Three left-wing answers to the questions posed by UKIP
Don’t despair, there are progressive answers to the questions posed by UKIP.
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A radical new direction for the NUS?
The logic of a radical vision for democratic education is winning students over, writes James Elliott.
5 persistent falsehoods about events in Ukraine
Here are the five most common myths about events in Ukraine, together with a short explanation of why they are wrong.
What the British left is saying about Ukraine
A look at how the British left has responded to the Russian invasion of Crimea.
Comment: Opposing religious bigotry is not bigotry
It is time for the Left to acknowledge that there is a conflict between reactionaries and progressives within what is referred to as ‘the Muslim Community’.
In a digital age, radical media must adapt
We must innovate and experiment, combining print and digital in new ways.
The left must ask the right questions as well as provide the right answers
This government has repeatedly shown itself incapable of thinking beyond the level of the individual. In doing so it has sidelined questions about the kind of society that it’s policies are creating.
The Left must resist partisanship on extremism
Extremism may never be too far from the gaze of the topical political commentator, but events in Woolwich and subsequent EDL activity have ensured a stark rise in the column inches expended in service to the issue.
How Margaret Thatcher turned the left upside down
The return of the Conservatives to power in Britain in 2010 has reminded us of just how negative so much of Thatcher’s legacy has been, as they attack public services and the living standards of ordinary people. Thatcher was a disaster for British society, culture and morals. Yet since her intervention of April 1993 into the debate over the former Yugoslavia nobody can justifiably assume simply that ‘left-wing is good; right-wing is bad’. The reality is more complicated.
The Left and Israel: Ed Miliband just pressed reset
In an event organised last night by the Board of Deputies, Labour leader Ed Miliband was asked by a member of the audience whether he is a Zionist. He replied, “Yes, I consider myself a supporter of Israel.” Ed Miliband wants to make the progressive case for Israel in the spirit of the late David Cairns. The Left should welcome that.