Author: lcidblog
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Leadership Contest
The Labour Campaign for International Development has decided to suspend our membership scheme until after the conclusion of the Labour Leadership contest, as have a number of other socialist societies. If you would like to find out more information about LCID, including our planned events at this year’s conference, you can sign up to our…
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A Responsibility to Protect
We believe Labour is an internationalist party with a proud record of fighting injustices around the world, from supporting Indian independence, to the anti-apartheid struggle, to leading action to protect civilians in Sierra Leone and Kosovo. As Robin Cook said, we must never ‘turn a blind eye to how other governments behave and a deaf…
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BREXIT: A threat to tackling global poverty
By Mike Kane, Shadow Minister for International Development and Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East – @MikeKaneMP Whatever side of the EU Referendum Debate you sit on it is hard to deny that being able to work collaboratively with some of the world’s strongest economies, to pool financial, institutional and technological resources enables…
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Rest in Peace Jo
Like everyone, we are devastated at the loss of Jo Cox MP. As her husband Brendan said, Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life. And the world is a better place because of Jo. From her time at Oxfam to her campaigning as an MP for the protection of…
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Invitation: Join LCID MPs in discussion of ‘Brexit’
In conjunction with the Labour Movement for Europe (LME) and Labour’s Environmental Campaign Group (SERA), LCID is hosting to an exclusive Panel Q&A on the evening of June 14th, 19.00-21.00, at UNITE Head Quarters in London. The evening’s discussion, entitled “Brexit: A danger to security, tackling climate change and international development”, will be addressed by…
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David Miliband makes the case for Britain in Europe
Today in London David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary and current CEO of International Rescue Committee, delivered a speech making the case for the UK to remain in Europe, including why the EU matters for international development. Some of his comments are reproduced below: At the heart of our British success story in…
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Why It Is Time to Call Time on the British Treasure Islands
By Stephen Doughty MP, Labour and Co-operative MP for Cardiff South and Penarth and LCID Vice-President –@SDoughtyMP This piece originally featured on the Huffington Post website With the startling revelations that have come to light in the Panama Papers over the past few days, it is all too easy to brush this aside another example of…
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On the 22nd Anniversary of the Genocide, Rwanda is defying both global expectations and wishes
By Claire Leigh – Consultant at UNDP, 2015 Labour Parliamentary Candidate and former Chair of LCID – @ClaireLeighLab It is almost frustrating to start every discussion on Rwanda by referencing the infamous genocide that took place there twenty two years ago. The country today is almost unrecognisable from the place that tore itself apart in 1994 at…
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Slashing our overseas aid budget would be the truly ‘mad’ decision
By Stephen Doughty MP, Labour and Co-operative MP for Cardiff South and Penarth and LCID Vice-President – @SDoughtyMP Aid is risky. Let’s be honest. But it is absolutely in our national interest, the global interest – and it is our moral duty. If you are going to operate in unstable and impoverished communities and…
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Let’s talk about feminism
By Claudia Bonifay When a close friend of mine mentioned on a group chat that Emma Watson had just launched a book club, I was immediately thrilled. Ever since her speech at the UN for the launch of ‘He for She’ had moved me to tears, I had been following the campaign. This book club…
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