MEE sat down with the former Labour leader to talk about his vision for the new left-wing party

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35167663

By Imran Mulla
Published date: 22 August 2025 17:47 BST

Now, he is organising a Gaza Tribunal of his own. “We have on 4 and 5 of September, for two days in Church House in Westminster, an open public inquiry,” Corbyn says.

“It will be live on YouTube and lots of other platforms and channels, and that inquiry will be hearing voices from people in Gaza, in the West Bank, aid workers, journalists, lawyers, international legal experts.”

[Note to our Fedi friends in the UK - it would be great if someone could get this tribunal streamed via Peertube in some fashion.]

The new party was announced on 3 July, when MP Zarah Sultana left the Labour Party and said she would co-lead a different outfit with Corbyn.

That party doesn’t exist yet. It doesn’t even have a name. But it has already received more than 800,000 sign-ups.

Polling this week found that a third of 2024 Labour voters would consider voting for a Corbyn-Sultana-led party, as well as over a quarter of Labour members.

    • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 day ago
      • He has worked with RT, a Russian propaganda service aimed at the west managed by russian intel services.
      • He routinely promotes russian propaganda narratives about NATO
      • His fake peacenik organization (he is the executive director who is responsible for such press releases) recognized russia as part of Ukraine.
      • He openly opposed weapons deliveries to Ukraine after the full scale in order to give russia an edge in the invasion

      I don’t even need to do a web search to write out these points. Who would have thought that in a country being invaded by russia for 11 years out of its 34 years of independence, the media would report on Western leaders collaborating with russians?

      Or do you think we are all dumb eastern european sour cream n1ggaz who don’t have journalism?

      You can look up the sources for the abovementioned points, it’s not difficult. Or assume I am lying, whatever works for you.

        • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          15·
          1 day ago

          There is that supremacist paternalism that I was talking about.

          This is exactly why Western “leftists” are either useful idiots (E.g. Varoufakis, who otherwise has very good ideas and a modern leftist worldview) or collaborators with the russians (Corbyn).

          • JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
            51·
            1 day ago

            Mate you either speak reason or shut up, I can literally say you’re Putin’s alt account, my words mean nothing without proof, and same with yours, so either add something of value or don’t say anything at all, tired of your copy pasted messages of no substance.

            • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              12 hours ago

              Keep telling yourself that.

              You know I am right (even though you may not admit publicly). You’re too scared to look very clear and specific examples, because you know that Corbyn is a massive supporter of russian genocidal imperialism!

              • JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
                5·
                11 hours ago

                Oh no, I think you know I am right. We can go on and on and on, any fact-less statement you say I can turn back on you because no one is bringing any references so what I’m saying is just as valid. You can save us all the time waste and actually link your sources instead of acting like you’re too good for that.

                • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  21·
                  6 hours ago

                  Yeah, yeah.

                  You don’t even know the position of a politician you’re fanboying for.

                  Someone did check the examples I provided and they are all true:

                  https://feddit.uk/post/35181984/19647124

                  I told you that such matters are reported on in Ukrainian media and they have both editorial and financial incentives to be honest about these sort things.

                  • JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    3·
                    5 hours ago

                    My first interaction here has been to ask for sources on your claims, I don’t know where you got fanboyism, that’s basic argumentation, you make the argument and provide examples, others refute them with other examples.

                    I find it funny that in the end it was still someone else who came forward with links to articles, weird hill to die on for you to not just do it yourself, but thank you for linking to the person linking articles.

      • nialv7@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        you think we are all dumb eastern european sour cream n1ggaz

        wow steady on my dude

        • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I am just highlighting how this comes off as.

          The gall to assume I am just making shit up because I hate daddy Corbyn. Not mention thinking that our Ukrainian-language media (and even english language media run by Ukrainian diaspora in places like Canada) lack integrity to validate such reporting.

          Height of arrogance, racism even.

          • knowone@slrpnk.netEnglish
            31·
            1 day ago

            You have to be a troll my friend. That, or just unhinged and deep in the delusion and copium. Either way it’s been hilarious and very entertaining to see what you think counts as reasoned arguments come on and on. The using of racial slurs while accusing others of “racism” was the cherry on the cake (I’m also white by the way, like most Ukrainians)

            • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              24·
              1 day ago

              You’re only saying this because you can’t address the well documented points I brought up.

              Anyone reading my post can see the context.