Socialism
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1995: The year we nearly changed the world
Inspired by the collapse of the Berlin wall and end of South African apartheid, a generation of radicals danced onto British roads and into social justice history. Thirty years on, Esther Freeman traces the movement’s energy – and its legacy
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Big Flame: Building Movements, New Politics – review
Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell’s book demonstrates how much Big Flame has to teach the modern left, writes Kevin Davey
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Towards a progressive future for welfare
David Matthews examines how the welfare state is used against the working class – and how we can imagine a more liberatory welfare system
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Until we are all free: Leftwing media and left internationalism
Writers, editors and artists from the global south must be part of left media futures, writes Sanaa Alimia
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Building the post-Soviet world
From the corrupt to the inspired, Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union
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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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Necessary and (im)possible: New Socialist and the task of left media
The Corbyn era inspired a new wave of socialist publications, including New Socialist. Here, its editors Tom Gann and Josie Sparrow reflect on the challenges, ambitions and necessities facing left media today
