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  • Clause IV: The Enduring Controversy

    Clause IV: The Enduring Controversy

    Labour Party deputy leadership candidate Richard Burgon recently called on the party to draft a new version of Clause IV, once more opening up the debate on Labour’s quintessential statement of socialist intent. In this article, Tom Blackburn looks at the history of Clause IV, and the need for a new version for the 21st century.

  • The case against Keir Starmer

    The case against Keir Starmer

    Keir Starmer has made his pitch for the Labour leadership on a promise to retain the party's left-wing policies, whilst also being pragmatic and electable. Yet, as Oliver Eagleton writes, a look at his chequered career to date puts his left credentials in severe doubt.

  • “There is no future without equal rights for all!”: Migrant struggles in France

    “There is no future without equal rights for all!”: Migrant struggles in France

    After enduring 7 long months on strike, a group of undocumented migrant postal workers in France have claimed victory against backbreaking and dangerous working conditions they experienced at Chronopost, a subsidiary of the French postal service. In this article, Luke Butterly reports on the struggle and the latest in the wave of migrant fights in France.

  • Politics Theory Other #71: Hostile Environment with Maya Goodfellow

    Politics Theory Other #71: Hostile Environment with Maya Goodfellow

    Maya Goodfellow on the the historical roots of the hostile environment policy, the punitive, cruel and deliberately confusing character of Britain's immigration system, and how New Labour's policies on migration and asylum laid some of the basis for the Conservative's migration policies, with Alex Doherty on the Politics Theory Other podcast.

  • Socialism or Democracy

    Socialism or Democracy

    One lesson drawn in General Election post-mortems by many on the left is the need for greater democracy in the Labour Party. But, as John-Baptiste Oduor argues, in the absence of working class mobilisation democratisation has served to further distance the Party from its working class base.