THE LINKE supports an international call to elect Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister of the United KingdomWe, the signatories, hereby express our solidarity with the Labour Party for the UK elections.
Austerity, the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister would send a message of hope to the world that a future of social justice is possible. A victory for Labour would be an inspiration to millions fighting for a post-neoliberal future – a future in which the interests of ordinary people can be improved, social cohesion can be restored, and the dominance of the people can be restored. economic elite through our democracies. With the rise of the far right in many countries, the need for progressive governments with a transformative social agenda has never been greater. Voting Labour under Jeremy Corbyn would be a step in the right direction to usher in a new era of internationalism, peace and diplomacy that challenges reactionary politics with the spirit of cooperation. It is also increasingly clear that time is running out for us to deal with the climate crisis. A Labour government committed to a Green New Deal and radical measures to achieve carbon neutrality would be a turning point in the fight to save our planet - and in particular its poorest inhabitants - from the consequences of the ecological We wish the Labour Party the best for this election and hope that it is the beginning of building not only a better Britain but a world of the many, not the few. SignatoriesDilma Rousseff, former president of Brazil, Workers' PartyYanis Varoufakis, MP, leader, MeRA 25 (Greece)Sreko Horvat, co-founder, DiEM 25David Adler, policy director, DiEM 25Rafael Correa, former president of Ecuador, Acuerdo NacionalGuillaume Long, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Acuerdo NacionalPablo Iglesias, MP, leader, Podemos (Spain)Miguel Urban, MEP, PodemosIdoia Villanueva Ruiz, MEP, international spokesperson, PodemosJuan Carlos Monedero, founder, Podemos-igo Errejon, leader, (Spain)Noam Chomsky, academicLeo Panitch, academicGar Alperovitz, co-founder, Democracy CollaborativeErik Sperling, executive director, Just Foreign PolicyAndrew Feinstein, former minister, African National Congress (South Africa)Ronnie Kasrils, former minister, African National Congress (South Africa)Cansel Kiziltepe, MP, Social Democratic Party (Germany)Bernd Reixinger, co-chair, Die Linke (Germany)Jörg Schindler, general secretary, Die Linke (Germany)Fabio de Masi, MP, Die Linke (Germany)Martin Schirdewan, MEP, Die Left (Germany)Sabine Schatz, MP, Social Democratic Party (Austria)Eva-Maria Holzleitner, MP, Social Democratic Party (Austria)Matthew Green, MP, New Democratic Party (Canada)Andrew Jackson, former chief economist, Canadian Labor CongressMarisa Matias, MEP, Bloco de Esquerda (Portugal)Ivan Goncalves, former MP, Socialist Party (Portugal)Francesco Laforgia, Senator, La Sinistra (Italy)Pernille Skipper, MP, leader of the Danish Red-GreensNikolaj Villumsen, MEP, Danish Red-GreensAudun Lysbakken, MP, leader, Socialist Left (Norway) Bjornar Moxnes, MP, leader, Red Party (Norway)Torstein Solberg, MP, Labour Party (Norway)Li Andersson, MP, chairperson, Finnish Left AllianceJonas Sjöstedt, MP, leader, Swedish Left PartyAli Esbati, Andreas Lennkvist Manriquez, Ciczie Weidby, Jessica Wetterling, Elin Segerlind, Hokan Svenneling, Tony Haddou, Ulla Andersson, MPs, Swedish Left PartyLuka Mesec, MP, leader, Slovenian Left PartyMatej Tasner Vatovec, MP, Slovenian Left PartySara Nelson, international president, Association of Flight Attendants (USA)Teferi Gebre, executive vice-president, AFL-CIO (USA)Jesse Sharkey, president, Chicago Teachers Union (USA)Bob Master, policy director (district one), Communication Workers of AmericaAndrew Porter, organiser, National Nurses United (USA)Ryan Kekeris, organiser, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (USA)Maurice Mitchell, national director, Working Families Party (USA)Alan Minsky, executive director, Progressive Democrats of AmericaCarlos Ramirez-Rosa, alderman, Chicago 35th, DemocraticRossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, alderman, Chicago 33rd, Democratic Socialists of AmericaMike Sylvester, Maine congressman, Democratic Socialists of AmericaBhaskar Sunkara, publisher, Jacobin MagazineCirce Camacho, Mexican Labour PartyLara Merling, research officer, International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC)Joan Collins, MP, Independents 4 Change (Ireland)