Jeremy Corbyn: Why I’m Launching a Project for Peace and Justice
Today, Jeremy Corbyn is launching a global Project for Peace and Justice to take forward the causes he championed as Labour leader. He told Jacobin about his hopes for the initiative — and why he refuses to be cowed by the attacks he has endured.
Jeremy Corbyn is greeted by supporters as he visits Blackrod Community Centre on December 10, 2019 in Bolton, England. (Anthony Devlin / Getty Images)
Today, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn launched a Project for Peace and Justice, designed to promote research and activism around the causes he has spent his life defending. The project, which has announced a global conference for January 17, promises to provide a platform for campaigns against war and in favor of concerted international action on the climate and soaring inequalities.
Ahead of the launch, the veteran socialist spoke to Jacobin’s David Broder about the crises facing humanity in 2020, the signs of political hope, and how his project will uphold the antiwar message he so stoutly championed as Labour leader.
David Broder
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