Notes from the New Age of Dissent: Committed, literary and stylish journalism
Carl Packman reviews Laurie Penny’s new book, and finds it to be a strong argument for the politics of passion over emotionless journalism of fact.
Movement Politics
How we sold off the right to protest to the one per cent
Alex Hern covers the injunction taken out by Canary Wharf Group to prevent any protest occurring on its estate.
The movement to evict Occupy London gains pace
Alex Hern covers the latest developments on Occupy London, including the tenuous claims of Paul Staines.
The privatisation of public space is harming our ability to protest
Alex Hern argues that the creeping privatisation of areas which used to be private is leading to more and more difficulties in protesting peacefully and legally.
Occupy London needs to catalyse a new Left
Ben Mitchell argues that the Occupy protests can only succeed in London if they build a broader left and enter electoral politics.
Labour and the Conservatives need to reach out to the ordinary voter
Policy Exchange’s David Skelton argues Labour and the Tories need to reconnect with the ordinary voter, and lays out policies which could make it happen.
French primaries point the way for democracy
The French Socialist Party’s presidential primaries point the way ahead for British political parties, to the great benefit our democracy, writes Will Straw.
One Tory is tired of being in the nasty party
Alex Hern looks at Nick Boles’s claims the Conservatives have lurched to the right, and his policy prescriptions to solve it.
Young, vulnerable, but politically curious – a time for thinkers and doers
Young Fabians chair Adrian Prandle writes about the need for young people, who have been amongst the worst hit by the coalition’s policies, to become active.
Community ownership must be the focus of Miliband’s Labour
Richard Carr surveys the overall political landscape before discussing the role community ownership might have to play in defining Labour in opposition.