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In partnership with The Raymond Williams Foundation, we carry forward his thinking and legacy to promote inclusive, accessible debate on and for the left

Photo of Raymond Williams

In partnership with The Raymond Williams Foundation, we carry forward his thinking and legacy to promote inclusive, accessible debate on and for the left

Photo of Raymond Williams

  • Key words: Innovation

    ‘Innovation’ is often invoked as a byword for progress within capitalism, but as Joe Mayall explains, such progress does not serve everyone equally

  • Key words: Tankie

    Owen Hatherley unpacks one of the most infamous phrases in left-wing infighting

  • An illustrated pair of scissors is on a blue background.

    Key words: Austerity

    Níall Glynn explains the true function of an economic policy agenda that bolsters capitalism and devastates the working class

  • A champagne cork popping turns into a graph line showing recession

    Key words: Degrowth

    Filka Sekulova explains one of the concepts at the heart of climate and social justice activism

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg against purple background

    Key words: Meritocracy

    Jo Littler examines how claims of a level playing field disguise continuing privilege

  • A young person, dressed for office work, looks despondently at a laptop computer

    Key words: Alienation

    Daniel Newman explains a key Marxist concept for understanding how labour under capitalism denies workers their humanity

  • An illustration showing images of German philosophers Karl Marx and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel with pink and purple coloured arrows pointing in different directions across the top

    Key words: Dialectics

    Tom Whyman explains Marx’s influential theory of ‘dialectical materialism’ which has its roots in Hegel and takes history to be driven by conflict