The Corbyn Doctrine

On International Human Rights Day Jeremy Corbyn makes the case for a fundamental break with the world order.

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at United Nations in Geneva

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses United Nations officials on human rights and international cooperation in Geneva, Switzerland. (Credit: Reuters)


British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed United Nations officials in Geneva this Friday in a speech outlining his vision for a twenty-first century internationalism.

The speech, scheduled to mark International Human Rights Day, examined the roots of global economic inequality, the developing climate crisis and the impact of war across the world. These “threats to our common humanity,” it argues, can only be overcome with “a global rules-based system that applies to all and works for the many, not the few.”

Quoting from late socialist leaders Salvador Allende and Thomas Sankara, Corbyn offers a blueprint for a fundamentally different world order based on international cooperation and solidarity.

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