Politics Featured Starmer must get a grip on No.10 Three months into power - Labour needs a hard reset fast. It has the tools it needs. Now it must rise to the occasion before this government is left afloat.
Politics Featured The Enigma of the Social Democratic Post-War Consensus Contemporary social democrats and socialists have much to learn from the post-war consensus. Re-envisaging a new consensus heavily based on the status quo ante is not the way forward.
International Law Featured Israeli Apartheid and Combatting Antisemitism Does Israel have an apartheid regime? If so, how do we acknowledge the crime and combat antisemitism.
Geopolitics The Genocidal Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Powerful undercurrents within Zionism and Palestinian nationalism have a genocidal character which has been realised with the genocidal massacre of October 7th and the subsequent genocide of Gazan's.
Politics Change, Change, Change Labour's botched cut of the Winter Fuel Allowance demonstrate that political amateurism still runs deep through the party. It also showcases that it is neither mission-orientated nor has the right objectives in the first place.
Political Economy Featured Introduction to Monetary Economics Money is a fundamental pillar of modern economies that mainstream economics ignores. This introduction to monetary economics introduces key concepts which will be used in later essays.
Political Economy Featured Prolegomena for Scientific Mutualism and Meta-socialism A critical introduction to scientific mutualism and the embryonic meta-socialist tradition of left-wing thought.
Philosophy A Critique of Postmodern Scepticism A critique of the postmodernist and neopragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty advocacy for postmodern scepticism.
UK Politics The Left must reconnect with the working classes! The left must engage with the grievances of the working classes and help foster a new socialist identity based on mutual aid, responsibility, hard work, and building socialist institutions within the community.
Politics Featured What Next for the Left? Britain woke up on July 5th to a historic Labour landslide victory in the general election, followed on Sunday by a surprising poor performance of the far-right National Rally in France. What does all this mean for the left?
General Election 2024 Featured New Realist Endorsement - General Election 2024 A historic opportunity exists for a major realignment in UK politics. We should seize the chance as it likely won't come again. Voting Labour is the way forward, despite the reservations the New Realist has of their agenda.
General Election 2024 Britain Deserves Better - On the Workers Party of Britain Manifesto The Workers Party is a new socialist party competing in its first general election. Does the Workers Party have what it takes in uniting the working classes?
General Election 2024 Real Hope. Real Change. - On the Green Party [E&W] Manifesto The Green's manifesto highlights the weaknesses of the modern left very well.
General Election 2024 Change - On Labour's Manifesto Labour's manifesto best exemplifies how modern social democracy has become small-c conservative in outlook. Despite certain positive aspects, the New Realist seeks a more radical social democracy while retaining pragmatism and realism.
General Election 2024 For a Fair Deal - On the Liberal Democrats Manifesto The Liberal Democrats manifesto is a typical pragmatic and technocratic social liberal manifesto. There's no doubt that the country would be run better under the Liberal Democrats over the Conservatives. However, they're not substantially better than Labour's offering.
General Election 2024 Change - On Labour's Manifesto. [In-depth Analysis] Labour's manifesto best exemplifies how modern social democracy has become small-c conservative in outlook. Despite certain positive aspects, the New Realist seeks a more radical social democracy while retaining pragmatism and realism.
Book Review NR Book Review: The Death of the Left - Why we must begin from the beginning again by Steve Hall and Simon Winlow Professors Steve Hall and Simon Winlow have written a magnificent critique of the contemporary left which all on the left should read with urgency. The left needs rebuilding from scratch.
General Election 2024 The Collapse of the Conservatives? Are the Conservatives going the way of the Liberals?