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6 Reasons Jeremy Corbyn Could Win the Next General Election

James Meadway

Contrary to the expectations of many Jeremy Corbyn has been going from strength to strength in the Labour leadership election. The right say he'll make Labour unelectable, but how does their case stand up?

The Political is Personal: New Labour and the Corrosion of Character

Carl Rowlands

There's talk of a return to New Labour - but what was the New Labour project, how did it become so dominant, and what has been its lasting effect on the Labour party?

What does the Labour leadership election mean for the radical left?

Ian Allinson

With Labour’s crisis deepening, the leadership election - and likely result - should be a wake up call for those who want to ‘reclaim’ Labour because of the unions. Rather, undoing the union link is a vital step for any hope of a credible left electoral alternative.

Reflections on the SNP surge: Does Westminster finally have an opposition worthy of the name?

Ellenor Hutson

The SNP surge north of the border can hardly be dismissed as a protest vote. Rather, years of Labour taking working class voters for granted combined with the galvanising effect of the independence referendum have forged a new opposition to the Westminster consensus.

Labour’s voters aren’t coming back – why would they?

Peter Pannier

Following Labour's inability to win #GE2015 despite five years of Coalition rule, blame has been heaped on parties such as the SNP for eating away at Labour's share of voters. But focusing on recent developments ignores what is perhaps the biggest barrier to a Labour premiership: people remember the last one.

4 Reasons Working-Class Radicals Should Vote Labour on 7 May

Daniel Randall

Election week on NovaraWire continues: Is there a case to be made for radicals to give conditional support to Labour in this week's election? Daniel Randall from the Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory thinks so.

9 Anarchist-Friendly Reasons to Vote in 2015

Ina Fever

Election week on NovaraWire: Do elections matter to radicals, or is the game fixed whoever you vote for? Here's why abstainers might want to take a different approach in 2015.

‘Monsters and white knights’: Ukip’s crusade against sexual violence is white supremacy by another name

Eleanor Penny

Rotherham is still reeling from the council's exposed abuse cover-ups. Ukip continue to capitalise on the situation by tying sexual abuse to 'failed multiculturalism' - reiterating racist tropes and bolstering white supremacist leanings along the way.

What’s a ‘Graduate Tax’ and Why Should You Care?

Tom Scrivener

Labour are set to replace the current tuition fee regime with a 'graduate tax', but what does this mean for higher education, future students and the fight for free education?

5 Things You Need to Know About ‘Pasokification’

James Doran

From 160 seats Pasok is now the smallest party in the Greek parliament. This phenomenon - the rapid capitulation of a social democratic heavyweight in times of austerity - has been called 'Pasokification', and it's a trend we may well see beyond Greece.

6 Ways to Build a Labour Movement Fit for the 21st Century

Marek Perez

Marek Perez considers what it will it take to create an effective labour movement that takes the fight to employers, wins concessions and reverses the tide of defeat.

Red on the Inside: Are the Greens the ‘New Old Labour’?

Craig McVegas

#GreenSurge is underway, with a lot of the Greens' new support coming from former Labour supporters - but how is the Green Party positioning itself to attract these new supporters?

6 Reasons We Need to Name the Enemy

Gabriel Bristow

Gabriel Bristow argues that just as it's becoming increasingly difficult to point to our political enemies, it's never been more crucial.

9 Necessities for a Popular Left

Jeremy Gilbert

Does popularity entail populism? What would it mean for the left to be truly popular? Here Jeremy Gilbert offers nine things the left needs to do if progressive ideas are to occupy the mainstream.

Natalie Bennett: We Need a New Economic Model

Natalie Bennett

It's conference season - and with both Labour and Conservatives promising deeper austerity, which will affect young people and children in particular, it seems any popular sense of hope or excitement towards the British political landscape has been left behind with the Scottish independence referendum. But Green leader Natalie Bennett wants to call Labour and Tories out on their defence of a broken system, advocating a new economic model.

Losing sight of the bigger picture: 5 Lessons from the Rise of Ukip

Christian Gilliam

With the recent media focus on Ukip’s apparent ‘earthquake’, complete with questions over an in-out EU referendum and loads of pictures of Nigel Farage drinking in pubs, it’s easy to lose sight of the role Ukip and the ‘Europe question’ are playing within the global political economy.

5 Reasons the Strike in China is Terrifying! (to Transnational Capitalism)

Ashok Kumar

As the unprecedented strikes at footwear factories in China near the two week mark, the 48,000 workers involved seem only to be escalating the activity. The demands for significant wage increases and structural change have resonated with local organizations which have called for global solidarity actions. As it all kicks off at this 'backbone shop', Ashok Kumar considers why it's not just Nike and Adidas who should be afraid.

5 Election Poster Campaigns the Parties Wish You’d Forget

Novara Reporters

Nigel Farage is back in the news hoping to earn our vote through a subtle combination of scaremongering, racism and being a Proper Nice Bloke. With Ukip's incendiary posters coming to a small town near you and next year's general election set to be the dirtiest yet, we take a look at the campaigns the parties wish you'd forget.

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