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What Momentum’s National Coordinating Group elections are really about

Chris Saltmarsh 22 June 2022 What Momentum’s National Coordinating Group elections are really about2022-06-22T18:48:30+01:00 Comment 1 Comment
From 28 June, Momentum members will vote in its National Coordination Group (NCG) elections to decide who will run the organisation for the next two years. The previous NCG elections…
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7 things I’ve learned as a climate activist

Chris Saltmarsh 19 September 2021 7 things I’ve learned as a climate activist2021-09-19T11:30:30+01:00 Comment No Comment
I have been active in the climate justice movement for almost seven years to the day. I was part of environmental campaigns at college, but it really started for me…
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If the left is serious about tackling climate change, we need to back HS2

Chris Saltmarsh 20 March 2021 If the left is serious about tackling climate change, we need to back HS22021-03-20T12:04:32+00:00 Comment 24 Comments
Sections of the UK’s terminally incoherent environmental movement have chosen High Speed 2 (HS2) as their latest object of opposition. The planned high-speed rail system was first proposed in 2009…
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Joe Biden ought to listen to the Sunrise Movement on the Green New Deal

Chris Saltmarsh 29 September 2020 Joe Biden ought to listen to the Sunrise Movement on the Green New Deal2020-09-29T18:54:25+01:00 Comment No Comment
In November 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was first elected to Congress and the Sunrise Movement thrust the Green New Deal into the mainstream by occupying Nancy Pelosi’s office. The Presidential election…
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The future of the Labour Left under Keir Starmer

Chris Saltmarsh 13 April 2020 The future of the Labour Left under Keir Starmer2020-04-13T15:35:47+01:00 Comment 2 Comments
After four and a half years of dominance in the Labour Party, the Labour Left have lost control of the leadership and the National Executive Committee with the election of…
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What does Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet mean for the Labour Left?

Chris Saltmarsh 10 April 2020 What does Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet mean for the Labour Left?2020-04-10T10:37:48+01:00 Comment 2 Comments
As Keir Starmer’s election as Leader of the Labour Party became increasingly inevitable over the three and a half months following Jeremy Corbyn’s resignation, Labour Party hacks had to turn…
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Where Rebecca Long-Bailey went wrong

Chris Saltmarsh 8 April 2020 Where Rebecca Long-Bailey went wrong2020-04-08T18:28:41+01:00 Comment 2 Comments
Jeremy Corbyn famously said during the 2019 General Election that: "There is no such thing as Corbynism. There is socialism, there is social justice.” If Corbynism did ever exist as…
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The success of the student divestment campaign shows what the climate movement can deliver

Chris Saltmarsh 13 January 2020 The success of the student divestment campaign shows what the climate movement can deliver2020-01-14T18:41:16+00:00 Comment No Comment
Over half of UK universities have now made a commitment to divest from fossil fuels in some way. Of the 78 divested institutions, a majority of their commitments cover all…
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Keir Starmer’s pledge to ‘end factionalism’ would take Labour back to vapid personality politics

Chris Saltmarsh 7 January 2020 Keir Starmer’s pledge to ‘end factionalism’ would take Labour back to vapid personality politics2020-01-07T23:45:49+00:00 Comment 5 Comments
Image credit: Chatham House - Creative Commons Keir Starmer’s campaign to be Leader of the Labour Party has so far pitched left narratively, hamming up his history of supporting unions…
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What do Greens and the billionaire press have in common?

Chris Saltmarsh 20 November 2019 What do Greens and the billionaire press have in common?2019-11-20T09:18:55+00:00 Comment 4 Comments
Monday morning began with some confusion for Labour activists as Barry Gardiner, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, responded poorly when questioned about Labour’s decarbonisation plans on Radio…
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