New Politics

The New Politics Programme researches and actively engages in attempts to create radical forms of democracy and democratic governance in response to the exhaustion of conventional political institutions.

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Venezuela's CANTV: What should a 21st century "socialist” telecommunications company look like?

Venezuela's revolution has often been tied to the slogan “Socialism in the 21st Century.” What might that might mean concretely in changes under way in the renationalised state telecommunications company, CANTV?

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Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy (Seagull, 2009)

Reclaim the State sets out on a journey from Brazil to Britain to discover how people are creating new, stronger forms of democracy. The book shows that the foundations for new political directions for deepening...

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A real green deal

35 years ago, workers at the Lucas Aerospace company formulated an ‘alternative corporate plan’ to convert military production to socially useful and environmentally desirable purposes. What are the lessons for...

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Transnational agrarian movements: struggling for land and citizenship rights

La Vía Campesina’s transnational campaign in protest against neoliberal land policies has helped to generate new meanings of global citizenship.

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Public service reform - But not as we know it! (Picnic Publishing, 2009)

"A fascinating and lively account of how it is by strengthening democracy, involving workers and citizens we can transform our public services. It truly kicks privatisation into touch!" (Baroness Helena Kennedy)

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Don't blame voters for the low turnout

Hilary Wainwright

Feb 25 2010

Fewer than half of Dutch voters are expected to head for the polls in Wednesday's local elections. Turnout could be better if politicians weren’t afraid to share power with citizens.

Politieke klasse moet burgers leren vertrouwen

Hilary Wainwright

Feb 23 2010

Politici moeten de macht durven delen met burgers. Dat is de boodschap van Hilary Wainwright. „Voor veel mensen is het niet meer voldoende om eens in de zoveel tijd hun stem uit te brengen”, zegt ze tegen

Osborne's airbrushed co-op policy

Hilary Wainwright

Feb 17 2010

For all the Tories' fine talk of empowered workers, their plans would only undermine the public sector's democratic rebirth.

What are the promising new models of democratic participation?

Hilary Wainwright

Feb 5 2010

The institutions that are supposed to reproduce daily life are incapable of acting on behalf of the people any more, so we need to produce our own institutional alternatives based on micro-experiments and universal values.

Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge launched

Hilary Wainwright

Nov 19 2009

An international coalition has launched Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge as a response to the recent agreement of the European Commission on the “protection” of Internet access, brought under the pressure of the lobbies of the culture industry.

Australian Overseas Development Assistance and the Rural Poor

Dianto Bachriadi Nov 11 2009

Australian overseas development assistance is not simply driven by a desire to assist poorer countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The fundamental premise of Australian aid is, first and foremost, its own national interest.

Left Call for Public Wealth, World Peace and Climate Justice

TNI

Oct 8 2009

Declaration timed with conference on Crisis Capitalism in Brussels in October 2009.

Cuba Undertakes Reforms in Midst of Economic Crisis

Roger Burbach

Sep 21 2009

The long food queues in Cuba are still causing frustration, but the open process Raul Castro is following to resolve these issues heralds a new path to socialism in the 21st century.

Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela (New Documentary)

TNI

Pablo Navarrete Sep 2 2009

A thoughtful insight into the achievements and challenges of the Venezuelan revolution, ten years after Hugo Chavez took office.

Land Reform Policies in Belgian Official Development Assistance

Jonas Vanreusel Sep 1 2009

For the most part of its history, the Belgian Official Development Assistance (ODA) focused on narrow agricultural productivity issues. With the slow but steady insertion of Belgian ODA into the
international development community’s priorities, instruments and methods, Belgium started to focus on broader rural development.