A call to arms
For those who stand outside the austerity consensus, reading Len McCluskey’s column on Tuesday was like coming up…
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Liam Byrne’s Capitulation
This is the kind of piece that delights Liam Byrne. It is an article of faith for the…
Unless we transform wider attitudes, the left is sunk
I occasionally get a bit of stick from leftists who proudly sit outside the Labour Party. What the…
This is a historic day
Imagine a society in which dinner ladies, nurses, teachers and care assistants were demonised as “vested interests” and…
Why Labour people should back “The Great Strike”
The Great Strike is just two weeks away. From headteachers to lollipop ladies, care assistants to university lecturers,…
The Left needs to find its voice on the EU
The EU is seen as that perennial obsession of the Tory right-wing fringes: the sort of issue that…
Twigg’s surrender
Last week, I predicted in the Independent that Ed Miliband’s appointment of Stephen Twigg as Shadow Education Secretary…
We need to talk about Socialism
By Owen Jones / @owenjones84 I’ve written enough posts bemoaning the genius of the right in transforming a…
We need to remember what we’re for
By Owen Jones / @owenjones84 As we approach Labour’s 106th annual conference, it’s worth remembering what Thomas R.…
We shouldn’t cut taxes for the rich – we should raise them
By Owen Jones / @owenjones84 Today, we learned that right-wing economists don’t like progressive taxation. Not a bombshell,…
