Can it be achieved from within existing political institutions, or does it require new sources of power to be built in society and the economy as a base for new political institutions?
British voters on June 23 may also decide the future of globalisation/ financialisation. If Britain votes to leave the EU, globalisation may be over, and with it an era in history.
The requirement for output to be “distinctive”, coupled with the growth of media consortia, could force the BBC out of the game.
Readers can judge for themselves why this contribution by a veteran politician to the UK prime minister's volume on tackling corruption was not included. Today, we are pleased to share it with our global readership.
There is an intermediate path that the SNP may well take while it charts a path ahead, in the event of Brexit.
The Livingstone affair is the latest symptom of the European left's retreat into anti-Zionism. Proportionate criticism of Israel is necessary, but opposition to the Jewish State insults history.
Is the book a time capsule from a bygone era from which we can learn ‘how it was’ rather than ‘how it is today’?
Even in its most reactionary form, Zionism before the second world war was one of the voices of oppressed Jews facing the growth of violent anti Semitism as a mass movement everywhere.
The key question, given that antisemitism along with other forms of racism has had a continuing presence in British political life, is why now? Much hangs on this.
As Britain debates antisemitism and the left, support for populist right-wing parties using hardline anti-Semitic messages is growing across the continent.
We may be at a critical moment in British public life, risking a plunge into an American-style pseudo-politics, sucking attention away from the real inequalities of our world and our society.
It is important not to surrender to fear by seeing all manifestations of Islam, including the conservative ones, as an indicator of terrorism.
