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Shit Jobs for All: the Many Horrors of the Zero Hours Contract

Laith Saad

Huge commutes, poor pay and unpaid overtime. Agency worker and journalist Laith Saad speaks with his colleagues about the precarity and exploitation that goes hand-in-hand with a zero hours contract.

Labour’s Next Leader Must Be Able to Talk About Class and Climate Justice

Chris Saltmarsh

As Boris Johnson’s government inevitably fails to take action on climate change we will begin to experience harsher climate shocks. Labour needs a leader comfortable stepping up to interpret these events by laying the blame at Johnson’s feet and articulating a compelling socialist response.

Uniting Communities: Organising for Real Change in Greater Manchester at Christmas and Beyond

Craig Gent

This Christmas, a hard-working group of volunteers has been trying to bring some festive spirit to children and parents in their local community. It's all part of a wider effort to build up community confidence and an ethos of neighbourhood self-organisation - and an exciting example for anyone interested in community organising.

The Man Behind the Keir Starmer Campaign, and His Links to Owen Smith

Aaron Bastani

A senior member of Keir Starmer's team was a chair for the Owen Smith campaign in 2016, reveals Aaron Bastani. Consider this alongside Starmer's participation in a collective effort to displace Jeremy Corbyn that same year, his public support for Smith and his position on Brexit, and it brings his credibility as a left candidate into question.

Opinion: 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.

Letters: Members Should Have the Say on Who Momentum Backs for Labour Leader

Kallum Pembro and Elliot Dugdale

In this letter to Momentum and its members, Kallum Pembro and Elliot Dugdale argue that the process for deciding the organisation's Labour leadership endorsement shouldn't happen behind closed doors.

A Letter to Our Readers

the Novara Media Team

A letter to our readers following the general election.

Opinion: 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.

Long Read: Labour’s Economic Plans: What Went Wrong?

James Meadway

In this post-election long read, James Meadway explains how Labour’s 2019 plans got caught up in policy at the expense of politics.

Opinion: 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.

GE2019: No False Consolations

Richard Seymour

Disaster nationalism has just cut through swathes of Labour's former safe seats, having been forced into a Brexit election to which there was no easy solution. It is a momentous defeat, and we have to own it - writes Richard Seymour.

GE2019: Banking on Brexit: Is a Pro-remain Platform Enough to Win Canterbury?

Louis Matheou

With Labour MP Rosie Duffield fighting for her Canterbury seat on the basis that she is the only pro-Remain candidate, could her neglect of the party's transformative manifesto be a sorely missed opportunity?

GE2019: This Election Campaign Showed the Left’s Power. Win or Lose We Must Continue to Build a Socialist Future

Grace Blakeley

Whatever happens today, the task of the left over the coming years must be to continue to build up a self-confident socialist movement that understands itself as independent of, though tightly linked to, the Labour party, and with organic links to communities up and down the country, argues Grace Blakeley. Whatever happens today, we are still living through the interregnum between worlds and our choice remains: socialism or barbarism.

Long Read: The Centrist Delusion: ‘Middle Ground’ Politics Aren’t Moderate, They’re Dangerous

Raoul Martinez

In every civilisation, the centre ground of political opinion has been home to dangerous, inaccurate and oppressive ideas. The toxic centrism currently pervading Britain and rest of the world requires a rapid, bold, ambitious change of direction, writes Raoul Martinez.

Tory Candidate Faces Questions Over App That Charged Food Banks Hundreds of Pounds

Charlotte England & Craig Gent

A Conservative party candidate is facing questions over whether she sought to profit from Britain’s hunger crisis with an app that charged food banks hundreds of pounds to promote lists of items they need from donors.

GE2019: How Corbyn’s Labour Changed the Minds of Young Scottish Voters

Lauren Gilmour

Speaking with young Scottish voters, Lauren Gilmour traces how and why their allegiances have switched from the Scottish National Party and independence to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour.

GE2019: Has Nigel Farage’s Climbdown Guaranteed a Tory Win in the South Coast’s Most Brexit Town?

Natalie Leal

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU in 2016. With the Brexit Party standing down in this election, the Conservatives are expected to win a large majority. But on the ground, nobody seems enthusiastic about this, Natalie Leal reports, with feelings of frustration and helplessness characterising most conversations about politics.

Long Read: In the North’s Leave-Voting Seats, Disillusionment Is Labour’s Biggest Enemy

Craig Gent

With Labour engaged in a last minute battle to shore up northern support, Craig Gent reports on the party's struggle with disillusionment - and what can be done about it.

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