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Saving London’s Brick Lane
Puru Miah asks is Labour serious about tackling inequality and the housing crisis?
On the afternoon of Friday, 31 October 2025, at the Town Hall...
Burnham, a bump in the road?
Karen Constantine on Labour’s own goal in blocking Andy Burnham’s candidature for the vacant Manchester seat.
Screamingly negative headlines will not aid Labour’s attempts to...
Don’t ignore the data!
Victor Anderson calls for a ban on new data centres using fossil fuels.
The Starmer Government is very keen on data centres, seeing their spread...
Far right firewall shattered
Patrick Costello sees a centre-right/far-right dilution of environmental policies as a call to action for the left
On 9th December, a deal was reached by...
World Peace, threats and challenges for the left
Democratic Socialist FuturesDonald Trump is upending the world order that has existed since the end of the Second World War. This critique of the...
Our democracy at a precipice
Following on Elunid Morgan’s article in the last Chartist Mick Antoniw MS asks is Caerphilly a turning point for Welsh Labour?
The Caerphilly by-election result...
Labour needs a movement
Sue Goss and Luke Hurst explain the thinking behind the quest for a new radical realism
The crisis facing Labour is profound. The party is...
Sexual harassment is about power
Nikki Pound explains that the task now is to translate new protective legislation into action
It has been over a year since the Worker Protection...
Militarised Xenophobia and building a broad anti-fascist movement
Gary Younge spent 12 years in the USA reporting on the experiences of working-class, Black, and ethnic minority communities. We asked him to reflect...
Time for a new version of the British state
Gerry Hassan argues that Labour and the Left uncritically adopted conservative ideas of Britain
UK politics is filled with talk of crisis and decline. Less...
Labour must stand firm with Ukraine
Christopher Ford says the Trump-Putin axis threatens both Ukraine and Europe
It’s been almost four years now thatsince Ukraine has endured a full‑scale invasion. Throughout...
Unite and resist
Border theatrics won’t solve economic hardship says Kevin Courtney in explaining how the Together Alliance can combat the rising tide of the far- right...