New Left Project

  1. Political Philosophy and the Left

    Stuart White is a fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and a member of Demos’s advisory council. He writes about political philosophy and its application, and is the author of...

    Edward Lewis and Stuart White // 28 July, 2010

    Category: Philosophy

  2. The Undeserving Disabled

    “I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.” - Neil Kinnock, Glamorgan, 7 June 1983 The...

    Christopher Read // 23 July, 2010

    Category: Politics

  3. ‘God helps those who help themselves’ (Part 2)

    Norman Finkelstein is one of the world’s foremost public intellectuals writing about the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is the author of many books on the topic, most...

    Jamie Stern-Weiner // 21 July, 2010

    Category: Foreign policy

  4. Summer Reading

    It’s the summer holiday season, so here at New Left Project we’ve assembled an eclectic mix of recommendations for some entertaining summer reading with a political...

    John Newsinger, Nina Power, Stuart White and NLP's Editors // 20 July, 2010

    Category: Culture

  5. Exporting violence without “embarrassment”

    The coalition’s commitment to severe spending cuts makes it difficult to predict with any certainty what its foreign policy will look like, although improvements on the...

    Jamie Stern-Weiner // 15 July, 2010

    Category: Corporate powerForeign policy

  6. ‘God helps those who help themselves’

    Norman Finkelstein is one of the world’s foremost public intellectuals writing about the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is the author of many books on the topic, most...

    Jamie Stern-Weiner // 13 July, 2010

    Category: ActivismForeign policy

  7. Fanaticism

    There are few terms in our political vocabulary as damning as ‘fanatic’. Beyond tolerance and impervious to communication, the fanatic stands outside the frame of...

    Alberto Toscano // 11 July, 2010

    Category: Philosophy

  8. Book Review: Terrorism and the Economy

    With no end in sight to U.S./U.K. operations in Afghanistan, an incisive review of how the much-hyped international events of the last nine years led us there is as welcome...

    Thomas Kollmann // 07 July, 2010

    Category: EconomyTerror/War

  9. A Union of Capital

    Steve McGiffen has been associated in various capacities with the Socialist Party of the Netherlands since 1999, and though he now lives in France, continues to work as a...

    Edward Lewis and Steve McGiffen // 04 July, 2010

    Category: Corporate powerEurope

  10. A Progressive Attack on the Poor

    When is a blatant attack on the poor fair? The obvious answer is when the upper classes say that it is fair. Though the measures include: • a massive £11 billion in...

    Susan Pashkoff // 01 July, 2010

    Category: EconomyEmployment & Welfare

  11. Creating Real Utopias

    In the second part of this extensive discussion, Wright lays out a framework within which to conceive of strategies for radical social transformation, and discusses the...

    Edward Lewis and Erik Olin Wright // 25 June, 2010

    Category: Vision/Strategy

  12. Time to Kick the Nuclear Addiction

    The urgent need for nuclear weapon states to end their decades-long addiction was a recurring demand from disarmament activists at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review...

    Tim Street // 22 June, 2010

    Category: Foreign policy

  13. The Consumer Self

    New Left Project presents an exclusive excerpt from Clive Hamilton’s new book, Requiem For A Species, that encourages radical measures to head off climate chaos. Growth...

    Clive Hamilton // 18 June, 2010

    Category: Environment

  14. Envisioning Real Utopias

    Erik Olin Wright is Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. This discussion focuses on his recently published book, Envisioning Real...

    Edward Lewis and Erik Olin Wright // 15 June, 2010

    Category: Vision/Strategy

  15. The Alternative to Austerity

    The alternative to cuts is not just more borrowing. It is redistribution and the creation of a more equal society. This is not just good in itself; it provides a stimulus to...

    Tim Bending // 10 June, 2010

    Category: Economy

  16. On Dutch Socialism

    Steve McGiffen has been associated in various capacities with the Socialist Party of the Netherlands since 1999, and though he now lives in France, continues to work as a...

    Edward Lewis and Steve McGiffen // 08 June, 2010

    Category: Politics

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