openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 17 October 2026
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The Green Party’s ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion proves that uncompromising left-wing pressure is successfully shifting Labour’s stance on Gaza.
Labour is celebrating the by-election result, but it must not misread a tight win for a total victory
As Keir Starmer fights for survival, Jeremy Corbyn’s decade-long grassroots strategy may yet have the last word
The event was a messy, fractious and, at times, tense display of the kind of true democracy missing from UK politics
With inequality rife in the UK, there are three main policy areas that a new left-wing party should focus on