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Left containment morphs into major crisis for Labour Right
Defeating Labour’s Left wing liberated the Right to appease the global elite. Don Flynn argues this has led to a current crisis of credibility that...
The End of the Rules Based World Order?
Duncan Bowie sees no future for the United Nations
The United Nations is now finished just as the League of Nations died in the late...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...