Category: What we stand for

Labour Alternative activists have been at active in campaigning against fracking and other environmental destructive practices. We believe in a radically different type of politics that puts our environment and people’s needs before the profits of big business. Labour Alternative says: Ban fracking immediately to safeguard our water supply and ecosystem Take the energy sector and our natural resources into public ownership Major investment for rapid transition to affordable, renewable energy For a programme of mass investment in public transport, reducing dependence on private cars Take meaningful action against corporate polluters

Support for those fleeing conflict and oppression, not more bombs and bulletsScrap Trident – invest in socially useful jobs and services instead!For a democratic Europe run by and for the 99%, not the billionaires

Organise against racist attacks. Unite for jobs, homes and services for all Unite Protestant and Catholic communities to fight for a better life for allFor compromise, mutual respect and local agreements on contentious issuesResist the Green and Orange politicians’ attempts to divide us along sectarian linesTrade unions unite us in the workplaces - they should take action to unite us politicallyUnite with those in the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England engaged in the same fight for a better life

Same-sex marriage equality now! End the ‘gay blood’ ban.Extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland – for a woman's right to choose!Challenge rape culture and all forms of sexismEnd criminalisation of drug users - invest in addiction and support services instead

For a real living wage - £10/hour minimum wage with no youth exemptionsBan zero-hour contracts. Full employment rights for all agency staff.Trade union rights for all workers - Scrap anti-union laws!

Voting rights for 16 and 17-year-olds – it’s our future!Public investment to tackle youth unemployment, not handouts and tax cuts for big businessFor a genuinely integrated, free and fully funded education systemStop all cuts to youth centres and support services

Stop all Tory/Stormont austerity and public sector job lossesKick private sector vultures out of health, education and other public servicesRebuild and restore our NHSTake profiteering firms which threaten mass redundancies into public ownershipTax the super-rich and use the wealth for the benefit of people and planet