Tag: long read

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.
Uniting Communities: Organising for Real Change in Greater Manchester at Christmas and Beyond
This Christmas, a hard-working group of volunteers has been trying to bring some festive spirit to children and parents in their local community. It's all part of a wider effort to build up community confidence and an ethos of neighbourhood self-organisation - and an exciting example for anyone interested in community organising.
Long Read: Labour’s Economic Plans: What Went Wrong?

In this post-election long read, James Meadway explains how Labour’s 2019 plans got caught up in policy at the expense of politics.

Long Read: In the North’s Leave-Voting Seats, Disillusionment Is Labour’s Biggest Enemy
With Labour engaged in a last minute battle to shore up northern support, Craig Gent reports on the party's struggle with disillusionment - and what can be done about it.
Long Read: Under a Blue Moon: Reflections on the Last UK General Election
"You began to sense that something had been let out of the bag." For a brief moment, the 2017 election result seemed to puncture a hole in a nationwide malaise. In a touching memoir, Alex Niven recalls the emotional journey of the last election and how it signalled new possibilities.
Long Read: How Labour’s Campaigns Attempted to Make the Political Personal
In both Labour and Momentum, since the general election there has been a stronger focus on making political communication personal. In this Long Read, Nathan Akehurst takes a closer look at the practical and ideological aspects of 'mass personalisation'.
Long Read: The End of a Unionist Majority: Where Next for Northern Ireland?
The northern Irish assembly elections ended the long-term unionist majority in Stormont. Donnacha Kirk on what just happened, what it means, and how things may play out.
Long Read: Fuck ‘Em and Their Law: Repression and Resistance in Rave and Grime
From marches ending with street parties instead of speeches to illegal gigs under railway underpasses, political resistance in Britain has always had a banging soundtrack. As the sneering successor to the escapist rave culture of the 90s, does Grime have what it takes to finally fight the establishment head on?
Long Read: How the Guardian Changed Tack on Corbyn, Despite Its Readers
In an extract from new book The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn’s Improbable Path to Power, Alex Nunns examines how the Guardian newspaper reacted to Corbyn’s sudden rise in the 2015 leadership contest.
Long Read: Dissecting Democracy: History of an Idea
After a typical election in the UK , the government we get will be radically different from the government we vote for. As representative democracy sinks into crisis, it is high-time the UK questions its own political system and embraces real democracy.
Long Read: Passive Voices: On Remembrance, Political Agency and the Rise of Trump
Remembrance encourages us to think back over history to the situation of those who lived through it. Amid our current turmoil, we ought to reflect on how history happens - and our own role in creating it.
Long Read: 5 Things Momentum Needs to Do Next
Over the last few weeks Momentum has found itself at a crossroads. In this long read, Michael Chessum argues the organisation needs to embrace its internal differences and lay down some democratic expectations.
Long Read: ‘I’m not looking for a new England’: On the Limitations of Radical Nationalism
As UK politics veers wildly to the right, some people are attempting to rehabilitate a progressive English nationalism as part of a left project to push back against a rising tide of xenophobia and racism. Kojo Koram examines the limitations of this project.
Long Read: Mining for Red Gold
Workers in Italy's tomato industry are organising against exploitation that local government has continually failed to tackle.
Long Read: Campesinos Against Climate Change: The Fight for Economic Justice in Colombia
In the second of our features on social justice movements in Colombia, Milo Phillips reports on how climate change and neoliberal economic reforms have endangered the livelihoods of farmers - and how they are fighting back.
Long Read: Democracy Suspended: What Really Happened at the Brighton Labour AGM?
Following an alleged 'spitting incident' at a recent AGM, Labour's biggest constituency party has been suspended and its branch executive election annulled.
Long Read: How Did We Get Here? The EU Referendum and the Crises of Union
Sunday Long Read: Britain now heads into a period of unprecedented turbulence. This was not supposed to happen. What does the result suggest about the state of UK democracy? And what strategic challenges does it present to the left?
Long Read: The Fantastic Corruption of the Broadcasting British Class
The BBC is often lauded as a beacon of impartial reporting. But this weekend, as Queen Elizabeth's birthday celebrations dominate its reporting, it's worth delving into organisation's deep structural and personal links to the UK's corrupt political elite.

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