Tag: Labour Party

GE2019: Beg Your Granny: In Scotland, Young People are Helping Labour Fight Perceptions of its Past

The electoral dynamics in Scotland are very different from those in the rest of the UK, but its 59 seats are often decisive in a general election. To win, Jeremy Corbyn must both cut through the veneer of SNP progressivism and see off the Tories. Simon Roach reports on how young people are trying to help him do this.
GE2019: Why a Great Corbyn Campaign Is Good News for Bernie Sanders

For the first time in a long time, there are significant social forces on both sides of the Atlantic working to build a cross-pollinating international movement, writes Jake Woodier, while also waging their own campaigns embodying a major push-back against the forces of far-right neoliberal capital. 
We Asked NHS Doctors About the Trade Documents Corbyn Revealed

This week Corbyn revealed un-redacted trade documents detailing talks between the Conservative government and the Trump administration between 2016 – now. He argued they prove the NHS is indeed up for sale, contradicting Boris Johnson. We asked two medical doctors to explain the papers. Featuring Dr Rita Issa and Dr Timesh Pillay.

GE2019: Who Gets to Speak for British Jews? How the Myth of ‘the Jewish Community’ Marginalises Dissent

When the Chief Rabbi or the Jewish Chronicle claims to speak on behalf of "the Jewish community" they do not include all Jews, just the ones whose Jewishness the establishment wants to validate, argues Jo Sutton-Klein. 
GE2019: ‘The Tories Pose an Immense Risk to Us and to All Minorities’: The Jewish Groups Campaigning for Corbyn
Leftwing Jewish groups are fighting for the Labour party, opposing both the Tories and a mainstream media narrative that depicts British Jews as singularly anti-Corbyn. Francesca Newton reports on what it's like to have to justify your existence on the doorstep in order to get your message across.
What Is Actually in the Labour Manifesto?

Haven’t read the Labour Party manifesto yet? Here’s all you need to know.

GE2019: Does Labour’s ‘Manifesto of Hope’ Live up to Expectations? Novara’s Verdict
In 2017 Labour's leaked manifesto galvanised supporters and fuelled a campaign that ultimately took away the Tories' majority. Add to this precedent the passing of exciting and radical new policies at Labour conference in September, and expectations this year are high. Does the document, released this morning, live up to these expectations? Aaron Bastani, James Butler, Eleanor Penny and Grace Blakeley weigh in.
Novara Media REACT to Election Debate #1

Johnson and Corbyn go head-to-head in the first Leaders Debate. On this episode of TyskySour, Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Butler give reactions and analysis.
BRING IT ON. (w/ Faiza Shaheen & James Meadway)

The UK is heading for a December election. Are the left ready to hit the ground running and kick Boris out of power? With Faiza Shaheen and James Meadway.

Ash Sarkar Meets Jeremy Corbyn

Ash Sarkar met up with Jeremy Corbyn to talk about his political journey, the movement in power, and whether or not he really killed a rabbit with a pogo stick.
John McDonnell’s Triangulation Risks Endangering the Corbyn Project
Few Labour Party figures generate as much enthusiasm as John McDonnell, whose department has been both crucible and inspiration for some of the most exciting new economic thinking on the Left for a generation. But his controversial GQ interview with Alastair Campbell is difficult to either rationalise or defend, argues Holly Rigby. 
The World Transformed Showed How Much the Labour Party Has to Learn About Feminism
Political festival The World Transformed put feminism front and centre, showing how it is essential to a meaningful left politics. But the Labour Party failed to listen to activists by not showing solidarity with trans people or sex workers.
The Debrief

James Butler is joined by James Meadway and Adrienne Buller to break down the outcome of Labour Conference: will radical policy translate to radical action?
The Cause of Labour?
Ash Sarkar is joined by Michael Walker and James Meadway to discuss the future of the Labour Party - in government, in the EU, and on the global stage.
Generation Climate: Why Young Labour Must Support Every Youth Strike
Young Labour must seize the opportunity to tap into their vast but largely inactive membership, galvanising a new generation of climate activists and bridging the gap between traditional environmentalism and the labour movement in the process, write Chris Saltmarsh and Troy Hawkins.
To Overcome Despair, We Need to Build a Fighting Corbyn Movement
As the soft coup against Jeremy Corbyn grinds on, in recent months the Labour membership has become increasingly paralysed by despair. To overcome this, we need a fighting left capable of taking on the establishment both inside and outside the Labour party, argues Holly Rigby.
Labour Is Now Crafting a Vision for Twenty-First Century Socialism
Forget the Tories' dull explosion, the Independent Group, and internal party sabotage led by Tom Watson. This week saw something more important than all of the above - the foundations of how a Corbyn government would build twenty-first century socialism, argues Aaron Bastani.
No, Labour Hasn’t Always Been an Anti-Racist Party
In recent weeks, many on the Labour right have suggested the party has always been anti-racist, but that under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership this has changed. Aaron Bastani takes a look at the history of New Labour and argues this couldn’t be further from the truth.