Jeremy Gilbert

Jeremy Gilbert is Professor of Cultural and Political Theory, a writer, researcher and activist based at the University of East London. His most recent book is Common Ground. See jeremygilbert.org for more information, or follow @jemgilbert.

Antisemitism, cosmopolitanism and the politics of Labour’s ‘old’ and ‘new’ right-wings

The determination of the Labour Right to focus on ‘left antisemitism’ reveals as much about the Labour Right’s divisions, history and current existential crises, as it does about the left.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 14 Apr 2018

Psychedelic socialism

Acid communism? Psychedelic Corbynism? Freak left? Call it what you will – but re-infuse endeavours with a spirit of radical collectivism and unselfing to revivify co-opted countercultures for a world that would be free.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 22 Sep 2017

An epochal election: welcome to the era of platform politics

In an era characterised by reversibility, platform capitalism is producing newly discernible forms of aggregation and dispersal. Some things are certain: we need a socialism of the twenty-first century, and meaningful cultures of debate.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 1 Aug 2017

Forty years of failure: how to challenge the narrative of Hard Brexit

Labour needs to tell people a clear and convincing story about what has happened to Britain since the 1970s if it is to have any hope of challenging the Hard Brexit fairy-tale.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 24 Apr 2017

A hijack or a mutiny? Labour, leadership and the left

Labour is an increasingly uneasy alliance between a parliamentary party and its membership base. Who can claim to represent the 'real' Labour party? Is Corbynism a hijack of the party or a mutiny of its members?

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 13 Sep 2016

Is Momentum a mob? No – this is what democracy looks like

A few unpleasant incidents are being highlighted to undermine a huge, peaceful, democratic movement.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 18 Jul 2016

This vote shows that people do care about democracy

The English left will only succeed if it includes democratic demands alongside its economic strategies.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 24 Jun 2016

Facing the facts: a progressive strategy for 2020

Labour has never secured a convincing majority from opposition and implemented a progressive programme. To believe it can this time is absurd. It's time for a different approach.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 11 May 2016

As the old parties offer dull prospects for London, what can they learn from Take Back the City?

A group of young, diverse activists in London have much to teach the old parties.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 4 May 2016

Podcast: a beginner's guide to the Labour Party

What is the Labour Party and how can new members get involved?

By Jeremy Gilbert, Gabriel Bristow, Sue Goss and Holly Rigby

/ 25 Apr 2016

Why did ‘working-class culture’ disintegrate in the 1980s? A sort of reply to Paul Mason

We must recognise the vital role of the working class in shaping their own culture.

By Jeremy Gilbert

/ 18 Apr 2016

The Doreen Massey we knew

Doreen Massey (1944-2016): was a feminist, socialist geographer who shaped our understanding of space, gender and cities and who refused to abandon political activism.

By Jeremy Gilbert and Jo Littler

/ 14 Mar 2016