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Big Green State needs political courage
Ann Pettifor says Labour needs to escape the ideology of financialisation if it is to successfully tackle climate breakdown and build a greener just...
Red Welsh way
Eluned Morgan says Wales is at a crossroads, and it’s a battle that will resonate across the UK
Journalists who are usually London-based and London-focused...
Returning to basic socialist values – and soon!
Duncan Bowie on finding Labour's soul
The current Labour government is seen as lacking a clear political objective, which can be viewed as value-based. The...
Organised irresponsibility
Mary Kaldor and Luke Cooper explain how Britain’s defence strategy clings to a bygone world
The German sociologist, Ulrich Beck, coined the term “organised irresponsibility”...
The human cost of Trump’s War on Foreign Aid
Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga reports UK and US foreign aid cuts will consign millions of people to disease and early deaths
At Biiso Health IV in...
TUC stays pro-Ukraine, mixed on climate, while demanding more from Labour
Sacha Ismail reports on this year’s TUC Congress which showed shifting ground on military spending, Ukraine and climate change
Reversing policy passed amid controversy in...
Women’s safety
Sabia Kamali says temporary accommodation must be a safe haven
Every year, thousands of women leave abusive relationships hoping for safety. They follow every piece...
Is Starmer meeting the challenge?
The two party system is over but Trevor Fisher argues digital ID cards and tacking to the right on immigration show Labour is failing...
New Deal needs more than one Bill
While highlighting Reform, Tory and LibDem opposition Robert Scott says Labour’s start on employment rights must keep going
Two days’ notice. That is all the Conservatives...
Changing Labour and stopping Reform
While MPs are prepared to rebel, Jon Lansman says Starmer’s authoritarianism and cavalier attitude to pledges have disillusioned thousands and tactical voting will be...
Reasons not to back Bridget Phillipson
Karen Constantine explains why she cannot support Bridget Phillipson and why Labour members should veto her ambition to be deputy leader.
Time has passed since...
Evading the dead hand of history
Don’t like the old party? Just build a new one! Don Flynn argues that there are social and political forces that shape our options...