolution, its leaders and its ideals; about the martyrs and the guerrillas. “There are politics in my songs, but not propaganda,” says the musician, who receives EL PAÍS on Wednesday at the Ojalá studios in Havana. He speaks of the government’s “orthodox and closed” vision in the economic sphere, and of his commitment to a less “rigid” socialism. “Socialism by the book is very idealistic,” he concludes. He doesn’t budge an inch on his opinion of the United States government: “The world is run by an authoritarian, warmongering, thieving regime. And it’s not Cuba.”

04.03.2026 - 18:24 [ theNational.scot ]

Jeremy Corbyn bill demands MPs approve UK military action and use of bases

It reads: “Bill to require parliamentary approval for the deployment of UK armed forces and military equipment for armed conflict; to require parliamentary approval for the granting of permission by ministers for use of UK military bases and equipment by other nations for armed conflict; to require the withdrawal of that permission in circumstances where parliamentary approval is not granted; to provide for certain exemptions from these requirements; to make provision for retrospective parliamentary approval in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.”

04.03.2026 - 18:11 [ Middle East Eye ]

Greens, Your Party and Labour backbenchers build anti-war alliance in parliament

(today)

The alliance is between the resurgent Green Party, the new left-wing Your Party, the parliamentary Independent Alliance of independent MPs and Labour backbenchers.

Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour leader and parliamentary leader of the new Your Party, on Thursday tabled a parliamentary bill with cross-party backing that would require parliament‘s approval for the foreign use of British military bases.

It comes in response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s decision on Sunday night to allow the US to use UK military bases for the purpose of targeting Iranian missile sites.

04.03.2026 - 18:06 [ theGuardian.com ]

Your Party under Corbyn to work with Greens on ‘coordinated left-flank offensive’

(February 26, 2026)

A Jeremy Corbyn-led Your Party will work with the Green party and others to push for a “coordinated left-flank offensive” against Reform and Labour, the Guardian understands.

After winning a comprehensive victory to become the de facto leader of the leftwing startup party on Thursday, Corbyn will seek to rebuild bridges with pro-Gaza communities “alienated” by his rival Zarah Sultana, sources close to Corbyn said.

27.02.2026 - 13:16 [ YourParty.uk ]

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

27.02.2026 - 13:13 [ MorningStarOnline.co.uk ]

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 “back on track.”

Candidates endorsed by the For the Many slate, backed by Mr Corbyn, won 14 of the 24 seats on the executive.

The party’s other co-founder, Zarah Sultana, was herself elected, but the Grassroots Left slate she endorsed had only seven candidates elected, all of them women.

10.02.2026 - 18:43 [ theCanary.co ]

Your Party leadership elections now open

In the ‘endorsements’ phase, during which Your Party members could endorse candidates they wished to see on the ballot, Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘The Many’ was leading in 12 seats, while Zarah Sultana’s ‘Grassroots Left’ 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.

10.02.2026 - 18:22 [ theMany.uk ]

The Many On Tour: Middlesbrough

Join Jeremy Corbyn and The Many’s 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!

09.02.2026 - 19:01 [ theMany.uk ]

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 — not democratic posturing behind which small sects seek outsized influence.

So here are The Many’s six priorities to build a truly member-led party:

1. Set Up Official Branches — so all members can get organised.

2. Defend OMOV — so all members get to decide, not the sects.

3. Establish Members’ Policy Commissions — so policies are shaped by the people they will affect.

4. Review the Finances and Data — so all members can have trust, nothing off limits.

5. Organise the Liberation Sections — so members from every background are empowered.

6. Report Back Monthly — so the collective leadership is accountable to all members, not just itself.

09.02.2026 - 18:05 [ TheNational.scot ]

Everything that happened on day 2 of Your Party Scottish conference

(February 8, 2026)

This saw members vote by 62% for a collective leadership of YPS, rejecting either a single leader or two co-leaders.

It was also decided by 59% that YPS will move towards being an organisationally independent party albeit still working in alliance with Your Party in England and Wales.

Other decisions included the direct election of YPS national officers, term limits for officer positions, dual membership of other socialist parties is allowed, and affiliation of unions is permitted.

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By 70%, conference voted to stand YPS candidates in the Holyrood elections.

08.02.2026 - 20:09 [ Youtube ]

Yitzhak Rabin – The Last Speech (English Subtitles)

The last speech of prime minister and minister of defense Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by right-wing Israeli radical on November 4th 1995 in Tel Aviv.

08.02.2026 - 18:08 [ theMany.uk ]

NO Complicity in Israeli Apartheid

Gaza may not be in the headlines, but make no mistake: the genocide continues.
Occupation continues.
Apartheid continues.
Your Party emerged from the mass movement for Palestine – and it needs to be at the heart of that struggle.
So if elected to lead Your Party, The Many are pleased to announce what our first national campaign will be: no complicity in Israeli Apartheid

06.02.2026 - 20:40 [ theMany.uk ]

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

06.02.2026 - 20:26 [ GrassrootsLeft.org ]

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

06.02.2026 - 20:18 [ NewStatesman.com ]

Corbyn and Sultana are neck-and-neck in the race to lead Your Party

(February 4, 2026)

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s 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 – in which members were able to endorse candidates they wish to see on the ballot for elections to Your Party’s central executive committee – closed on Thursday 29 January. Corbyn’s slate – The Many – are leading in 12 seats, while Grassroots Left, which Sultana is attached to, are leading in 10.

05.02.2026 - 20:08 [ theMany.uk ]

READ | Why The Many matters

(January 26, 2026)

Read Laura Smith’s 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 — rooted in organisation, democracy, and community power.

05.02.2026 - 00:05 [ TheMany.uk ]

Announcing: The Socialist Leadership Programme

In Your Party, we have to do things differently. That’s why The Many is announcing the Socialist Leadership Programme: If we are elected to Your Party’s 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 won’t just posture, but will build real power.

05.02.2026 - 00:00 [ Jeremy Corbyn / NovaraMedia.com ]

How Do We Beat the Far Right? With Unity

We need an alternative – 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 – 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 – 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 – demonstrated a demand for an alternative to the failed establishment politics.

01.02.2026 - 00:42 [ YourParty.uk ]

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

Members’ Hustings From Wed 4 Feb

Deadline for Members to join and receive a Vote Thurs 5 Feb – 5pm

Issue of online ballot papers Mon 9 Feb

Vote closes Mon 23 February – 5pm

Announcement of Results Thursday 26 February 2026

New Leadership Team Takes Office Friday 27 February 2026

01.02.2026 - 00:28 [ MorningStarOnline.co.uk ]

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 Sultana’s “parliamentary convener” model would not see the light of day.

02.01.2026 - 10:30 [ ABC7 New York ]

Watch Mamdani‘s full inauguration speech

The new mayor gave his speech just moments after his public swearing-in ceremony.

02.01.2026 - 10:24 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Amtsantritt von Mamdani: Eine neue Ära für New York?

„Wem gehört New York?“, fragt Zohran Mamdani in seiner Antrittsrede, in der der links-demokratische Politiker deutlich macht, dass er nicht vor hat, kleine Brötchen zu backen. Er wendet sich direkt an jene Kritiker, die ihm im Vorfeld zur Mäßigung rieten: „Beim Schreiben dieser Rede wurde mir gesagt, dies sei der Anlass, die Erwartungen herunterzuschrauben. Ich solle diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um die Menschen in New York dazu zu ermutigen, wenig zu verlangen und noch weniger zu erwarten. Das werde ich nicht tun. Die einzige Erwartung, die ich zurückschrauben möchte, ist die der geringen Erwartungen. Ab heute werden wir umfassend und kühn regieren.“

01.01.2026 - 13:54 [ ABC7 New York ]

Zohran Mamdani inauguration: The next mayor of NYC | Live updates

NEW YORK (WABC) — Zohran Mamdani officially became the next mayor of New York City after being sworn in during a private ceremony at midnight on New Year‘s Day.

Later on Thursday afternoon, his ceremonial swearing-in ceremony will take place on the steps of City Hall.

01.01.2026 - 13:49 [ CNN ]

Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who campaigned on a promise to tackle the affordability crisis in one of America’s most expensive cities, was sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor early Thursday.