Tag: new labour

The Labour Right Would Prefer a Johnson Government to a Corbyn One. It’s Time to Replace Them
This week 64 Labour Lords took out an advert in the Guardian criticising the party’s leadership. Aaron Bastani argues this represents a last ditch effort from the Labour right and their allies in the media to stifle any chance of a Corbyn-led government.
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.
The Never-Ending Sentence
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann are joined by Marion, a campaigner from Smash IPP. The group campaigns to free prisoners still serving the indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection.
Profits For Investors: The Political Economy of PFI
Following the collapse of Carillion, it would be easy to say private finance intiatives (PFIs) simply don't work. But governments from Major to Blair to May have pursued the PFI agenda despite its terrible record - so who does it work for?
Britain’s Prison Industrial Complex
The Lockdown is a show all about prisons and the criminal justice system in Britain. Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss what the prison industrial complex looks like in Britain and why privatisation in the prison system matters.
You Say You Want a Revolution? 1997 and the Future That Never Happened
In this edited extract from his new book, Richard Power Sayeed considers the mixed feelings surrounding the landslide 1997 election, in a year whose effects are still being felt today.
Opposition to Momentum’s Festival Comes From Fear of the New Politics It Represents
Momentum's 'The World Transformed' festival is taking place on the same weekend as Labour's annual conference, in the same city. Andrew Dolan argues it's a welcome interruption to a stage-managed spectacle.
What Next? 3 Suggested Strategies for Corbyn Supporters
Jeremy Corbyn has become leader of the Labour party on the back of a groundswell of support for his anti-austerity agenda. His campaign has galvanised both die-hard politicos and the disenfranchised alike, so where next for Corbynistas?
6 Possible Outcomes if Jeremy Corbyn is Elected Labour Leader
You've heard the horror stories: Labour being consigned to the 'wilderness', decades of Tory rule, some vague insinuations about Stalinism. But what will really happen if Jeremy Corbyn is elected Labour leader?
The Political is Personal: New Labour and the Corrosion of Character
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?