Analysing a disastrous result
This was not only a devastating defeat for the left and progressive forces, but a huge victory for English nationalism.
Labour Party
Must Labour move right to secure its working-class base?
Phil Hearse argues that the Blairite Right and Lexit Left are drawing all the wrong conclusions from the general election.
Actually, it is racist
One conclusion being drawn from Labour’s defeat is that the party under Corbyn was insufficiently concerned about migration, English nationalism and the concerns [...]
A disastrous election result: defend the gains of Corbynism.
On an emotional level it feels like a death in the family writes Andy Stowe. The Tory victory was, above all else, a triumph for a reactionary project of the hard right that [...]
Labour’s Green New Deal
Labour’s manifesto represents the most radical environmental offer ever proposed by a major party challenging for government.
Corbyn is right to be neutral on Brexit
Corbyn is saying that he will allow Labour people and the wider electorate to make up their own minds and he’ll abide by their democratic decisions. It’s an approach which is consistent with his way of doing politics. He sees himself as an advocate and a servant of his supporters rather than their guru.
Labour’s election winning manifesto
Labour’s 2019 election manifesto could very well be the set of ideas that wins the election writes Andy Stowe.
Corbynism from Below
Mark Perryman does a good job, drawing together a wide variety of perspectives which reflect real debates taking place in the movement today. Everyone agrees that Corbynism will not survive unless it is transformative
Union leaders shouldn’t make excuses for racism
“A Romanian care worker and a British bus driver have more in common with each other than they do with their boss. That is the basis of the trade union movement. Len MCluskey’s job is to fight for their full rights, for decent pay and the right not to bedeported and harassed by the state because of their immigration status.”
Labour off to remarkable start
Alan Davies argues that the left should get behind Corbyn’s campaign to elect a radical Red-Green Labour government.
