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Corbyn’s Policy Documents
I do not claim that the whole political establishment and economic status quo would change under Jeremy Corbyn, but I do agree completely that he is the best chance we have (under the current electoral system) of moving towards a … Continue reading
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Tagged Corbyn4Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour Leadership, Labour Leadership Elections, Labour Movement, Labour Party, New Labour, UK Politics
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Corbyn’s Summer Shake-Up (Part One)
The last few weeks have arguably been the most interesting that the Labour Party (and British politics in general) has seen for at least a couple of decades.[1] And, although the profound change which British workers need may still seem … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Corbyn4Leader, Democracy, JezWeCan, Labour Party, UK, UK Politics
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Creasy & the Deputy Leader Candidates
There isn’t too much to say regarding the candidates for deputy leader. Prospect Magazine, for example, made it very clear that “none of the candidates were among the left-wing rebels who defied the Labour whip to vote against Tory welfare … Continue reading
Posted in Deputy Leader, Labour Party, Stella Creasy, Stella4Deputy, UK, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
Tagged Labour, Stella Creasy, Stella4Deputy, UK, UK Politics
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New Labour Is Right-Wing, but Corbyn Could Change That
Did Ed Miliband lead “a traditional left-wing party” into the 2015 elections? Or is the difference between New Labour and the Conservatives “more about what the parties choose to talk about rather than any great differences in policy”?[1] If we … Continue reading
Posted in capitalism, Capitalist Crisis, Conservative Party, Democracy, Economy, Ed Miliband, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Leadership, Labour Leadership Elections, Labour Party, Neoliberalism, New Labour, Tony Blair, UK, UK Politics
Tagged Bad Government, Capitalism, Capitalist Crisis, Democracy, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour Leadership, Neoliberalism, New Labour, Tony Blair, UK, UK Politics
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The Diversion Tactics of #Budget2015
1) Housing Chaos As a result of George Osborne’s Summer Budget this year, says Paul Waugh at The Huffington Post, “at least 14,000 fewer affordable homes will be built” in the UK. This statistic, from the Office for Budget Responsibility … Continue reading
Posted in Budget 2015, Conservative Party, Conservatives, Labour Party, New Labour, Tories, UK, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
Tagged #Budget2015, Budget 2015, Conservatives, Labour, UK, UK Politics
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Britain’s Plutocracy, and How We Can Fight Against It
Call it what you want: a bourgeois democracy (in which the parties in the service of exploitative economic elites are the most powerful); a kleptocracy (in which “a small group [gets] rich by robbing [citizens] blind”[1] with the compliance of … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois Democracy, Conservative Party, Democracy, Kleptocracy, Labour Party, Plutocracy, SNP, UK, UK Elections, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Change, Conservative government, Conservatives, Democracy, England, Great Britain, Kleptocracy, Labour, Plutocracy, Progress, Scotland, SNP, UK, UK Elections, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
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Should Workers Vote in the UK Elections?
I strongly believe that meaningful democracy can only truly be built from below, by cooperation between neighbours and direct, popular control over local resources. In the current electoral system in the UK, citizens basically allow all decisions to be made … Continue reading
Posted in UK, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics
Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Conservatives, Green Party, Labour, Left Unity, Liberal Democrats, libertarian socialism, TUSC, UK, UK Elections 2015, UK Politics, UKIP
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The 2015 Political Debate in the UK
The main issues in the 2015 general elections in the United Kingdom seem to be: the cuts to the government’s social spending under the Tory-LibDem coalition (and whether to continue with them to ‘deal with the deficit’ or to reverse … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois Democracy, Britain, Conservative Party, Conservatives, Democracy, Great Britain, Green Party, Greens, Labour, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Plaid Cymru, Reactionism, SNP, UK, UKIP, United Kingdom
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Resistance Is Fertile 