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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Augar Review – an “all out ideological assault” hidden behind progressive figleavesNew proposals for post-18 education will reduce access for many poorer students, and show an incredibly narrow view...
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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: ourNHSGoodbye, GPs - how the big became the enemy of the goodSerial NHS reforms are destroying continuity of patient care – the very thing that used to make GPs feel their jobs...
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Published in: ourEconomyEveryone should be able to own their workplace – not just the lucky fewWhy should the benefits of worker ownership be limited to the few that are lucky enough to work for enlightened capitalists?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA ‘Green New Deal’ needs to be global, not localRather than focusing just on ‘green jobs’ for British workers, a Green New Deal must recognise the UK's climate debt...
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Published in: ourEconomyA shorter working week isn't a luxury – it's an ecological necessityWorking less wouldn’t just free ourselves to spend time doing the things we love: it could be the key to staying...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Triple threat to transparency: a Brexit StoryAny discussion of propaganda and the 2016 European referendum starts with years of Euromythology and migrant-bashing.
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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: 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: 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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