Devolutionary times?

Paul Salveson on the democratic deficit in devolution plans The last Chartist was produced just before we knew the outcome of the Makerfield By-Election.  To...

On sociability and violence

Mike Davis on an insightful libertarian socialist Andrea Caffi The New York Essays ed Mike Tyldesley published by Little Big Eye This collection of essays...

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...

Reading for pleasure

Helen Hayes on bringing back libraries As a child, I loved a visit to our local library. I loved the sense of anticipation and possibility,...

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...

Editorial

Editorial 342

Great Expectations Andy Burnham’s swift return to Parliament and ascent to Labour leader and prime minister has inevitably raised expectations among supporters and a wider, volatile electorate. Now...

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...

What Ukraine needs now

Ukrainian trade union organiser Artem Tivda spoke to Chartist about the challenges facing Ukrainians under Russian bombardment. Before the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian official statistics reported...

Free the Filton 25

Burnham says Labour got Gaza wrong but what about the Filton 25 asks Caitlin Barr Andy Burnham has apologised for Labour getting Gaza wrong. He...

Uxbridge not a bellwether

In the wake of the Uxbridge by-election Bryn Jones says Labour’s wobbling on green policies will not win it any votes

Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone

Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher

Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation

The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should

No time to stay silent

Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote

Greenwatch

Make Farage mad with solar farms! Solar farms and wind farms should be given automatic planning approval in areas that vote in Reform Party MPs. That’s part...

Act of solidarity

Glyn Ford on the other Spanish republicans Volunteers for the Revolution: International Militia of the POUM in the Spanish Civil War by Andy Durgan published...

‘We are at risk of a lost generation’

How serious will the new government be about the Young People and Work Interim Report asks Rebekah Morton? One in eight young people, those aged...

Reading for pleasure

Helen Hayes on bringing back libraries As a child, I loved a visit to our local library. I loved the sense of anticipation and possibility,...