Convention of the Left

Convention of the Left

The Convention of the Left (CL) is an annual conference of British left, socialist, progressive and green parties and organisations, first held in Manchester in September 2008. The format of the conference was that it 'shadowed' the Labour Party's 2008 Annual Conference, also being held in the city. A 'recall' event was held in the city in January 2009.

Aims and values

The 'Statement of Intent' for the Convention was that it aimed to "explicitly challenge Labour’s programme of warmongering, neoliberal privatisation and failure to tackle environmental destruction." The statement was signed[1] by:

Membership

While the CL had managed to attract the support of both Respect Renewal and the Socialist Workers' Party (at that point engaged in a protracted dispute over the demerger of the Respect - The Unity Coalition), the Communist Party of Great Britain (PCC) dismissed the event as a "talking shop" [2] (it supporting the Campaign for a Marxist Party against "broad fronts" and for deeper discussion on differences on the Left), however the CPGB (PCC) and its autonomous student group Communist Students signed up as supporters of the convention. The Socialist Party of England and Wales did not sponsor the event as it has its own Campaign for a New Workers' Party and invited the organisers to join their campaign.

The full list of supporting party organisations is as follows:

It was also supported by The Morning Star, Red Pepper, Labour Briefing and Socialist Worker.

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