So much is changing, so fast. It’s hard for any of us to keep up. I know it’s a busy time but please try and take a moment to read…
20 Dec, 2014
18 Dec, 2014
A Wiser Politics
Jean Hardy is a writer, teacher and editor, actively working towards social change. She writes for us about a time of considerable disenchantment with the political formula of Conservative -…
09 Dec, 2014
A Crisis of Social Democracy. Irrelevance or Extinction?
Is social democracy already dead and like the proverbial headless chicken are we simply running round the yard on instinct before we topple over for good? If social democracy is…
04 Dec, 2014
A city that does no harm
n 1858 MPs sitting in the House of Commons were so overcome by the stench of the sewage-ridden Thames flowing past Parliament that they hung enormous vinegar-soaked sheets over the…
01 Dec, 2014
Women and Westminster: What’s the Problem?
Patterns of political patriarchy in Westminster can be broken by widening access for aspiring female MPs, protecting them from workplace harassment, and promoting a diversity of talented politicians to the…
28 Nov, 2014
Scotland and Labour’s existential challenge
It has become a cliché that since Scotland’s indyref the “winners” and “losers” have changed places. Yes campaigners who were in tears on September 19th are today mobilised as never…
21 Nov, 2014
UKIP: Help us fight back
Last night British politics took another turn for the worse. Will you help us fight back? Can you donate £10 (or whatever you can afford) today to strengthen the progressive…
19 Nov, 2014
Keeping On
Black women can often fall between the gaps between feminist groups and the labour movement, but groups such as BARAC and Southall Black Sisters are campaigning and organising on their own terms,…
17 Nov, 2014
Lisa Nandy Interview: ‘Ed Miliband Is A Different Sort Of Politician’
A couple of years ago, on a wet weekday night in Wigan, the local Labour MP Lisa Nandy was traipsing through the streets urging residents to sign her petition to…
14 Nov, 2014
Milnesbridge Red Green Club
On Monday night I had the huge fortune to attend a meeting of the Red Green Club in Milnesbridge – just up the Colne Valley in Huddersfield. The place and…
13 Nov, 2014
Riding the New Wave: Feminism & the Labour Party – Introduction
This year, spurred on by social media and the effects of the recession, a new wave of feminism is gathering strength at an impressive pace. Over 200,000 people have signed the No…
12 Nov, 2014
Event Audio: Reclaim Modernity
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…