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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionConstitutions that build citizen power and joyAs we rebuild from the wreckage, let's consider how the structures of the state have fatally limited what feels...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy does the political left fail grassroots movements?Can the left translate emancipatory practices into an electoral project?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionSelf-governance in the era of bankrupt liberalism and the rejection of internationalismHow can the left ever shift from a politics of resistance to one of governance? It needs to start by thinking more...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNeoliberalism tells us we're selfish souls – how can we promote other identities?Public support for co-operation, collective ownership and mutual care have persisted, despite the popularity of some...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow can we meet the “grand challenges” of our time without bypassing democracy?There IS an alternative to market tyranny – a challenge-focused democratic economy. Part of openDemocracy's "Left...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan we establish forms of home ownership that promote empathy and solidarity?Home ownership is seen as a route to security. But a more fluid conception could benefit everyone. Part of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRadical democratic education: lessons from the past, hopes for the futureHow do we “mobilise the past against a reckless present”? By drawing on a rich seam of successful, radical...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe people we might become: Personality and the organisation of knowledgeThe media has sold us collective hallucinations of ourselves, from Keynesian man to Thatcherite man (and woman). Can...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKInventing the citizen – what would a 'left governmentality' look like?The first part in a new openDemocracy mini-series on how the left needs to think about governmentality, managing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFor an education that sees children as more than ‘human capital’The left needs to reclaim education as a democratic practice, and ask searching questions about what education is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Left Alternative to “New Public Management”A remade New Public Management for the left should focus on co-operative, open planning through democratic worker...
