Labour Needs a Female Leader in Rebecca Long-Bailey
Harriet Williamson
With Labour's leadership election looming, Harriet Williamson makes the case for why Rebecca Long-Bailey is best for the job.
‘Progressive Patriotism’ Is Not the Way to Repair Labour’s Image
Ruth Kinna
Shortly before declaring her candidature for the Labour leadership, Rebecca Long-Bailey called for a revival of what she called "progressive patriotism" to restore the party’s fortunes in working class communities. Ruth Kinna explores the implications of the term and whether patriotism can ever truly be deemed progressive.
The Australian Bushfire Crisis: Are Liberal Protests Undermining the Real Solution?
Jessica Syed
Australia's bushfire protests must foreground indigenous perspectives or risk being politically futile, argues Jessica Syed.
Why the Labour Party and Unions Need to Get Serious About News
Aaron Bastani
Unless the labour movement is serious about creating a meaningful - and modern - counter-weight to the right-wing media, both its national profile and political power will continue to wane, writes Aaron Bastani.
How Big Tech Helped Cities Become an Incubator for the Greatest Currency of Our Age: Loneliness
Sophie McKay
Technology and cities are making us lonelier than ever, writes journalist Sophie McKay, giving opportunistic new businesses the chance to sell us innovative, expensive and ultimately empty solutions to a perfectly normal emotion.
Keir Starmer’s Call to End Factionalism Must Not Mean a Return to the Status Quo
Michael Walker
There is a promise the leadership hopeful could make, argues Michael Walker, which would fulfil his desire to end damaging internecine war without undermining accountability: open selections.
If a Royal Couple Can’t Challenge Britain’s Sick Press, What Hope Does a Progressive Politician Have?
Aaron Bastani
No one expected it to be Harry and Meghan who led the charge against the depraved British press, writes Aaron Bastani, but the way the Duke and Duchess are being treated shows why no one else could do it, and makes a compelling case for media reform.
We Must Not Let Centrists Use the Idea of Electability to Uphold the Status Quo
Oliver Durose
The idea of electability is one of the most powerful tools to keep radicalism out of politics, argues Oliver Durose. Whether it’s Bernie Sanders, Jagmeet Singh or Jeremy Corbyn, politicians who move too far away from the centre are warned that they will alienate voters and gift elections to the other side.
Left Leadership Will Never Be Accepted by Labour MPs Unless There Is Mandatory Re-selection
Aaron Bastani
The day a new left Labour leader takes office, the media and several dozen MPs will begin to undermine them in a bid to completely obliterate any Corbynite legacy. Another coup will unfold, writes Aaron Bastani, unless Labour adopts mandatory re-selection, the only guarantee of party discipline.
From Despair to Where? #McStrike Shows Us Where Labour’s Rebuilding Must Start
Alex Wood
Alex Wood argues that Labour's declining support in former industrial areas should be understood alongside the decline of the trade union movement. Revitalising Labour, he argues, will require a labour movement rooted in post-industrial realities.
Learning the Lessons of Labour’s Northern Nightmare Will Take Longer Than a Weekend
Craig Gent
Beyond Brexit and Corbyn, Labour's foothold in England's mining belt has been weakening for years, writes Craig Gent. Rebuilding trust and confidence will require a patient process involving hard truths - and no amount of hot takes on social media will change that.
Beyond Politics? The Limits of Extinction Rebellion’s Strategy Are Beginning to Show
Alex May
Extinction Rebellion’s protests against Labour during the election campaign might come across as mind-boggling – but it should come as no surprise, argues Alex May.
To Be Impartial the BBC Must Change Its Relationship to Britain’s Billionaire-owned Newspapers
Aaron Bastani
As someone born in Britain the BBC is one of the institutions I am most proud of, writes Aaron Bastani, but it could be so much better, offering a genuine counterweight to a billionaire class intent on rigging the country’s democratic process. It won’t do that, and live up to its own charter, until it re-thinks its relationship to the rightwing press.
The Guardians of the Jewish ‘Mainstream’ Have Their Own Questions to Answer Over Jews’ Corbyn Fears
Douglas Gerrard
Douglas Gerrard argues the fact that 87% of British Jews think Corbyn is an antisemite is hard to stomach, but it's crucially important to understand the combination of factors that led us to this point.