About Us
2024 is shaping up to be an election year like no other. It will pit a disastrous Tory government against Starmer's Labour, which has been turned into the establishment B team. For the first time in living memory, independent and locally-run campaigns all over the country are standing up to our rigged political system and taking back democracy. In response, representatives from a range of grassroots organisations and independent campaigns have come together as a collective to plant the seeds for a new mass movement that will take on the Westminster class and the vested interests it serves.
What We'll Do
We are laying the foundations of a mass movement that will eventually transform into a new political party. This may take time, but now more than ever is the moment to act, build and organise.
Join now for as little as £2 per month. Our power is always in our numbers - once we've reached a critical mass, we will begin the process of establishing a new party that is truly free of the establishment interests that have corrupted Starmer's Labour, and has the base of support to take them on.
Statement on Gaza
Following the International Court of Justice's verdict, the global consensus is solidifying: Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza is unmistakably genocide.
Under UK and international law, weapons exports to any country where there is a risk they might be used in war crimes should be halted. Sales of arms to Israel by any country should be immediately prohibited.
Accountability should follow including the imposition of sanctions and the issue of arrest warrants by the ICC to all those involved in war crimes, which the UK should not obstruct.
British citizens should not be allowed to join the IDF, attack Palestinians and return to the UK without accountability.
Tragically, over 35,000 Palestinians (15,000 of whom are children) have already lost their lives. Hundreds of thousands more face starvation as Western powers, in response to the ICJ's ruling, slash essential funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a critical lifeline for over 2 million Gazans.
In the UK, the Labour Party's complicity in Israel's genocidal campaign, coupled with its punitive measures against dissenting voices within its ranks, have precipitated a profound rupture. Numerous Labour parliamentary candidates have distanced themselves, denouncing the party's dangerous rightward drift.
This defection marks a pivotal moment, with former Labour candidates and others now standing as independent socialists and forging networks of solidarity. In the upcoming general election, a wave of independent anti-genocide candidates will emerge, challenging the prevailing narrative.
Enter the Collective—uniting independent parliamentary candidates and solidarity activists to support those who have severed ties with Labour over its protracted silence on the genocide, while championing the cause of justice for Palestinians. It heralds a new era of coordination among independent voices, laying the groundwork for a formidable challenge to the political establishment.
The Collective aims to harness the fervour of street protests for Palestine, redirecting the electoral discourse towards the paramount global imperative of our time. Together, participants will chart a path forward, weaving together the strands of resistance into a potent force for change.
Support for Palestinian human rights and sovereignty has become a litmus test for anyone purporting to uphold left values. Our strategy is clear: for those who fail this fundamental test, we're uniting to remove them from political life.
Therefore we call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza; an end to arms sales to Israel; sanctions and prosecutions for war crimes; and an end to decades of Israeli impunity.