Tag: corbyn

The Next Seven Days Will Determine the Fate of the Corbyn Project
Following Labour’s NEC meeting yesterday, it looks like our once-in-a-generation chance to democratise one of Britain’s historic parties of government could be about to slip through our fingers. The next week will determine whether or not that will be the case, writes Aaron Bastani.
The Week Britain’s Politics Changed Forever
With the Archbishop of Canterbury describing the gig economy and zero hours contracts as “the re-incarnation of an ancient evil” and polling showing big majorities for policies once presumed politically unpalatable, it's clear the public are ready for a rupture with the status quo. The question is whether the left will step up to the plate, writes Aaron Bastani.
It’s Time to Call Bullshit on Britain’s News

After a week in which Corbyn was branded a fascist and Theresa May a freedom fighter, Michael Walker digs beneath the bullshit of British news.

Labour’s Obligation to Peace Between Israel and Palestine Starts by Rejecting the IHRA Examples
It is not an opinion to say Israel was founded on violence, racism and ethnic cleansing - it is a historic fact. The Labour party’s proposed code of conduct on antisemitism should be refined, not discarded, argues Aaron Bastani.
A Row With No End? Labour, Israel and Antisemitism

Michael is joined by Barnaby Raine to discuss the latest iteration of Labour’s “antisemitism row”. The show will feature a video link with Norman Finkelstein speaking from New York.
How Labour’s Dreadful Antisemitism Debate Has to Change
The standard of debate around Labour’s antisemitism saga has been dire from the start, and both Corbyn's critics and his supporters on the left have been to blame, argues Barnaby Raine in this Sunday’s Long Read.
The Mason Hour
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly are joined by Paul Mason to discuss how to respond to the rising tide of fascism across the West, and how Labour can be effective in that fight.
The People Vs Trump

At #StopTrump Owen Jones argues that it’s not just Trump we need to oppose – it’s the politics that he represents and enables.
GOVERNMENT in FREEFALL

Boris is gone. Davis is gone. Join Michael, Ash and Aaron on #TyskySour as we work out wtf it all means.

Attacks on Corbyn and Labour Make a Hard Brexit More Likely
Two years after the EU referendum, the reflex of remain campaigners to blame Jeremy Corbyn for the leave vote endures because it’s easier than building a movement around a set of coherent demands. The irony is that this is making a soft Brexit less likely, argues Aaron Bastani.
A Progressive Immigration Policy?
If we get a left-wing Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn, they will have an immigration system, and what that will look like matters - for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Maya Goodfellow discusses how we might get there.
Socialism at Home Is Not Enough – It’s Time for a Corbynite Foreign Policy
Foreign and domestic policy were once entangled in the minds of the much of the left. It’s time Corbyn used the opportunity of his leadership to be bold with his anti-imperialist principles, argues Barnaby Raine.
Who Belongs in Brexit Britain

With a year to go until leaving the EU, we went to Keighley and Bradford to talk about belonging, Brexit and why Taken isn’t actually a documentary about immigration.
WoodLol and the Ickegeist

On this episode of TyskySour Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker discuss John Woodcock crossing the floor, educating the cadre and not getting enough sleep.
Media Meltdown: How the Liberals Lost It

On this episode of TyskySour Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker talk Cambridge Analytica, hatgate and how the collapse of the centre means a media which increasingly fails to understand what the fuck is going on. @MichaelJSWalker @AaronBastani  

So This Time It Probably Was Russia…

It started in the sleepy town of Salisbury, where an ex-Russian spy was poisoned… Join Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani for this latest episode of TyskySour.
Czech M8? Smears, Media & the Left
On #NovaraFM, Richard Seymour joins James Butler and Aaron Bastani to talk about right-wing smear campaigns, the changing shape of the press and the vexed relationship between media and politics.
2017: Year in Review
James Butler is joined by three Novara Media editors – Aaron Bastani, Ash Sarkar, and Michael Walker – to look back over 2017's political highs and lows, successes and failures, breakthroughs and reversals.