Calls for Holyrood reform, as ‘no to independence’ campaign gets serious
Scotland’s Cabinet secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy, Bruce Crawford has called for reforms to the way Holyrood operates.
Movement Politics
Movement for Change: Developing responses to the challenges we face
Movement for Change will be reconstituted in the spring as a permanent home for community organising within the Labour movement, writes National Director Blair McDougall.
Labour activists relaunch ‘Third Place First’ initiative
Chris Tarquini discusses the launch of the Labour ‘Third Place First’ initiative.
Is Maurice Glasman more radical than the nation’s youth?
Vincenzo Rampulla asks how did Young Fabians allow themselves to become less radical than Maurice Glasman?
36 hours in Old & Sad
Dave Roberts discusses the experience of campaigning in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, which Labour won by 3,558 votes from the Liberal Democrats.
Three Conservative lessons for progressives
Ahead of discussions about progressive renewal at tomorrow’s Fabian conference, Daniel Elton on the lessons for the Left from Conservatives after their defeat.
Britain’s Netroots must turn online activity into offline protest in 2011
The Netroots UK conference has been a huge success. The ethos of the 570 delegates has been one of learning from each other but single-mindedness about the challenge ahead.
Building the UK’s Netroots
2011 is shaping up to be a promising year for online progressives in the UK. The first Netroots UK conference is in London on Saturday 8 January.
38 Degrees show the way with grassroots fundraising
The chief executive of a fledgling progressive grass-roots movement sent an email out to its membership thanking them for their engagement and highlighting its success – proving that President Obama’s crowdsourcing funding model can work in the UK.
Suffragettes remain campaigning role-models a century later
A century on, the Suffragettes remain exemplary role models for effective campaigning, and occupy a unique position in our national consciousness.