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The Corbyn moment
MARK PERRYMAN argues that now – more than ever – is the time to transform Labour into a social movement
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The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
THIS week my new best comrade George Osborne has described the impact of Jeremy Corbyn’s customs union speech as “the Labour leader, has with the smallest of nudges, manoeuvred himself into a more pro-business, more pro-free trade European policy than the Tory government.”
The question of whether this marks the Corbyn Moment stretches way beyond the ranks of the Corbynite Left.
Osborne meant those words as a compliment. Their provenance and meaning will, however, trouble many on Corbyn’s side. But this, dear comrades, is what hegemony looks like, our ideas becoming the new common sense. And without in essence even a smidgen of principle being sacrificed either.
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