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Educate, agitate, organise

George Bernard Shaw famously described the mission of the Fabian Society as to “educate, agitate, organise”. But how does the Labour party do when it comes to fulfilling this motto? We spend most of our time on the last (with...

People versus the plutocracy

There's a problem with Labour's message. No one knows what it is. We ourselves aren't too clear what we're about or what our party stands for.

It used to be simple and clear: Labour was there to use the power of...

Celebrate debate

How to reconnect people with politics is a preoccupation in the Westminster village, but it is the wrong starting point. The majority of the public are not apathetic, but many are seriously disillusioned with mainstream political parties. As one of...

Cruddas: "Opposition politics is about story-telling"

In a new interview for the Autumn 2012 Fabian Review, the Telegraph's Mary Riddell speaks to Jon Cruddas about policy, the art of being a middleman, frustration and belief.

He talks of the fine balance between Labour's grassroots and those it...

Straight talking could get people tuning back in

We welcome YouGov’s research for the Fabian Society into the culture of politics as seen by voters and non-voters.  It gives fresh insights into the widening gulf, highlighted in the most recent Hansard Society Audit of Political Engagement, between modern...

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