Closing our eyes to racism against one group only emboldens racism against us all
This was delivered as a speech in the recent Commons debate on modern antisemitism. For me, this debate…
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Power imbalances are just the start of our economic problems
In September, the IPPR commission on economic justice, which I founded and chaired, described its plan for the…
If there are so many ‘bullshit jobs’, should Labour fight for the future of work?
Despite its name and history, Labour has never had much to say about work. In previous times, it…
Unions aren’t at the end of their journey – they still have so much more to give
In recent years, unions have come under attack. Successive Conservative Prime Ministers have systematically targeted our movement. We’ve seen…
How can we better regulate digital platform capitalism to protect workers?
There are now 70 million people around the world who find work through digital platforms. In the UK,…
When markets fail, we bail them out or take ownership. But there’s another way
In Marx’s seminal work Wages and Capital, he describes the economic relationship between the capitalist (owner of productive capital)…
Our society’s future mental health must be at the heart of our political decisions today
As technology progresses, the nature of work changes and we become ever more interconnected, the challenges that we…
With horizontal practices, organisations could be amazing
Organisations could be amazing. I submitted this as the title of my talk recently, when I was invited…
Chuka Umunna once attacked Tory austerity and Lib Dem complicity. What happened?
Speaking to the crowds at Labour’s 2012 party conference, Chuka Umunna talked about “an irresponsible experiment with people’s…
Labour deserters represent the few, not the many
It’s the early hours of Friday 9th June 2017. At Stockport Town Hall, Ann Coffey is momentarily lost…
