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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe anti-Labour plot to polarise Hindus over Kashmir
A campaign for the hearts and minds of British Hindus is pushing them to the Tories – and it’s dividing British...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow has Jeremy Corbyn allowed so many to be so hurt by anti-Semitism?
When it comes to Hamas, Hezbollah – and LGBT+ rights – Corbyn needs to think more about human rights and less about...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKConcerns over ‘foreign interference’ as India-linked Hindu nationalist group targets Labour candidates
Campaigners linked to Indian prime minister Modi’s BJP say they’re targeting 48 Labour-Tory marginals, also...
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Published in: HomeHistoric protests and today’s politics give hope for Extinction Rebellion
The Greenham Common peace camp and other 1980s anti-nuclear activists made a real difference – now a stronger tide...
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Published in: ourEconomyClass war plus banter: Ash Sarkar speaks to ourEconomy
The journalist and political activist talks to us about Jeremy Corbyn's political agenda and the coming UK general election.
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Published in: ourEconomyAsad Rehman: 'Every brick in this country has come because we’ve exploited another part of the world'
The climate activist and director of War on Want speaks to ourEconomy about green colonialism and the global commons.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLib Dem members: party line on Labour anti-Semitism is ‘ill-judged and uncritical’
Party group call for Lib Dem leadership to distance itself from Labour anti-Semitism ‘smear campaign’.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe fear of being a "bad Jew": a response to David Graeber
Will left anti-racists defend the "bad Jew"? Fear comes also from the fear that some might not.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFor the first time in my life, I'm frightened to be Jewish
And non-Jews attacking the Labour party aren't helping.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson’s strength is his divided opposition – is Labour brave enough to respond?
With Boris Johnson vocally setting up 'the people vs parliamentary elites' and promising a public spending splurge,...
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Published in: ourEconomyAn agenda for a new internationalism
The UK Labour Party's International Social Forum kickstarted a much needed debate about global justice.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom Peterborough to Peterloo: it's time for the Left to defend democracy
The Brexit Party’s project isn’t about real democracy. But their skewed narrative is gaining alarming traction,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's two party system: will Peterborough confirm it’s dead again?
Fidelity to party machines won’t save us from a new authoritarianism. Only a new, pluralist political system can do that.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf Ed Miliband is the answer – then what is the question?
A pivot to the centre is the wrong medicine for Labour. More radical answers are available.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohn Smith and the path Britain did not take
When we lost John Smith, we lost a leader who would have taken Labour and Britain down the path of radical and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Labour Party, 'institutional antisemitism’ and irresponsible politics
How a wrong diagnosis can be bad for Jews, the party and the fight against racism.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn inevitable division: the politics and consequences of the Labour split
It’s the changing nature of class and capital that’s caused this split – and should shape the Left’s response to it....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCorbynism – where has the mass movement gone?
Despite the fighting talk, Corbynism has wasted the opportunity to transform Labour – and democracy – in a way that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBrexit – The Uncivil War: The former Chair of Labour Leave responds
As we look for ways through the current Brexit impasse, it’s crucial to understand both the key role played by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCorbyn isn’t seizing the moment – because his Labour Party simply isn’t radical enough
From economic and climate policy, to Brexit and constitutional reform, Corbyn’s Labour doesn’t yet have the depth of...