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Standing up to the trans backlash

Jenny Black explains the new challenges In 2017 Theresa May made a pledge to the LGBT+ community to reform the Gender Recognition Act, paving the...

Lessons of Hungary’s 1956 uprising

Andrew Ryder, András Schweitzer and Gabor Halmai pay homage to 1956 and István Bibó while highlighting  their relevance to Ukraine On October 23rd, Hungarians commemorate...

Democracy is wherever we gather!

Milica Pekic on the institutional crisis and the student mobilisation in Serbia On the 1st of November 2024, the canopy of the newly renovated public...

Trump cornered but lethal

Trump’s MAGA majority under big threat in mid-term elections says Paul Garver The US polity is entering a heightened period of danger to its basic...

Burnham at Party Conference:  Has the  left-progressive message advanced?

Hope back on the agenda with sketchy plans to deal with the cost-of-living crisis. Is it enough?  Don Flynn argues the long years of...

What Ukraine needs now

Ukrainian trade union organiser Artem Tivda spoke to Chartist about the challenges facing Ukrainians under Russian bombardment. Before the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian official statistics reported...

Free the Filton 25

Burnham says Labour got Gaza wrong but what about the Filton 25 asks Caitlin Barr Andy Burnham has apologised for Labour getting Gaza wrong. He...

California dreaming in the Gem state

Robert Scott on a US state moving out of the shadows America's political maps tell comforting lies. California deep blue, Idaho bright red, one supposedly...

Where Next?

After over 20 years on Labour’s NEC Ann Black reflects on Starmer’s wasted years and a new leader As I leave the NEC, the political...

From vision to reality

Duncan Bowie on three key challenges for Burnham and Rayner Andy Burnham has had a very busy first few weeks as Prime Minister. Parliament is...

Rebuilding Labour’s Democratic Left

Back in the Autumn of 2023 Labour Hub launched a new podcast, with host Bryn Griffiths, one of their regular contributors to foster strategic...

Labour’s New Foreign Policy?

Patrick Costello warns of continuity Starmer while indicating global conflicts impact economic goals Foreign policy is clearly not the first priority of the Burnham government....