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
    711·
    1 day ago

    Nah, he openly supports the annexation of Crimea (which means he supports the prosecution of Ukrainian speakers and Crimean Tartars).

    The stuff about western leaders wanting the war to drag on as long as possible is a tankie conspiracy theory.

    • RunawayFixer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 hours ago

      I was wondering if what you were saying about Corbyn was true, so I looked up most of your claims (all true for those I checked), and I thought I’d share what I found for others.

      Corbyn used Russian talking points as justification for not wanting to do anything about Russia’s conquest of Crimea: http://www.hscentre.org/russia-and-eurasia/corbyn-wrong-says-ukrainian-human-rights-legend/

      Corbyn has indeed worked with RT. This article called him a frequent guest: https://www.thearticle.com/rt-is-putins-propaganda-channel-so-why-do-british-politicians-agree-to-appear-on-it

      Corbyn is indeed against NATO: https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-corbyn-did-call-for-nato-to-disband-but-its-labour-policy-to-stay-in

      And Corbyn does indeed oppose weapon deliveries to Ukraine because “it would prolong the war”: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/26/labour-left-breaks-with-jeremy-corbyn-over-sending-weapons-to-ukraine

      • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
        21·
        55 minutes ago

        He Putin’s basically. Maybe out of naivety, but the result is the same.

    • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      42·
      20 hours ago

      If he supports it so openly, why is there only evidence of the opposite? Do you need your meds?

        • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          51·
          20 hours ago

          Imagine being given the opportunity to fact check yourself, and instead choosing to fall deeper into delusion and paranoia. I’m sorry for you

          • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            38·
            19 hours ago

            Keep playing dumb. You don’t even speak Ukrainian (or russian) and you’re acting like some sort authority with you “opportunity to fact check yourself”.

            You don’t know jack shit (and we both know this). Keep pretending otherwise. 😄

            • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              31·
              19 hours ago

              Here’s a hint: You will never come up with a source for your beliefs because you’d have to admit you’ve been played first.

              It’s human to fall for it now and then. You’re amongst the majority.

              I hope you get help

              • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                34·
                19 hours ago

                Nah, you talk big but you can’t even state Corbyn’s idiotic position on the full scale invasion of Ukraine without looking it up first (if you actually knew, you would have brought it up because it makes a very specific reference for someone in the UK, it’s been parroted by other fake leftists too).

                I don’t need to do a web search, because I know Corbyn’s position:

                • 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 for this, because this relatively common knowledge in Ukraine (among people who know who Corbyn is).

                But sure, Mr. Arcane2077, who doesn’t even speak Ukrainian or russian claims to be more knowledgeable than someone who lives in Ukraine and where collaboration with russians by scum such a Corbyn is widely reported.

                Own your ignorance my man, don’t keep digging into the hole of stupidity that characterizes your knowledge of the relevant issues.

    • qevlarr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      21 hours ago

      I think it’s pretty obvious and I despise tankies. Look at what they’re doing, not just what they’re saying. Russia is a serious threat and they’re finally seeing it. Better to have them fighting in Ukraine than their country

      Edit: speaking of nasty conspiracy theories, btw, Starmerites calling Corbyn an antisemite was really the lowest of the low. Labour has been taken over by neoliberals fighting the left harder than the right

      Edit: oh no I angered the tankies lol

      • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        What they are doing (being slow and inconsistent with weapon deliveries) is driven is by fear and the receptiveness of their electorates to russian sabre rattling (even thought such strategies are openly described in key russian doctrinal texts) and russian propaganda.

        I hate Corbyn, but I don’t think he is an anti-semite (or maybe I just don’t know enough). There is more than enough things to call him out for beyond vague notions of anti-semitism.