New Left Project is dedicated to producing high quality comment and analysis on issues of concern to the political left (broadly defined). We are not affiliated to any particular party, tendency or strand of thought. Rather, we seek to contribute towards a lively, inclusive culture of left-wing discussion, appealing both to those who already consider themselves to be of the left, and to any others who have an interest in its ideas and priorities.
Our site contains a mixture of short, timely content on our blog as well as more detailed, in-depth treatment of various subjects through our feature articles, interviews and NLP-hosted debates. We are developing more audio/visual content as the site evolves, as well as branching out into organising live events. In addition to broadening the forms of content we produce, we are always looking to expand the range of topics that NLP covers, from current affairs to theory, philosophy and culture.
We welcome unsolicited contributions, as well as comments on any of our published content. You can scroll down from here to learn more about the members of the NLP community. We hope you enjoy the site.
We welcome submissions of original material for NLP, be it comment and analysis articles, reports from activist events, or interviews with notable and interesting people. We are happy to receive material on a broad range of topics. Please check the "About NLP" section to get a sense of our general worldview and areas of interest.
We work to maintain a high-quality of output at all times. Opinion pieces should be tightly argued and backed up with citations of reliable sources wherever possible. Hyperlinks for citations are preferable, but footnotes are also fine.
In terms of word length, we are reasonably flexible, understanding that many subjects benefit from in depth discussion. We prefer pieces of 800 to 1500 words, but we may well consider longer pieces where the writing remains focused, and is the result of some in depth research or necessarily detailed argument. The longer the piece the greater the burden of proof to show that the length is required.
Any work submitted should be previously unpublished.
Contact: info[at]newleftproject.org
Here at the New Left Project, we are keen to encourage you to contribute your own comments under articles, and engage in discussion with the authors and amongst yourselves. We are aware that internet-based discussion forums where the tone becomes heated or abusive, and where many comments consist merely of assertions backed with neither evidence nor reasoning, end up discouraging participation from people who have interesting things to say, and are rendered valueless as a result. To preserve this as a useful forum for you, we are resolved to prevent discussion on this site degenerating in that way. Therefore, all comments posted here are pre-moderated.
The role of comment moderation at NLP is analogous to the chair of a public meeting or the letters editor of a newspaper or magazine. The aim is to ensure that comments add something valuable and substantive to the material that is being commented upon. Comments that, in our view, fail to achieve this will not be approved.
Comment approval may not be instantaneous, as this site is run by a small group on a part time basis. We accept that some may find some of those decisions unsatisfactory, but take the view that there will be more who welcome the ability to participate in fruitful and worthwhile discussion and debate.
John Brissenden is a senior lecturer in the Media School at Bournemouth University, and branch secretary of UCU. He is researching a PhD ("An analysis of the influence of public attitudes on war outcomes: the case of Afghanistan").
email: john[at]newleftproject.org
Ed Lewis teaches in the humanities faculty in a comprehensive school in North London where he is a rep in the NUT. He is a political education adviser to the arts and social justice charity PLATFORM. His political activism has primarily been focused on anti-war and Palestine solidarity campaigning. He is interested in ethics, political theory and anti-capitalist politics in general.
Alex Doherty is a teacher and occasional writer. He has written for Z Magazine, Dissident Voice and Counterpunch. His interests include gender politics, psychoanalysis, religion, American domestic politics and having pointless arguments with 9/11 conspiracy theorists. You can follow him on twitter @alexdoherty7
Maeve McKeown is a Political Theory PhD student at University College London. Her research interests include global justice, feminism, responsibility, historical and structural injustice. Her blog, Student Theory http://studenttheory.wordpress.com/, applies political theory to her involvement in student activism.
email: maeve[at]newleftproject.org
Tom Mills is a freelance investigative researcher based in London and a PhD candidate at the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Bath. He is researching the relationship between the BBC and the state during periods of industrial conflict.
email: tom[at]newleftproject.org
James Quinney is New Left Project’s webmaster. He has written articles for Z Magazine, Red Pepper and works in publishing in Oxford. His interests include: political philosophy, the history and theory of science and technology, film and media.
email: james[at]newleftproject.org
Jamie Stern-Weiner studies politics at the University of Cambridge, and is particularly interested in the history of political thought, contemporary British foreign policy, and the Israel-Palestine conflict. His articles have been published on New Left Project, Le Monde Diplomatique and Znet.
email: jamie[at]newleftproject.org
David Wearing is a PhD student of political science at the School of Public Policy, University College London. The subject of his research is British foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa. His articles have been published by The Guardian, Le Monde Diplomatique, openDemocracy, Liberal Conspiracy and ZNet.
email: david[at]newleftproject.org
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