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45 Years On: The History and Continuing Importance of ‘No Platform’

Universities are not just sites for the ‘marketplace of ideas’ – fighting racist and fascist ideas means they need to be challenged there as much as on the streets.

by Evan Smith / April 18, 2019 / Beyond Westminster

Abolish Prisons for Children and Young People

Prison doesn’t work for children and young people. It is a failed institution. What we have to do is the exact opposite: find ways that work and are successful in helping children to feel part of society.

by David Scott / April 16, 2019 / Beyond the Manifesto

Emma DeSouza and Soldier F Reveal the Colonial Contempt of the UK

The British government has been unilaterally reneging on its obligations under the Good Friday Agreement, showing nothing but contempt for the citizens of its colony in the North of Ireland.

by Tomás Mac Tíre / April 9, 2019 / Beyond Westminster

A Curse On Both Your Brexits

Both the Conservative and Labour Party have found themselves divided over Brexit, but neither calls for a People's Vote or 'Lexit' are an adequate response to an insurgent nationalism

by Jules Joanne Gleeson / April 4, 2019 / Westminster

Outlaw Kings and Rebellion Chic

The revolutionary is everywhere in pop culture, but revolutionary politics are conspicuous by their absence - or by their vilification.

by Alister MacQuarrie / March 27, 2019 / Culture

The Struggle that Lies Ahead

Ralph Miliband and the new left's analysis of the failures of the 1945 Attlee Government, allows us to predict the obstacles that would face a socialist government and offers ideas how these might be overcome.

by Dan Evans / March 24, 2019 / Theory and Strategy