Democracy
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No short cuts: Does the British left really need a new party?
We need to build an independent politics from below, argues Hilary Wainwright – and look to longer-term organising, not quick answers
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The only way left is always anti-racist
Any new socialist organisation must put proletarian anti-racism at its heart and embrace utopian pragmatism, write Joshua Virasami and Jonas Marvin
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Meet the independent MPs and councillors shaking up local politics
Local activists, disillusioned with the status quo, are forming political organisations independent of the Labour Party. Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi spoke to groups building connections locally and nationally
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The capitalist crisis of liberal democracy
Jenny Pearce considers how the left should respond to the failings of liberal democracy in the face of the new capitalist authoritarianism
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Syria’s turbulent transition
Mazen Gharibah reports on the aftermath of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and how grassroots, civilian-led peacebuilding efforts are crucial to Syria’s future
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Wealth for all: Saving democracy with community wealth building
Ahead of the US election, Sarah McKinley and Dana Brown argue that to save democracy, we first must democratise the economy – with community wealth building the way forward
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Left analyses of imperialism must stand against ‘campism’
Syria and Israel may be in different geopolitical camps but their practices of population extermination are the same. The international left must recognise the commonalities, argues Elia J Ayoub
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