Labour conference this week is an important staging post in the new Corbyn-led, energised mass party - not just the biggest in Britain, but bigger than all the other party…
27 Sep, 2018
Democracy
04 Jul, 2018
Introducing the Common Platform
“Short term hopes are futile, long term resignation is suicidal” - Hans Magnus Enzensberger We thought that cheery quote might grab your attention. Let us explain what it means in terms…
07 Jun, 2018
The Progressive Alliance council – what lies ahead?
One month on, and the dust has well and truly settled on the local elections of the 3rd May. As we take stock of the new political landscape at the…
23 Jan, 2018
Radical Liberalism in the 21st century
This think piece by Chris Bowers and Paul Pettinger makes the case for radical liberalism in today's political context. The authors, both linked to the Liberal Democrats, argue that their…
24 Nov, 2017
How do we make a Good London?
Our Good London project sets out a bold vision for a better city. The project brought together citizens from all across London, to discuss, decide and determine the shape of…
16 Nov, 2017
“Against Meritocracy”: why meritocracy won’t save us
The Paradise Papers has exposed the labyrinthine routes through which the wealthy secure trickle-up economics. The super-rich have supersized their wealth by investing 300 billion pounds of UK GDP in…
28 Feb, 2017
Redirecting power, socialising capital without a revolution: it’s possible through values
This article is aimed at outlining a strategy to create authentically progressive communities, and help them to spread values such as social justice within society. Through the creation of progressive…
24 Feb, 2017
Our storm of change
At the end of the film Terminator 2 Sarah Connor looks across the New Mexico desert and says ‘there is a storm coming’. That storm is here. The aftermath of…
08 Feb, 2017
Debunking the Democracy Myth
Democracy occupies a special place in our hearts. Conceived in Ancient Greece, debated over in the Magna Carta and fought over in the English Civil Wars; the right of the…
06 Feb, 2017
A review of Jason Brennan’s ‘Against Democracy’
Here we go again – another blow to our fondly-held beliefs about democracy! This book not only repeats many of the criticisms of democracy made in Democracy for Realists by…
10 Jan, 2017
Building on Bauman’s legacy
Forgive me, this is as personal as it is political. I don’t know what to do. A world that was getting darker suddenly turned pitch black. Zygmunt Bauman is dead.…
05 Jan, 2017
Neoliberal technology is shaping our world. Let’s turn the tables on it
Neoliberal technology is shaping our world and is likely to make us narrow-minded and easily manipulated. At the same time, neoliberal technology is making the wealthy more powerful while little…