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The Resistible Rise of Donald Trump
As Trump’s authoritarian rule rumbles across the US and internationally Paul Garver examines its impact and the resistance
Nearly a full year since Trump’s re-election,...
Political lessons from France
Patrick Costello sees Macron on the back foot with the far right threatening and the left alliance fracturing
Possibly the biggest irony of Emmanuel Macron’s...
Mainstream – Labour needs its movement back
Luke Hurst and Neal Lawson explain how Mainstream aims to help Labour open up and rediscover its values and thirst for radical change
When a party...
Hope and faith — but no vision
Amsterdam’s PES Congress showed social democrats know what they’re against. They still struggle to say what they’re for.
From 16–18 October, Europe’s social democrats gathered...
Government versus Students, Migrants, and Education
There are deep roots to the crisis in higher education. Labour's policies on multiple exam retakes for troubled students and restrictions on the rights...
Local socialism – making it happen
Tom Miller outlines a range of measures to improve local services and wellbeing while boosting local Labour
Central planks of the Labour government’s ambitions depend...
Dutch template for red-green alliance
Julie Ward surveys the decline of social democracy across Europe identifying a possible alternative
European social democracy, as we have come to know it, is...
Where is housing for social rent?
Duncan Bowie on the Government’s failure on affordable housing
Not only is the Government’s target of 1.5 million new homes over the five year parliamentary...
Big Green State needs political courage
Ann Pettifor says Labour needs to escape the ideology of financialisation if it is to successfully tackle climate breakdown and build a greener just...
Red Welsh way
Eluned Morgan says Wales is at a crossroads, and it’s a battle that will resonate across the UK
Journalists who are usually London-based and London-focused...
Returning to basic socialist values – and soon!
Duncan Bowie on finding Labour's soul
The current Labour government is seen as lacking a clear political objective, which can be viewed as value-based. The...
Organised irresponsibility
Mary Kaldor and Luke Cooper explain how Britain’s defence strategy clings to a bygone world
The German sociologist, Ulrich Beck, coined the term “organised irresponsibility”...