Corbynism 2.0: Why Momentum backing a four day week is a big deal
Image credit: Creative Commons - Funk Dooby Momentum is getting behind a series of “radical and transformational” policies to be passed at this year’s Labour conference, including a Green New…
Labour won’t forge a Green New Deal alone
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Senate Democrats The launch of a grassroots Labour for a Green New Deal group is the latest exciting policy development to come out of the party.…
Momentum members join fight against Barclays’ fossil fuel funding
Image Credit: Against the Grain Photography Momentum are treading new ground as they launch a new ‘Bankrupting Climate Change’ campaign against Barclays over their funding of fossil fuel companies. Collaborating…
5 ways the Greens should respond to the Labour Party’s split
via YouTube Screengrab Today, what many had been predicting for some time happened. The cold war in the Labour Party became hot, as seven Labour MPs resigned their membership, and…
6 things we learned at “Building a Green New Deal for the Many”
Via YouTube Screengrab The Green New Deal has taken US politics by storm, propelled into the mainstream by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Sunrise Movement. Inspired by its transatlantic traction, members…
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Beyond Tuition Fees #11- Much to Learn, More to Do
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
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How investing in communities can be a vehicle for progressive change
How do we build strong communities in such large cities? Photo credit: pixabay user 'photomat' CC0 license Do you feel like you live in a good community, where people…
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What Labour needs to become in 2018
Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Photo credit: flickr Andy Miah Creative Commons license: If the tragedies and betrayals replete throughout Labour history could be summed up in common phrases,…
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Why we still need the Green Party
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons Since the turn of the century, the Green Party has blossomed from obscurity to a major, professional…
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The myths and realities of government spending
Photo credit: flickr user Peter Creative Commons license: In the general election this May, many political commentators were talking up the Labour party under Corbyn as presenting a significant…