Tag: Elections

Long Read: Bernie 2020 and the Challenges of Big Organising
The tactics used in Bernie Sanders' 2020 election campaign have yielded some big wins and a string of losses. In this week's long read, Calum Jacobs looks at Sanders' use of so-called big organising and how it has helped - and hurt - his chances at the Democratic win.
Please Leave My Town

Johnson’s own brother has quit, and now he’s trapped in office without power. On this episode of #TyskySour, Aaron and Michael discuss the week Boris Johnson unravelled.
It’s Been Four Months Since Spain Had a Government
Left-wing coalition talks have broken down in Spain. Here’s why and what’s at stake.
2019: What’s Next?
For the first #NovaraFM of 2019, James Butler is joined by Aaron Bastani to look ahead at what 2019 holds in store.
A Disaster With Owen Jones’ Name on It

On this episode of  TyskySour Michael Walker is joined by newly elected Labour councillor for Wandsworth Aydin Dikerdem. They’ll be taking apart the local election results.
Local Election Results

Michael Walker, Dawn Foster and Richard Seymour take a look at the local election results.

Long Read: Power to the People: Why We Formed a New Political Party in Italy
A coalition of radical leftists has formed the new party Potere al Popolo to launch an electoral challenge to a parliamentary political landscape increasingly dominated by the right.
A Century of Suffrage?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Zoe Williams, Ash Sarkar and Eleanor Penny to discuss the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which offered limited suffrage to women, and discuss the changing face of feminism in the past century.
How Croydon Went Red
Here's how Tory Gavin Barwell, author of the book 'How to Win a Marginal Seat', saw his majority of just 165 overturned by Labour candidate Sarah Jones with the help of Momentum and some very dedicated campaigners.
No Passport, No Vote.

Recently, the Tories revealed their immigrant-bashing, dementia taxing, uncosted nonsense manifesto. Maya Goodfellow explains why Theresa May’s plan to make photo ID compulsory at polling stations will bar millions of poor voters and Labour supporters from British elections.
Report From #RentersVote

ACORN in Bristol are a community union with a special interest in housing. They have been organising on the streets to help those with no fixed abode register to vote. This includes the homeless, women in refuges and the traveller community.
The Manifesto, It’s Beautiful
On TyskySour, Michael and Aaron chat insurgent campaigns, polls, and Labour's blueprint for socialism.
Paul Nuttall Will You Resign?
Aaron Bastani on the forthcoming by-election in Stoke on Trent Central and John Harris dreaming of a UKIP win. Why John, why?
Weimar Republic 2.0? 7 Thoughts on the Berlin Elections
Yesterday’s election results in Berlin show that Germany’s political landscape is being reshaped. While patterns become clearer, the outcome is yet to be determined.
Shadow Minister for Lad Banter: Owen Smith – Bad on PR, Worse on Policy’
With less than a month to go Aaron assesses the Owen Smith campaign.
Long Read: #BernieOrBust? Against the Politics of Lesser Evilism
After the collapse of Sanders' presidential campaign, US radicals are left with limited options at the ballot box. Should they vote for the lesser of two evils, or try to forge a third way?
Long Read: Corbynism and the Corporation: BBC Bias and the Case for Media Transformation
The BBC's treatment of Corbyn has attracted claims of 'bias' which are so far backed up by research findings. But bias at the Beeb needs to be understood in the context of an ongoing political struggle.
Long Read: What’s the Point of Referendums?
Much of the EU debate unquestioningly assumed the received wisdom that referendums are democratising, offering us the chance to "take back control". Alice McCool examines the flaws of this limited vision of the democratic process.

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