Taxes on exploiting the commons – both exhaustible and non-exhaustible resources – could be used to give people basic financial security. Dr Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the […]
FRENCH socialist leader Jean-Luc Melenchon said that France should leave the EU if it proves impossible to renegotiate treaties that are “incompatible” with his party’s socialist programme. Read here
Gordon Morgan, Energy researcher for Common Weal, looks at what Scotland needs to do to take the IPCC report seriously and decarbonise the country rapidly When you look at a nation being reborn, as is […]
This week, scientists, politicians, and policymakers are gathering in Brussels for a landmark conference. The aim of this event, organised by members of the European parliament from five different political groups, alongside trade unions and […]
As in past times of crises, disparate groups have come together to propose a new solution to an epochal challenge. The Green New Deal Group, drew inspiration from the tone of President Roosevelt’s comprehensive response […]
Inequality creates the social and political divisions that isolate us from each other. Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson are professors of epidemiology, co-founders of The Equality Trust, and authors of The Inner Level: How More […]
It is a paradox: the centre-right and centre-left parties with their neo-liberal policies have lost democratic credibility and have opened the gates to the ultra-right and fascist parties. These same political elements are now supposed […]
The Left must adopt a new, credible EU policy agenda: It’s time to explain how the bloc, and the euro, could be run differently, democratically and sustainably Read here
Cooperatives, especially workers´ owned cooperatives, are the antidote to capitalism. But being a capitalist society, cooperatives have always been disadvantaged. This has to change. Mathew Lawrence is a senior research fellow at IPPR and co-author […]
To win power, the left must build a narrative around ending privatisation, empowering the workforce and borrowing to invest. To stay in power, left governments must transition towards an economy based on high automation, shorter working […]
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