Valley fever Ben Tullett reports on the battle to beat the BNP in Halifax Mixed Greens Jonathan Timbers says the Green Party has some serious thinking to do before it can become a credible and progressive alternative to Labour Reimagining socialism, reinventing democracy Barry Winter admires Hilary Wainwright’s Reclaim the State, but she is...
Articles
Winter 2004
The battle for democracy in Iraq Gary Kent calls for support for Iraq’s grassroots democrats Coalition of the careless Will Brown reports on a ‘left wing’ attack on Iraqi trade unionists Save the Party … for Gordon Brown Jonathan Timbers sees the STLP heading up some depressingly familiar cul-de-sacs Cook’s report Martin Cook on...
Beneath American skies
GARY KENT reports on the diversity of opinions he found on a recent State Department-sponsored trip to USA. The United States is not a uniform entity. Anyone who says, “America thinks this, that or the other” is just plain wrong. There is possibly more diversity of opinion in America than in Europe. Bush made...
Summer 2005
Into the cracks of the system Matthew Brown reports on the ILP’s discussion weekend A challenge remaining Will Brown reflects on a left still looking for direction Stock ideas Mike Wadsworth reports on a CLP meeting about housing Unite against terror A statement on the London bombings No quick fix Will Brown on the...
Summer 2006
Labour’s illusory reforms Dexter Whitfield condemns the marketisation of public services The case against social enterprise Steve Schofield fears for the prospects of a social economy Stepping stone or scam? Andy Hansford ponders the potential of foundation hospitals A more generous attitude of mind Matthew Brown on a comprehensive vision for education Picking at...
London Labours
DAVID CONNOLLY wonders what happened to Tony Blair’s once passionate support for one member one vote. In his book, The Unfinished Revolution, the new Labour strategist Philip Gould comments on the rivalry between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown at the time of John Smith’s death in 1994. Of Blair he says that “it was...
Winter 2005/06
Compass points north Will Brown reports from the Compass regional roadshows Forward, not back Peter Hunt says Labour needs a new co-operative socialism Where do we go from here? Greg Power pays tribute to his former boss, Robin Cook Why is France burning? Doug Ireland traces the roots of the violent youth rebellion You...
Autumn 2006
Marketisation and its effects Will Brown reports on the ILP’s weekend school What’s the alternative? Dexter Whitfield on resisting the market in public services Trouble on the buses? Bernard Hughes on the privatisation of transport No direction honed Matthew Brown on this year’s Compass conference A football revolution Adam Brown on the country’s newest...
Winter 2006/07
Reclaiming the territory An interview with deputy leadership hopeful, Jon Cruddas MP A suitable case for treatment Barry Winter welcomes a call for Labour Party renewal In search of the good society Jonathan Timbers hears contrasting versions of the way forward Return to Euston Bernard Hughes on political blogs and the Euston Manifesto Iraq’s...
Summer 2007
Leaders into the future Hazel Head assesses Labour’s leadership ‘elections’ Thirteen wasted years Harry Barnes reflects on Blair’s failures (and successes) A time of peace? Paul Dixon wonders how long Northern Ireland’s political truce will last The right to the city David Harvey calls for a re-imagined city to meet our urban dreams Shaking...
It’s the end of the world as we know it
The British National Party won its fifth local council seat in a matter of months in Halifax in January, attracting a brief flurry of national media comment and political hand wringing. BEN TURLEY looks at what happened. “Halifax is a wonderful place and its people are not racist,” Alice Mahon MP said the day...
The Travellers’ tales
Gypsies have become the object of increasingly racist, anti-immigration demonology over the last few years. As MATTHEW BROWN reports, they have been the one of the most victimised groups in society for centuries. It could be any day in modern London. A tube pulls into King’s Cross underground station. The doors slide open and...