Tag: Tony Blair

Opinion: Nobody Will Admit It, but Britain and America Were Defeated in Afghanistan
Britain and America lost the war in Afghanistan, argues Aaron Bastani, but our media, and many of the politicians who cheered on an utterly senseless conflict, refuse to say it. As long as that remains the case we are likely doomed to repeat the same mistakes again and again.
No, Labour Hasn’t Always Been an Anti-Racist Party
In recent weeks, many on the Labour right have suggested the party has always been anti-racist, but that under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership this has changed. Aaron Bastani takes a look at the history of New Labour and argues this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Profits and the Prison Industry
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss the Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee (IWOC) and proposed prison expansion.
The New Obsession With Populism Shows Centrist Politics Is Dead
This week the Guardian began an 'investigation' into the rise of what it terms the 'new populism'. But by misunderstanding and dismissing populism, placing the far right and socialist left alongside one another, the centrist intelligentsia have shown they've completely lost their way, argues Aaron Bastani.    
The Peckham Terminator
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly welcome Tony Blair’s former director of political operations John McTernan to All The Best to discuss their competing world views in a comradely fashion.
You Say You Want a Revolution? 1997 and the Future That Never Happened
In this edited extract from his new book, Richard Power Sayeed considers the mixed feelings surrounding the landslide 1997 election, in a year whose effects are still being felt today.
The Future That Never Was: 1997 and After
On #NovaraFM, Richard Power Sayeed joins James Butler to talk 1997: the Macpherson Inquiry, Blair, Diana & more.

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