Archives: Daniel Frost
Daniel Frost (@d_j_frost)
Dan is a UCU member, and studying towards a PhD in the history of left-wing activism in Croydon at the University of Reading.
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Burning Bridges: A Review of ‘Red Metropolis’
Owen Hatherley's Red Metropolis is a valuable account of the achievements of the London Left—but is limited by its pessimism and an unwillingness to draw lines.
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The First New Socialist
The original New Socialist aimed “to renew democratic socialism” by engineering a broad political coalition. How successful was it?
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Strategy and Tactics
Calls which suggest "moral judgements" should be replaced by "strategy" misunderstand what it means to organise a movement from below.
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"The sorts of areas that a party has to win": Britain's spatial contradictions and the 2018 local elections
In the wake of the local election results, how should strategies for local government sit in Britain's geography?
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Corbynism and The Youth Wing
An interview with Lara McNeill, Momentum activist and newly-elected Youth Rep on the NEC
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Report on National Youth Policy Conference
Last weekend, young members of the Labour Party descended upon the University of Warwick to take part in the National Youth Policy Conference, which I attended as a delegate.
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‘Better a Dented Shield’? The Left and Labour Councils
It’s become something of a cliché to say that Momentum and the Left within the Labour Party have not done enough to think about local government and, in particular, about Labour councils and councillors.
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On the Croydon Central Campaign
We have learnt just how much more we are capable of. Everyone will feel able to do more than they did before.
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