by Ramzy Baroud
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Progressive patriotism: the historical detail is important
Socialist historian KEITH FLETT looks at an example from the past given by Rebecca Long Bailey in her advocation of ‘progressive patriotism’
Lancashire mill workers in the 1920s
US-based labour and social movements authors and organisers Robert Ovetz and James Tracy interview DANIEL GROSS about his new book, Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World
Innovation in biotechnology is changing how we conceive of meat, say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
JOHN CALLOW introduces the work of Geoffrey Trease, who placed ordinary people at the centre of his historical fiction for children, creating adventurous stories to inspire the possibilities of social change
Is the Scottish government in favour of drilling or not? Evasiveness and incoherence are the order of the day, argues KENNY MacASKILL
The Isle of Wight’s Victorian holiday boom drew visitors from across Europe, including the founders of scientific socialism, writes KEITH FLETT
REBECCA LONG BAILEY is now officially the standard-bearer of the left in the Labour leadership election.
She is not of course some kind of “continuity Corbyn” candidate but a leadership contender with her own perspectives for the 2020s.
She laid some of these out in a recent article in the Guardian.
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