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Long Read: What Can the Left Learn From Nigel Farage?
Joe Todd
Nigel Farage has reshaped British politics more than any politician since Margaret Thatcher. In a moment of new possibilities for the electoral left, the question is: how?
Analysis: What’s Up With Germany’s Pro-Israel ‘Left’?
James Jackson
Germany's anti-Deutsch used to be 'fringe weirdos'. Now their pro-Israel ideology has gone mainstream.
Report: Corbyn Staffer Takes Fight Against ‘Lawfare’ to Court of Appeal
Rivkah Brown
Former Corbyn aide Laura Murray is liable for £1.1m in costs and damages over a tweet about television host Rachel Riley. She went to court today to challenge the libel 'lawfare' that campaigners say is a threat to free speech. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: The Right Are Hypocrites – But Pointing It Out Won’t Get Us Anywhere
James Greig
Highlighting hypocrisy feels worthy but is often a waste of political energy.
Analysis: What Next for Chile, Now Gabriel Boric Has Won?
Michael Chessum
Chile’s incoming president is committed to dismantling an economic model that has weighed on the country’s poor for decades. But with the road ahead riddled with obstacles, Michael Chessum asks: is the Chilean left strong enough to overcome the legacy of Pinochet?
Opinion: Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere
James Meadway
The Omicron variant is just the latest reminder that Covid-19 is here to stay. The left must strategise accordingly, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab
Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron
The Tories' recent proposal for a new era of 'community-powered Conservativism' is an audacious, though ultimately hollow, bid to park tanks on the left's lawn.
Opinion: Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become
Joshua Kelly and Sam Green
Labour’s near-total silence on Apsana Begum's case suggests the party cares more about its factional alignments than supporting a young survivor of domestic abuse.
Opinion: Back on the Hard Road: How Stuart Hall Can Help Us Navigate Our Moment
David Wearing
The British left is still reeling and disoriented from the election defeat of December 2019. But by comparing our current moment to Stuart Hall’s analysis of the long 1980s, we can learn some important lessons, writes David Wearing.
The Year in Review
At the turn of the decade nearly 12 months ago, some said that we were on the verge of entering a new Roaring ’20s. How prescient they turned out to be. One pandemic and a global economic freefall later, all the assumptions we started out with in January have turned to dust. In their place […]
Analysis: Here’s How the Left Builds on Biden’s Victory
Max Berger
Amidst the rubble of the Trump era, the American left has a historic opportunity to redefine what’s politically possible. The neoliberal establishment governs, but does not convince. The left must step into the void of leadership, and translate the popularity of our ideas into power.
Novara FM: After Trump
James Butler is joined by JoAnn Wypijewski and Vivek Chibber to discuss the fallout of the American election.
Novara Live: Bernie Hits the Jackpot
Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial discuss Bernie’s big win in Nevada, ballots dropping in the Labour leadership race, and the start of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
Novara FM: After Defeat
One month after Labour's catastrophic defeat, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour to dig into attempts to understand the loss, and how the left moves on from it.
Novara Live: It Woz Remain Wot Lost It?
On this episode of #TyskySour Aaron Bastani is joined by Paul Mason as they discuss Labour’s election results. Did the commitment to a ‘people’s vote’ destroy any chance of winning?
GE2019: This Election Campaign Showed the Left’s Power. Win or Lose We Must Continue to Build a Socialist Future
Grace Blakeley
Whatever happens today, the task of the left over the coming years must be to continue to build up a self-confident socialist movement that understands itself as independent of, though tightly linked to, the Labour party, and with organic links to communities up and down the country, argues Grace Blakeley.
Whatever happens today, we are still living through the interregnum between worlds and our choice remains: socialism or barbarism.
Novara Live: 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.