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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Perceptions of Jews or perceptions of antisemitism?“I’m not neutral in this debate, as I’m an anti-Zionist diasporic Israeli Jew most of whose family have been...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhen We Own It: a model for public ownership of transport in the 21st centuryPublic ownership means we can reinvest profits in improving services rather than lining shareholders’ pockets –...
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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: openDemocracyUKRevolt or status quo: the options for UK voters in the European electionsIf the UK’s pro-European movement is to have a future it needs to change its game.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party candidate spread "propaganda" for Balkan warlord, was 'bugged' by MI6John Kennedy distributed bogus claims of Bosnian war crimes and was suspected by intelligence services of funneling...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?PNL and ‘European Others’How France’s most successful rappers set about countering Europe's hegemonic narratives.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTory posturing over soldier’s crimes could worsen violence in Northern IrelandAs more shocking details emerge from the Ballymurphy inquiry, memories are being stirred – and Tory MPs are being...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe end of aspiration? Why ‘social mobility’ is falling as inequality risesPoliticians have lately prioritised ‘social mobility’ over ‘inequality’. But a new book exploring the journeys of...
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Published in: ourNHSHow NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’The Daily Mail's claims of our success are sadly premature - but the "patients not passports" campaign is indeed growing.
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Published in: ourEconomyCorbynism 2.0 has arrived – and a radical Green New Deal is at its heartAfter years of defending basic policy positions, this year a renaissance of ideas, ambition and strategy is bursting...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEducational elitism isn’t going away without a fight – so Labour must step upThe controversy over Stowe’s headmaster's comments this weekend highlight the longstanding elitism that damages the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBAE’s evasive justifications for arming Saudi’s Yemen warCampaigners attended the UK arms company’s AGM and asked some tough questions. The answers failed to convince.
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Published in: ourEconomyUniversal services more effective than a Universal Basic Income, argues new reportNew research finds that expanding access and broadening provision of Universal Basic Services would be of greatest...
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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...
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Published in: ourEconomyBelfast, Bombardier, and a new economic strategyThe prospect of multiple plant closures provides an opportunity to revive Ireland's rich history of worker co-operatives.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDon’t feed the Farage trollsAs I’ve learned in the European Parliament, publicly debating with Farage and his bad-cop UKIP outliers often merely...
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