The reasons for widespread despair on the left are no mystery: the success of the right's 'culture war', and the loss of the Labour leadership. David Wearing argues workplace and community organising, and political education, can help us build the forms of solidarity we need to fight back.
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial Respond to Keir Starmer’s Address to the Nation on Covid-19. Plus, top scientists say Johnson’s new restrictions aren’t good enough, China commits to carbon neutrality by 2060 and RLB’s replacement gets Labour in trouble.
The family is often seen as the political territory of the right. But with child poverty skyrocketing and families forced into increasingly abysmal living conditions, it’s right that Starmer wishes to reclaim it. To do so, argues Aaron Bastani, he must move beyond platitudes to a message that puts class politics at its heart.
It’s often been said that the Labour party’s origins owe “more to Methodism than Marx”. Tom Watson and other ‘moderate’ former Labour MPs, however, are driven by nothing but egoism and self-promotion, argues Aaron Bastani.
Coronavirus cases are doubling every week. Hospital admissions are rising. And – if Britain doesn’t change course – more deaths are on the way. That was the message from the UK’s Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Advisor in a live public broadcast this morning. Is it time to panic?? Plus, Labour’s online conference, the […]
After the 2017 general election Labour under Jeremy Corbyn seemingly stood on the brink of power. From nowhere they had enjoyed the biggest increase in vote share of any party since 1945, depriving the Tories of their majority. But from there it was a story of Glastonbury to catastrophe and, last December, Labour gained their […]
The first question we need to ask of any leading Labour figure is this: are their politics managerial, or are they transformative? Although many say Starmer’s politics are yet to be defined - or are simply ‘non-ideological’ - his strategy has already told us otherwise, argues David Wearing.
Peter Jukes and Matt Kennard debate if the claims made in the Russia Report are a threat to our democracy, or a reach by remainers with an axe to grind. Plus, Niamh Eastwood on Rosie Duffield’s call for a laughing gas ban and Justin Schlosberg on Labour’s apology to antisemitism “whistleblowers”.
Boris Johnson has dumped the science to save Britain’s sandwich shops. Will the bet pay off? Plus, the Tory’s plant a Russian dead cat and Ex-Labour MPs sell out to the highest bidder. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Throughout its history, the Labour party has been structurally enmeshed in British racism. David Wearing argues that the burgeoning anti-racist movement faces obstacles on many fronts - and that Labour, sadly but predictably, will be one of them.
Does Keir Starmer keeping Steve Reed make a mockery of his ‘zero tolerance’ commitment? Does it show Rebecca Long-Bailey’s sacking was political all along? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
On Black Lives Matter and GRA reform Keir Starmer wants to avoid a culture war. But by sidestepping such issues, is Labour just surrendering to the forces of reaction? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani
Starmer’s dumped RLB and has so far got away with it. Can the Labour left avoid Armageddon? Plus, Tories open up about cash for access and fights on the beaches in the post-lockdown heatwave. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
For the first time since this crisis began polls are showing the public dissatisfied with the government’s handling of Covid-19. Could this be a turning point in the politics of coronavirus?
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