Analysis: Why Do We Still Fetishise Homeownership?
by Aidan Beatty
Millions of young Britons will never own their own homes. So why do we still want to? Aidan Beatty explains.
Tag: blair
Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Just Be Like Blair?
by Oliver Eagleton
Try as he might, Keir Starmer will always fail to recapture the essence of Blairism. Oliver Eagleton explains why.
ACFM: Trip 23: War
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn bring a weird left perspective on violence and conflict, with music from Digital Mystikz and Stiff Little Fingers.
Novara Live: Stingy Sunak Is a Danger to Your Health
As scientists continue to assess the risks of Omicron, suffering businesses and workers have been left out in the cold with only a paltry support scheme. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial lay out why Rishi Sunak is a danger to Britain's health.
Downstream: If Neoliberalism Is Over, What Next?
If neoliberalism really is over then what comes after? And could this new political and economic moment, where a larger state is embraced, see a turn right rather than left? Aaron Bastani speaks to sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo about his new book, ‘The Great Recoil’, examining how ideas of protection, control and state intervention are replacing […]
Novara Live: Starmer Tells Labour to Embrace Blair’s Legacy
In the latest of his perpetual relaunches, Keir Starmer has urged Labour members to embrace Tony Blair's legacy. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
ACFM: #ACFM Trip 16: the Long ‘90s
The one where the gang remember the end of history.
Opinion: If Jews Don’t Count As an Ethnic Minority, It’s Because We Haven’t Always Wanted To
by Joseph Finlay
Only recently has ethnic minority status become covetable. British Jews have spent much of our history avoiding it, writes Jewish historian Joseph Finlay.
International: What’s the Point of Jacinda Ardern?
by Huw Morgan
If the polls are to be believed, Jacinda Ardern is headed towards a massive victory at October’s general election. But what will she do with all that power? Precious little, projects Huw Morgan.
Novara FM: How We Might Live: Architecture and Culture
James Butler is joined by Owen Hatherley, culture editor of Tribune Magazine to talk architecture - socialist and otherwise - and the politics of culture.
Novara FM: Hostile Environment: Maya Goodfellow on Race and Migration
James Butler is joined by Maya Goodfellow to discuss the history and politics of migration in the UK.
The Labour Right Would Prefer a Johnson Government to a Corbyn One. It’s Time to Replace Them
by Aaron Bastani
This week 64 Labour Lords took out an advert in the Guardian criticising the party’s leadership. Aaron Bastani argues this represents a last ditch effort from the Labour right and their allies in the media to stifle any chance of a Corbyn-led government.
Long Read: From Apathy to Outrage: Why Political Corruption Matters to the Left
by Tom Scriven
Sunday Long Read: Corruption has been a long-standing feature of British democracy, and the rallying cry of populists throughout history. In light of the recent election expenses scandal, what does this mean for the left?
The Political is Personal: New Labour and the Corrosion of Character
by Carl Rowlands
There's talk of a return to New Labour - but what was the New Labour project, how did it become so dominant, and what has been its lasting effect on the Labour party?