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?
Tag: labour
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.
4 Things David Harvey Thinks Anti-Capitalists Should Know
Craig McVegas
The eminent Marxian geographer David Harvey has been in the UK lately talking about his new book among other things. Novara have had the good fortune to spend some time with him which you can be a part of on Novara FM and TV. To whet your appetite, here are 4 things we should know based upon Harvey's recent talks in London.