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Employment rights – unfinished business for Burnham

Maria Exall on why it is vital for Labour to speedily enact manifesto commitments At a time of global political uncertainties and rising inflation, there...

Participatory democracy as work in progress

As a political tsunami hits Serbia Milica Pekic reports on the victory for Student List and how it happened After almost two years of continuous...

Manchesterism and public control

Bryn Jones asks is this Neoliberalism reversed or is it lipstick on the pig? Andy Burnham’s repeated ambitions to reverse the Thatcherite neoliberalism “of the...

Unclear Israeli election results disappoint anti-Netanyahu Left

Robin Arnfield reports that while Netanyahu may be able to cling to power through partnerships with the far-right, the significant Arab vote will profoundly...

Stunning victory for left in Brazil

Richard Lapper sees Lula da Silva’s remarkable win in the Brazilian elections as a reminder that the right doesn't have it all their own...

Standing up to the trans backlash

Jenny Black explains the new challenges In 2017 Theresa May made a pledge to the LGBT+ community to reform the Gender Recognition Act, paving the...

Lessons of Hungary’s 1956 uprising

Andrew Ryder, András Schweitzer and Gabor Halmai pay homage to 1956 and István Bibó while highlighting  their relevance to Ukraine On October 23rd, Hungarians commemorate...

Andy Burnham’s First 100 Days

Kerry Postlewhite on moving from words to action I’ve followed Andy Burnham’s career with a fair deal of affection ever since I first met him...

Democracy is wherever we gather!

Milica Pekic on the institutional crisis and the student mobilisation in Serbia On the 1st of November 2024, the canopy of the newly renovated public...

Trump cornered but lethal

Trump’s MAGA majority under big threat in mid-term elections says Paul Garver The US polity is entering a heightened period of danger to its basic...

California dreaming in the Gem state

Robert Scott on a US state moving out of the shadows America's political maps tell comforting lies. California deep blue, Idaho bright red, one supposedly...

Burnham at Party Conference:  Has the  left-progressive message advanced?

Hope back on the agenda with sketchy plans to deal with the cost-of-living crisis. Is it enough?  Don Flynn argues the long years of...