Musk, Reform & dark money

Trevor Fisher on the threat of big money buying up British politics With Reform UK challenging the two main parties in the opinion polls, the...

“Labour’s Post-Brexit EU Reset – Not Many Hurt.”

John Palmer on the pressures for growing alignment with the EU in the face of the Trump/Putin duopoly The European Union confronts a series of...

Human rights, biopolitics, utopia

Mazin Zeki on human rights States of Exception by Costas Douzinas published by Edward Elgar Democracies are defined by the separation of powers and rule of...

“Labour’s Post-Brexit EU Reset – Not Many Hurt.”

John Palmer on the pressures for growing alignment with the EU in the face of the Trump/Putin duopoly The European Union confronts a series of...

Human rights, biopolitics, utopia

Mazin Zeki on human rights States of Exception by Costas Douzinas published by Edward Elgar Democracies are defined by the separation of powers and rule of...

Editorial

Editorial 334

Resisting a Trump world Trump’s tariff war, ultra-protectionism and assault on democracy is turning the world upside down. Coupled with a reactionary international politics the world is shifting...

Tackling the Reform UK threat

Mark Seddon says Trump’s tariffs won’t be enough to stop the Overton window moving ever rightward – Labour needs to help break it The late...

Local Government on the rack

Tom Miller says the homelessness crisis is dismantling local government Readers will be familiar with the financial crisis engulfing local government, a long-running and unresolved...

Towards a resilient economy

In the wake of Trump’s tariffs, Prem Sikka argues that Labour must borrow to invest, ditch self-imposed fiscal rules, and completely overhaul tax and...

Reverse welfare cuts on the disabled

Ignacia Pinto says the Spring Statement failed disabled women Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ recent Spring Statement brought health and disability benefits into sharp focus, outlining significant...

Uxbridge not a bellwether

In the wake of the Uxbridge by-election Bryn Jones says Labour’s wobbling on green policies will not win it any votes

Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone

Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher

Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation

The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should

No time to stay silent

Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote

A railway fit for Britain’s future?

Paul Salveson is cautiously optimistic on government plans The Government has been consulting on “a railway fit for Britain’s future” (see last Chartist), and the...

Our International History – 14

Frances Wright: American Owenite Utopian Frances Wright, often referred to as Fanny Wright, was born in Dundee. Brought up in a radical family, she visited...

After Globalism

Bryn Jones on the future of Europe Taking Back Control? States and State Systems After Globalism by Wolfgang Streeck published by Verso As an eminent sociologist...

Water needs public participatory control

Clive Lewis MP on why MPs should back his Bill to transform the water industry and end the scandal of price rip-offs, sewage pollution...