Tag: democracy
The end of ‘the last dictatorship in Europe’?
Mikalaj Packajeu and Alan Flowers on the 2020 Belarusian Revolution of the People
Geoff Hodgson: The Democratic Economy (1984)
Geoff Hodgson was and is an academic economist who developed a libertarian socialist approach to economic management. He lectured at Newcastle and Manchester Polytechnics...
The 2024 trap
The Conservatives' plans for constitutional change could see them prolong their time in power. But, as Trevor Fisher argues, Labour have a chance to seize the initiative
The unavoidable first battle of Trump Toryism
Trevor Fisher warns the Johnson threat to our constitution is the battle of 2020
When the centre cannot hold
The centrist consensus is breaking up, accelerated by Brexit. Don Flynn says Labour too needs to be ready to ‘move quickly and smash things’
Boundary changes weaken parliamentary democracy
Cat Smith calls on Theresa May to think again
This September the Boundary Commissions submitted their final reports and recommendations for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries...
Labour left at a turning point
Don Flynn sets out the challenges facing Labour’s left in seeking to build on successes and secure a Corbyn government
The socialist left inside the...
Crunch time for Corbyn’s Labour on Brexit
Alena Ivanova on how the Left is gearing up for a fight on Brexit - and not a minute too soon
2018: a year for celebrating and changing our Democracy?
On the 100th anniversary of female (limited) suffrage Mary Southcott surveys the advances and limits of democracy in Britain
Two words we should love and...