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.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCorbyn - what's a leader really for?Critics of Corbyn and his followers are trapped within their own limited conceptions of what politics is about.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"We're better off without each other" - an open letter to Blairite MPsThe Labour party isn't getting back in its box, and Blairite MPs won't get the careers they want from it anymore.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat hope for Labour and the left? The election, the 80s and ‘aspiration’To understand what a Corbyn win would mean we need to understand what happened in the 80s. Labour must start...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKResponses - the new report on improving voter engagementA new report out has a host of recommendations for improving voter engagement and the committee wants to know what...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom Occupy Democracy to One Nation Labour: real democracy now?The left's demands may be becoming somewhat repetitive and yet look no closer to being realised. Surely the real...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPopulism and the left: does UKIP matter? Can democracy be saved?
A populist anti-capitalism is the only way the centre left can meaningfully respond to the rise of UKIP.