Opinion: The 2000s Are Back, Baby – And So Are the Fash
by Juliet Jacques
Those celebrating the return of smooth-talking centrists to frontline politics seem to have forgotten the far-right they brought with them, writes Juliet Jacques.
Tag: jeremy corbyn
Long Read: Aged 82, Patricio Guzmán Is Still Making Revolutionary Cinema
by Juliet Jacques
The exiled Chilean documentary-maker has been capturing successive waves of revolution and rebellion in his home country for over four decades, writes Juliet Jacques – and contributing to them through art.
Opinion: The British State is Waging Its Own War on Palestinians
by Palestinian Youth Movement
Britain is embroiled in war propaganda not unlike that deployed to manufacture consent for the war on Iraq. The British public should show more courage in its dissent, argues the Palestinian Youth Movement.
Opinion: Are Actual Leftwing Parties About to Give Labour a Run for Its Money?
by Michael Chessum
Until recently, electoral alternatives to Labour seemed doomed, writes Michael Chessum. But with a host of political parties and independent candidates sweeping up the leftists Starmer has alienated, could this finally be changing?
Report: Rory Stewart Slams Keir Starmer for ‘Disgusting’ Treatment of Jeremy Corbyn
by Rivkah Brown
In an interview with Novara Media, the ex-Tory MP says “it’s mad” that Corbyn was suspended, saying the “controlling” Starmer “lacks confidence”. Rivkah Brown reports.
Long Read: How Centrist ‘Frenemies’ Podcasts Turned Politics Into a Parlour Game
by Juliet Jacques
From Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart to Ed Balls and George Osborne, political 'frenemies' are having a moment. It’s all part of a centrist attempt to turn politics into a dinner table argument rather than a matter of life and death, writes Juliet Jacques.
Report: One of the People Suing Labour Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Used Antisemitic Slurs
by Rivkah Brown
Julie Cattell, a non-Jewish Labour candidate in Brighton & Hove, told Jewish people they weren’t real Jews. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: The People Suing Labour for Outing Them As Antisemitism Complainants Boasted About Filing Thousands of Complaints
by Rivkah Brown
Euan Phillips and Emma Picken were extremely open about filing complaints, writes Rivkah Brown. So why are they suing the party for identifying them?
Opinion: Keir Starmer is a Hypocrite. His Factional Response to the EHRC Proves It
by Andrew Fisher
By using the EHRC's positive findings to launch an attack on the Labour left, Starmer has shown he’s willing to weaponise antisemitism to fight a factional battle, writes Andrew Fisher.
Report: Will a ‘Vindictive’ Labour Party Bankrupt Itself Suing the Alleged Leakers?
by Rivkah Brown
Neither the Information Commissioner’s Office nor the Labour party itself has found wrongdoing by Corbyn staffers accused of leaking a report into antisemitism. The party is suing them anyway. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: Does Jeremy Corbyn Need the Labour Party?
by Ell Folan
Labour has suggested it will never reinstate Jeremy Corbyn, fuelling rumours he could stand as an independent or even run to be mayor of London. But would he succeed without his party? Ell Folan assesses his chances.
Long Read: Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?
by Michael Chessum
From Occupy Wall Street to Millbank, the generation that awoke in 2010 rejected left history, writes Michael Chessum. Is this why it's struggled to form a coherent political tradition?
Downstream: People Used Anything to Attack Me
Jeremy Corbyn talks to Aaron Bastani about the mainstream media, the antisemitism crisis, Alistair Campbell and King Charles III.
Analysis: Rachel Reeves Speech: Labour is Rehashing Corbynite Policies Without Explaining How It Would Pay for Them
by James Meadway
The left should welcome Rachel Reeves’s pledges to decarbonise the electricity system and renationalise the railways - they were originally Corbynite proposals, after all. But to be believed, Labour must explain how they’ll be funded, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: Salman Rushdie Was Once on the Left. What Happened?
by Alfie Steer
The author, currently in hospital following a knife attack in the US, has done a 180 over the course of his career. Alfie Steer examines why.
Report: A Domestic Violence Expert Warned Keir Starmer That Labour Was Complicit in Apsana Begum’s ‘Abuse’. He Did Nothing
by Rivkah Brown
Exclusive: A domestic violence expert begged Keir Starmer to save Apsana Begum from a trigger ballot process she described as an ‘extension of [her] abuse’. The Labour leader let it continue. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: Were the 70s Really That Great?
by Juliet Jacques
From the union boom to radical TV, the left tends to see the 70s through rose-tinted glasses. We should beware nostalgia, writes Juliet Jacques.
Report: ‘It Was Just Relentless’: Black and Muslim Labour Councillors Reveal Experiences of Party Racism
by Taj Ali
In the wake of the Forde report’s findings of a 'hierarchy of racism' within the Labour party, ethnic minority politicians are sharing their experiences. Taj Ali reports.