Opinion: Labour’s Culture Secretary Is Missing in Action
Juliet Jacques
Labour had a massive opportunity to counter the media onslaught and brighten the public mood, writes Juliet Jacques - and they’ve squandered it.
Tag: jeremy corbyn
Long Read: Identity Politics Is Dead, and the Far Right Knows It
Richard Seymour
People are tired of identity politics - and the rainbow coalition lining up behind Donald Trump proves it, writes Richard Seymour.
Long Read: The Last World War Veterans Are Dying. Cue New Heights of Remembrance Hysteria
Juliet Jacques
Soldiers tend to be much more down on war than those who send them into it, writes Juliet Jacques, as even the briefest look at their poetry will testify. As those who witnessed the misery of war pass away, hawkish politicians are seizing control of the narrative.
Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats
Juliet Jacques
The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.
Long Read: How the Guardian Lined Up Behind Starmer
Rivkah Brown
At the Guardian’s election endorsement meeting, a senior columnist argued that anything less than full-blown Starmerism risked losing credibility with the incoming government, while the lobby closed ranks behind Labour in a seemingly pre-agreed position. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: How Labour’s Islington North Candidate Made Millions From NHS Privatisation
Steven Methven
Novara Media has probed the financial affairs of Praful Nargund and found that should he become an MP, he may be in a position to legislate on NHS privatisation while also benefiting from it.
Report: Shock Poll Shows It’s Down to the Wire for Corbyn in Islington North
Clare Hymer & Ell Folan
Exclusive new polling for Novara Media shows that Jeremy Corbyn could win Islington North - but not without a historic ground campaign, activists say.
Opinion: Independent Candidates Are the Left’s Opportunity to Keep Labour in Check
Moya Lothian-McLean
In government, Labour will be pressed. It’s up to us whether that is from an organised left or from an insatiable hard right, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Feature: Andrew Feinstein Is the Left’s Anti-Keir Starmer
Rivkah Brown
A former South African MP thought his politician days were behind him – until a UK Labour leader came along who embodied everything he’d ever fought against. Rivkah Brown meets Andrew Feinstein.
Long Read: Who Is ‘Starmtrooper’ Josh Simons?
Rivkah Brown
Josh Simons, the 30-year-old director of Starmermite 'Super Pac' Labour Together, has just been handed a safe seat. A former Corbyn staffer, Simons claims he left the party over antisemitism. New evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown asks: what is he really about?
Feature: Faced With Two Pro-Genocide Parties, Voters Are Tapping Out
Rivkah Brown
More and more people can’t bring themselves to vote for either main party - or anyone - at the next election, but want to communicate their rage. They tell Rivkah Brown why they’re spoiling their ballots.
Report: Lloyd Russell-Moyle Blocked From Standing for Labour
Rivkah Brown
Breaking: Labour party to block Brighton Kemptown MP from standing in the general election.
Long Read: The Chief Rabbi Has Always Been a Servant of Empire
Joseph Finlay
Ephraim Mirvis’s comments about Israel have shocked many who think of the chief rabbi as an apolitical office. That’s never been the case, writes Joseph Finlay.
Opinion: The 2000s Are Back, Baby – And So Are the Fash
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.
Long Read: Aged 82, Patricio Guzmán Is Still Making Revolutionary Cinema
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
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?
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
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.