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by Bill Kerry Following the latest convulsions of capitalism in the last year many progressives in Britain are now hoping for the restoration of social democracy as the guiding light for progressive politics. In the Labour Party the left…
By Paul Richards In 1945 Arthur Koestler, Bertrand Russell, Victor Gollancz and George Orwell attempted to establish a "League for the Dignity and Rights of Man". They failed to make it fly, although some of the ideas surfaced 20 years…
By Bill Dewison I've been reading the LabourList for longer than I have been commenting on it. Since the first day I read the articles and comments here I noticed that there is no shortage of what people think the Labour Party should be…
By Peter Barnard During the Second World War, Lord Beveridge produced his famous report which, I hope, will be recorded for all time in the history of this green and pleasant land of ours. Lord Beveridge identified 'five giants' that needed…
By Peter Barnard About fifteen years ago, on holiday in the United States, I bought Adam Smith's 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' in a second-hand bookshop. I haven't read it cover to cover ; it's written in…
The @anthonypainter Labour movement column One of Barack Obama's favourite philosophers and theologians is Reinhold Niebuhr. Deep in Niebuhr's philosophy is the notion of restraint as an antidote to pride and hubris. Niebuhr cautions us…
The @anthonypainter Labour movement column One of Barack Obama's favourite philosophers and theologians is Reinhold Niebuhr. Deep in Niebuhr's philosophy is the notion of restraint as an antidote to pride and hubris. Niebuhr cautions us…
@LabourList Editorial Never has a week been a longer time in British politics. It was only seven days ago - though in an altogether more innocent time for the Labour Party - that James Purnell resigned from government, with Caroline Flint…
By Luciana Berger / @lucianaberger In 1997 I wasn't quite old enough to vote. I didn't get to put a cross in the Labour box. I'm of a generation whose entire adult life has been under Labour. The Labour Youth Conference is an apt time to…
By Laurie Penny On Wednesday I attended a press conference for John Cruddas' and Andrea Nahles' 'Good Society', a directive launched yesterday in Berlin and London, timed for the 10th anniversary year of the Blair-Schroeder joint…
By Luke Akehurst Sunder Katwala says we have got to get over Militant and New Labour. I find this Year Zero approach to Labour history somewhat surprising from the General Secretary of the over-100-years-old Fabian Society. He quotes a guy…
By Fiona Millar This post was originally published on LabourList as part of International Women's Day on March 9, 2009. I graduated in the year Margaret Thatcher came to power, started my first job in her first term in office and had my…
