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It’s Men Who Should Be Making Way for Transwomen in the Labour party

January 16, 2018 | by Jo Bartosch | 0 Comments

Conflict within the Labour party shows us how a male-oriented focus on gender identity can hurt the feminist movement by ignoring women's rights. Read more

Harriet Harman Branded Offensive for Repeating Antisemitic Joke

November 4, 2017 | by Dan Fisher | 1 Comments

The Jewish Leadership Council demanded that Harriet Harman apologise for repeating an antisemitic joke as an example of objectionable humour live on air. Read more

Why Has Venezuela’s Collapse Become An Overlooked Crisis?

October 20, 2017 | by Scott Davies | 0 Comments

The nation of Venezuela is headed toward economic and social collapse, yet there is little international attention being paid to the ongoing crisis. Venezuela’s economic and social crisis continues unabated. The decline started under the rule of Hugo Chavez in 1999 and accelerated upon his death in 2013. Under the rule of successor Nicolas Maduro, […] Read more

Antisemitism and the Left: A Tumour’s a Tumour, No Matter How Small

September 27, 2017 | by Emile Yusupoff | 2 Comments

If antisemitism is restricted to a minority on the left, it's necessary to address it as a specific problem and one defined by its context on the left. Read more

Elections in New Zealand on Knife’s Edge

September 21, 2017 | by Scott Davies | 0 Comments

Opinion polls have the centre-left Labour Party and the centre-right National Party neck-and-neck ahead of the elections in New Zealand. Read more

For a New Left | Dan Fisher

September 11, 2017 | by Dan Fisher | 4 Comments

The first article in the “For a New Left” series looks at how and why we should begin to rebuild and re-establish left wing values. Read more

Scapegoating Sarah Champion Only Endangers Vulnerable Girls

August 27, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

The reaction to Sarah Champion's statement shows we are still more willing to sacrifice girls than to undergo a little discomfort in stopping predators. Read more

Trump, Corbyn, and the Trouble with Condemning ‘Both Sides’

August 16, 2017 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

Donald Trump’s equal condemnation of violence on ‘both sides’ following the protests in Charlottesville highlight the inadequacy of such denunciation. Similar considerations apply to Jeremy Corbyn, who generically condemned ‘violence’ by ‘both sides’ in Venezuela, failing to distinguish between the government and opposition. If there is an asymmetry in wrongdoing, power, or the wrongness of […] Read more

The Corbyn Confusion: The Dangers of Leftist-Nationalist Fusionism

June 30, 2017 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

Labour has formed a coalition of chaos among its own membership and voters. Corbynism is squatting on a time bomb of visions of Britain’s future. Read more