Mike Davis
Britain’s unfinished democratic revolution
Chartist’s 2020 AGM, held in early December, was subtitled ‘For a new democracy, for a new economy’. Mike Davis spoke on the democratic part of "democratic socialism". This is a slightly reworked version of his talk
Focus on actions not personalities
Misplaced responses from old and new leaders hamper Party efforts to tackle antisemitism, says Mike Davis
New economy, new democracy
Mike Davis reflects on the virtual Labour conference fringe and Starmer’s speech while highlighting key ideas for a future without the Tories
Test, trace, isolate, treat and build solidarity
Mike Davis finds the government playing catch-up with its pronouncements in the face of a devastating virus
Chartist 300 UP
Mike Davis, editor, on Chartist past, present and future
Labour beware false optimism
Labour squeezed through the middle of two Brexit parties to win the Peterborough by-election, but the European elections tell a different story, says Mike...
Million march for putting it to the people
It’s time for Labour to create time for a public vote and prepare for elections to win in Europe, writes Mike Davis
In one of...
Approaching B-Day
As we approach Brexit-Day Mike Davis says Labour needs to both embrace its public vote commitment and ensure reform and remain becomes the beating...
Martin Rowson reads ‘The Iron Mash of Anarchy’
Chartist's cartoonist, Martin Rowson, reads 'The Iron Mash of Anarchy' at Bookmarks bookshop:
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Chartist Editor’s Report 2018
Political context & Brexit Blues
Brexit continues to dominate the domestic political agenda. This is the fundamental issue of a generation and probably the most...
Mike Davis on a message for May
We said it would be Tory own goals (Chartist 286, ‘Corbyn in Downing Street?’) and a steady consistent, straight-talking narrative from Labour that could...