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A war on dissent?

Topic: 
Rethinking shrinking space
English
Programmes: 
War & Pacification
Subtitle: 
The shrinking space for protest in the UK
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Kevin Blowe
In collaboration with: 
Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol)
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The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) campaigns against police surveillance on political dissent and the regular smearing of activists and groups as “domestic extremists”. Kevin Blowe explains how the police are closing down the space for protest in the UK.

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On “shrinking space”
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Civil liberties
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United Kingdom
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Guía básica sobre la esencia de las políticas del Partido Laborista en el Reino Unido

Spanish
Programmes: 
Alternativas Públicas
Subtitle: 
Si no te entusiasma el tema, es que no estás prestando atención
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Satoko Kishimoto
Editors: 
Shaun Matsheza
Translators: 
Beatriz Martínez
Teaser: 

El Partido Laborista del Reino Unido está alentando a las bases y estimulando la movilización de los trabajadores y las trabajadoras, al mismo tiempo que muestra un liderazgo cada vez más sólido. Su reciente congreso anual, organizado en paralelo al festival político The World Transformed (TWT), son motivo de esperanza.

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Jeremy Corbyn hablando sobre el programa del partido titulado For the Many, durante el TWT / Photo credit Jess Graham (TNI)... Read more

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Jess Graham
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Reforming Public Services
Political parties
progressive politics
Public finance
public ownership
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United Kingdom
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A beginner’s guide to the core of UK Labour party politics today

English
Programmes: 
Public Alternatives
Subtitle: 
If you’re not excited, you’re not paying attention
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Satoko Kishimoto
Editors: 
Shaun Matsheza
Teaser: 

The UK's labour party is inspiring grassroots and workers mobilisation and showing increasingly credible leadership. Its recent annual conference and the concurrently run World Transformed Festival give hope.

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Jeremy Corbyn speaking at TWTs' A World for the Many / Photo credit Jess Graham (TNI)... Read more

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Jess Graham
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Reforming Public Services
Political parties
progressive politics
Public finance
public ownership
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United Kingdom
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El nuevo activismo modelo en el Reino Unido: llevar al Partido Laborista al Gobierno y dar el poder al pueblo

Topic: 
Democratización
Spanish
Programmes: 
Alternativas Públicas
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Hilary Wainwright
Translators: 
Christine Lewis Carroll
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La ‘nueva política’ se refiere tanto al poder electoral como a la construcción de un poder transformador.

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“Nuestro objetivo es profundizar en la democracia, la solidaridad y el poder de base participativos, y ayudar al laborismo a convertirse en el partido gobernante transformador del siglo XXI”, declararon los tres miembros fundadores de Momentum (Adam Klug, Emma Rees y James Schneider en Renewal [revista del Partido Laborista] en 2016. Reconocieron que se trataba de un “proyecto muy ambicioso” y... Read more

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Anti-austerity protest
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Flickr - By D B Young
Published at: 
Red Pepper
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Political parties
Labour and Unions
Activism
Quotes: 
Quotes 1
Regions: 
United Kingdom

New model activism: Putting Labour in office and the people in power

Topic: 
Democratisation
English
Programmes: 
Public Alternatives
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Hilary Wainwright
Teaser: 

The ‘new politics’ needs to be about both winning electoral power and building transformative power.

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‘Our goal is to increase participatory democracy, solidarity and grassroots power, and to help Labour become the transformative governing party of the 21st century,’ declared three founder members of Momentum (Adam Klug, Emma Rees and James Schneider, in Renewal) in 2016. They acknowledged that this was a ‘highly ambitious project’ and spelt out the extent of this ambition: ‘The aim is not just... Read more

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Anti-austerity protest
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Political parties
Labour and Unions
Activism
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Quotes 1
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United Kingdom

Corbyn: the non-careerist politician

English
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Boris Kagarlitsky
Teaser: 

This summer I was going to meet with Jeremy Corbyn at a conference in Ufa, Russia. He asked for a few days to think it over promising to come unless something unplanned and significant would happen. It did. He was nominated for the leader of the British Labour Party.

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Reinstate Candy Udwin rally at the National gallery, London 11th June 2015. Jeremy Corbyn speaking. / Photo credit Steve Eason @ Flickr"The phenomenon of Corbyn" arose suddenly not only for himself and for all who knew him but also for many journalists and analysts including those in Great Britain. Indeed, the modest backbencher MP has never attracted too much attention. Rather, he was known as... Read more

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Slider Corbyn

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Steve Eason @ Flickr
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Parties & Movements
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Quotes 1
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United Kingdom

Mayores aspiraciones: la política más allá de las urnas

Topic: 
Economía de la austeridad
Spanish
Programmes: 
Alternativas Públicas
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Hilary Wainwright
Translators: 
Christine Lewis Carroll
Teaser: 

Igual que con el referéndum escocés, la derrota electoral se puede transformar en un éxito político; un nuevo movimiento está surgiendo en el Reino Unido.

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London anti-austerity march / Photo credit FlickrDos palabras se han convertido en mantras en el balbuceo postelectoral: ‘miedo’ y ‘aspiración’, a veces en contraposición a ‘esperanza’ e ‘igualdad’ respectivamente. Sería útil examinar las dos palabras. Necesitamos reflexionar en los meses venideros en un lenguaje que nos ayude a expresar lo que tenemos entre manos. Se sembraba en efecto mucho... Read more

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Anti-austerity protest
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Flickr - By D B Young
Published at: 
Red Pepper
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Parties & Movements
Trade Union
Austerity economics
Quotes: 
Quotes 1
Regions: 
United Kingdom

UK elections exposes new unpredictable political landscape

English
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Hilary Wainwright
Teaser: 

The uncertainty about UK's election results reflects an important opening up of politics and expectations in the UK and an opportunity for social movements to push for anti-austerity and progressive policies

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Translated from an interview with TNI fellow Hilary Wainwright by Epochi magazine in Greece.... Read more

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Resistance & Alternatives
Parties & Movements
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United Kingdom

Labour's 'appalling gutter politics' on drugs

Topic: 
Drug Law Reform
English
Programmes: 
Drugs & Democracy
Subtitle: 
Labour now prioritises crude electioneering over reforming drug policy to save lives
Article type: 
Article
Teaser: 

Campaigners for a more evidence-based drug policy are horrified. "It’s a classic and appalling example of gutter politics,” says Martin Jelsma, Director of the drugs policy programme of the Transnational Institute. “Accusing the Lib Dems of being ‘soft on drugs and thugs’ is a cheap populist slogan that tries to hide the Labour Party's own co-responsibility for destroying the future of... Read more

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And you think those anti-immigration mugs were bad?... Read more

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Decriminalization
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United Kingdom

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