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Where is Labour going on Ireland?
Geoff Bell says Labour should reject unionism and become part of the solution
Seen but not heard
Dave Lister on the backward ideas animating the chair of the new Social Mobility Commission
Conference: policy-maker or media rally?
In late November, Peter Rowlands wrote to Labour’s general secretary, David Evans. He’s still waiting for a reply
Getting the environment done?
Victor Anderson finds holes in government plans to replace EU green laws
Belarus & Poland in murderous migrant policies
Alena Ivanova on solidarity acts for thousands trapped in hostile environments in Eastern Europe
The robots are not coming
Jon Cruddas defends the arguments in his recent book looking at the future of socialism and work
History’s trajectory
Glyn Ford on the threat of Cold War Mk II
Tories plan more curbs on union rights
Don Flynn explains the new threat to trade unions and their role in fighting the undemocratic Elections Bill
What do we mean by an ethical foreign policy?
In the midst of a global pandemic, climate change and conflict, Mary Kaldor suggests features of an ethical socialist Labour internationalism or human security policy
Is Starmer’s Labour centre-right?
A rightwards lurch to appeal to Tory voters would be electoral suicide, argues Trevor Fisher
How is Starmer doing?
Starting our new column, Bryn Jones reviews some of Starmer’s Ten Pledges