Last night we held a packed out event in Parliament with Red Pepper magazine titled Democracy and Collective Action in the Twenty-First Century. To continue the discussion and for those that couldn’t make it we’ve posted the audio from the event below.

As ever, we’d love to hear your thoughts and reflections.

Speakers (in order): Jenny Nelson (Chair), Neal Lawson (Compass), Jeremy Gilbert (UEL), Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper), Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths)

In the related pamphlet, Reclaim Modernity, Gilbert and co-author Mark Fisher argue that progressive politics can only renew itself by reclaiming the mantle of modernity, asserting that democracy and collectivity are twenty-first century ideas, while refusing the dogma that collective politics must be socially, culturally and technologically conservative. They argue for the democratic reform of public services, the rejection of bureaucracy in the private and public sectors and an end to the neoliberal micro-managment of working life.