Democracy
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We need a new electoral system to defeat the far right
A campaign for constitutional reform is an urgent priority for the UK, argues Mark Corner. Without it, the rising right will exploit our undemocratic politics to impose its extreme agenda
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Cymunedoli: The glue that binds
Economic power in the community – cymunedoli – is the antidote to the far right’s growing appeal in Cymru, write Beth Winter and Leanne Wood
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Rising to Reform’s stranglehold in County Durham
Reform is a byproduct of Thatcherism, Labour Party failures and left activists’ limited imaginations, argues Ben Sellers. Only a long-term strategy for deep community organising can reverse the right-wing course that appears to lie ahead
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Investigative journalism: A light in the darkness
The most important function of investigative journalism is to hold power to account, writes Katie Mark
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How to build a new left-party alliance
A left-led Green party and the new ‘Your Party’ are both vital to defeating the right – but we need cross-party collaboration and grassroots organising to forge real change, argues Labour-turned-Green councillor Liam Shrivastava
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Britain unbowed: How to build a British broad left front
James Meadway sees discontent with Labour as a chance for the UK left to realign along similar lines to the broad left front being forged in France
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Lessons from Zohran Mamdani’s campaign
Mamdani’s impressive Democratic primary victory is a source of hope for transformative politics in NYC and the wider US, writes Dillon Delaune – one of 50,000 supporters who canvassed for his campaign