The Progressive Narrative event organised by Compass West Midlands in Birmingham on Saturday was an ambitious event, in a low key way. A group of people came together in a…
20 Jul, 2015
15 Jul, 2015
My utopia: everything for everyone
Soon, always soon, Capital dreams, I will be free of the need for politics … and free of the need for humans too … Capital’s realised utopia would be a…
13 Jul, 2015
Child poverty is being erased from the political agenda
We need to think of poverty in relative terms – the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted. 'So I want this message…
07 Jul, 2015
Should we be less “radical” and more “sensible”?
Did Labour lose the election because it was too left wing? That’s become a standard explanation in right-wing newspapers and among some Labour commentators. But Hopi Sen – who sits…
03 Jul, 2015
Post-politics and the future of the left
Eliane Glaser lays out six big questions for the left – social democrats, radicals and the new ‘soft’ left alike. After four decades of neoliberal domination, she says, now is…
01 Jul, 2015
Child poverty does not only exist in a vacuum filled with hard-done-by urchins
What do children do to make themselves poor? And how we can we stop them doing it? It looks very bad having to announce that their numbers are growing (a 200,000 increase to 2.5 million…
26 Jun, 2015
Liberté, Égalité, Vélocité
Mark Perryman makes the case for a two-wheeled revolution Le Tour is now as much a fixture of the Great British Sporting Summer as Wimbledon strawberries and cream, a flutter…
26 Jun, 2015
Downfall: The Rise and Fall of the House of Scottish Labour
The story of the Scottish Labour Party was, until recently, one of the defining stories of Scotland over most of the 20th century. First there was its rise - the…
17 Jun, 2015
The case for a public investment fund
As the privatisation juggernaut – from Royal Mail to RBS – continues to roll, the government is hoping to net billions more from the sale of public assets. Privatisation was…
16 Jun, 2015
The SNP Ascendancy is changing Scotland and the SNP
The Scottish sun is out, and summer is approaching. This is true not just of the weather but reflects the mood of the SNP, their popularity, and especially that of…
25 Jun, 2015
Petition – Stop the breakup & Privatisation of Network Rail
TO: PATRICK MCLOUGHLIN, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT Click here to sign the petition on 38 Degrees We call on the government to rule out the break-up and sell-off of Network…
25 Jun, 2015
Higher aspirations – politics beyond the ballot box
As with the Scottish referendum, electoral defeat can be transformed into political success. A new movement is rising, says Hilary Wainwright. Two words have become mantras in the post-election babble:…